URBS 230 - Urban Planning and Design

Unit(s): 4

This course is intended to provide an overview of the history, theory and practice of urban planning and design. The class will begin with an overview of the history of planning and of urbanization and the development of the profession of urban planning. We will then consider historic and contemporary planning theory and practice and the various challenges and issues faced by urban planners and designers. We will also explore the fundamentals of urban design as they relate to all scales of the built environment - including regions, cities, districts, neighborhoods, blocks and parcels - and will discuss the concept of place attachment, nostalgia, and the basics of sound community planning.

Prerequisite: URBS 100
College of Arts and Sciences