• CMP 4330: Grwth Man Law & Pol

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Examines theories, legal structures, and mechanics of a wide range of US state, metropolitan, and local policies designed to optimize the benefits of population and economic growth and mitigate its impacts. First-generation growth management programs'such as those in Oregon, Hawaii, Washington, California, and New Jersey'will be explored, as well as newer systems based on modern scenario-planning practices, impact fees, and similar mechanisms.
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• CMP 4360: Sustainability Planning

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Interdisciplinary approach to theories and applications of sustainability in a variety of planning contexts. Final segment focuses on specific action plans related to sustainability.
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• CMP 4371: Systems Complexity

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course explores three emerging and increasingly salient modes of thinking -systems thinking, resilience thinking and thinking in terms of complex adaptive systems. Each contributes to a deeper understanding of sustainability, change and transformation. Concepts are illustrated with applications in the adaptive management of urban and environmental systems.
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• CMP 4380: Green Communities

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The course provides students with a working vocabulary of the design processes and integrated, holistic ways of imagining how evolving Green Communities or Eco-Cities are formed and perform. Using a case study method, the class explores successful transformations of cities worldwide that have changed the ways they are adapting to new understanding and technologies for building and managing sustainable places.
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• CMP 4410: Site Planning

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Review and analysis of development site design, plat map preparation, subdivision review and impact analysis.
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• CMP 4415: Urban Dsgn Fundamentals

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  In this course, students will gain an introductory understanding of key theoretical foundations of urban design, developing their capacity to evaluate and critique projects, policies, and places. The course has three major pedagogical objectives. First, through readings, lectures, and discussions, students will explore the current discourse, building their understanding of urban design and examining issues the urban designer faces from client needs to site analysis to program development. Second, students will build spatial, visual, and graphic literacy necessary for all planners, developers, and designers: how to read a drawing, how to draw a street section, how to evaluate a proposal against design standards, basic building construction, and how to write a design guideline. Finally, students will develop a design consciousness and ability to recognize both city-level structure and project-level details. Students will uncover these details through hands-on learning, site visits, and observation. Prerequisites: 'B+' or higher in CMP 3270 OR Instructor Consent
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• CMP 4420: Neg & Dispute Resol

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Conventional legislative, administrative, and judicial means of resolving policy- and decision- making-related disputes in the public sector often produce less than satisfactory results. It is therefore not surprising that planners, policy-makers, developers, and environmental and justice advocates who are concerned about the fairness, efficiency, stability, and wisdom of public sector decision-making are searching for better ways of resolving public policy conflicts. Fortunately, recent advances in the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution have great promise for supporting more collaborative and effective public sector decision-making and helping all involved parties meet their needs. This experiential course is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students with no prior background or experience in the fields of negotiation or dispute resolution. Lectures, scenarios, case studies, and role-play simulation will be used to introduce students to the art and science of negotiation and consensus building. The class also provides an intensive opportunity for each student to build his or her individual negotiating capabilities. Occasional guest lectures by practitioners may be included to provide an opportunity for students to test some of the theoretical ideas presented in class against issues that arise in practice. This course builds on decades of research and work conducted by partners of the inter-university Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) and the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program.
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• CMP 4450: GIS for Urban Ecol

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course will provide a firm grounding in the principles and concepts of geographic information systems (GIS) technology and application of this technology within the context of urban ecology and planning. Laboratory session provide hand-on exposure to GIS software. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in CMP 3270 AND Full Major status in Urban Ecology
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• CMP 4455: Spatial Data Analytics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course covers the fundamental concepts and principles in spatial data science. Students learn how to solve real-world urban problems through individual assignments and group projects. Hands-on experience will be gained through processing and manipulating spatial data using R programming language and open-source software, such as QGIS and GeoDa, as well as application of advanced spatial data science techniques, including spatial big data processing, spatial statistics, and satellite remote sensing. Students are recommended to have a basic understanding of GIS and R programming language. Prerequisites: 'B' or better in CMP 4550
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• CMP 4460: Green Infrastructure

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Green Infrastructure (aka blue-green infrastructure) uses natural systems and processes to provide multiple essential services and benefits to communities. More than a technology, green infrastructure is an approach, a way of thinking about planning, design, engineering and construction of human habitats. The logic of this approach is that human settlements are an inherent product of, and a part of, natural systems. Our settlements will function more efficiently for less cost, and be more resilient, healthy, prosperous and fulfilling if we turn to nature first in thinking about infrastructure. The approach of green infrastructure is unified by the following basic principles: natural systems are integral to urban ecosystems; green infrastructure should serve multiple purposes; GI is the product of interdisciplinary collaboration; GI generates unique outcomes adapted to place. Green Infrastructure crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries and a wide range of spatial scales. It has strong bases in ecology, engineering, landscape architecture, and urban planning and design. The approach applies from a site to regional scales.
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