Spring 2027

Urban Functions, Spatial Organization and Environmental Form

Examines how social, economic, and political systems influence the spatial organization and environmental form of cities, including planned versus unplanned urban structures.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify environmental issues arising from urbanization; describe urban ecological processes; and identify policies and practices of environmental planning in local, regional, and federal levels.

  • Identify ways we can design with nature and assess land development patterns for environmental performance.

  • Obtain and analyze geospatial environmental data using a range of spatial analysis tools for a number of environmental planning practices.

  • Conduct a land suitability analysis, examine the impacts of imperviousness on water resources, and investigate the impacts of development on land resources.

  • Present solutions to environmental planning problems.

  • Evaluate natural resource and pollution control factors in planning.

  • Describe how to create sustainable futures.

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URBRPL 841

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Spatial organization and environmental form of cities
  • Adaptability of urban physical structure to developmental change
  • Planned versus unplanned and ecological urban organization
  • Urban ecological processes and environmental planning policies

Skills

  • Identify environmental issues and policies related to urbanization
  • Analyze geospatial environmental data using spatial analysis tools
  • Conduct land suitability analysis and assess development impacts
  • Present solutions to environmental planning problems

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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