INTRODUCTION TO PLANNING

URBRPL 375

Exploration of special issues or problems in urban planning.

URBRPL 742

Introduction to the field of planning and orientation to graduate study in urban and regional planning at UW-Madison. Explore planning as a tool for problem solving, planning and social change, the multiple roles in which planners find themselves, useful skills and perspectives, and areas of planning practice. Addresses core values, sustainability, equity and social justice, professional skills, and the role of plans in relation to policies and programs.

URBRPL 761

Social, economic, environmental, and fiscal trends affecting larger, older American cities, critical policy issues confronting central city decision-makers, and major programmatic responses to these issues; the role of planning in response to these trends and issues.

URBRPL 781

Intensive analysis of selected planning cases highlighting important issues that planners deal with in practice. Examine case studies in the context of broader framework of planning history, decision making process models and planner role models. Explore subnational planning and regional development issues in developing countries.

URBRPL 731

Broad coverage of regional planning--basic concepts, history, influences of the political, economic, and social environment, techniques of analysis and substantive tasks and problems in preparing regional plans.