Master of Urban Planning
Specialization: Land Use Planning
The Land Use Planning area of specialization prepares students for careers in planning dealing with the orderly, efficient, and equitable development and arrangement of land uses. Today's land use issues encompass growth management, urban infill, affordable housing, sustainable urbanization, land supply monitoring, rural and resource land conservation, urban and suburban redevelopment, open space, natural hazards, transit-oriented land use, land use and transportation linkages, and the containment of urban sprawl. Implementation tools include zoning, public development authorities, subdivision controls, and capital improvement programs. The knowledge and skills necessary for land use planning embrace:
- the forces that shape urban form and spatial structure
- the roles of both the public and private sectors in urban development
- how natural systems constrain or direct development
- land information systems including the application of computer models, GIS and remote sensing
- development impact assessment
- the design of policies, plans and projects
- negotiation, group process, and conflict resolution
- using public investments, regulations, and incentives to shape the location and timing of development
- effective, fair, and efficient permit processing.
Specialization in land use planning beyond the MUP core curriculum is provided through a recommended sequence of courses which can at the same time satisfy most of the distributional and open elective requirements of the MUP program. It is expected that students will select courses that together will constitute an area of emphasis within land use planning. In addition to courses offered in this department, additional appropriate courses are offered in such academic units as Landscape Architecture, Geography, Public Affairs, Civil Engineering, Forest Resources, Marine Studies, and Law. Flexibility exists in the design of an individual student's land use specialization and area(s) of emphasis, in consultation with faculty advisors.
Recommended curriculum for students concentrating in Land Use and Physical Planning
All students should take the following courses in addition to other departmental requirements:
UrbDP 498 Intro to Land Use, Growth Mgt & Env Plng
UrbDP 498 Urban Economics and Development
UrbDP 498 Group Dynamics and Conflict Resolution
UrbDP 451 Housing
UrbDP 465 Land Use
UrbDP 466 Infrastructure and Community Facilities
UrbDP 498 Land Use Planning Theory
UrbDP 498 Mini-Course on "The Permit Counter"
LArc 363 Natural Processes as Planning & Design Determinants
All students should select at least one course in the area of Spatial Data Management from the following:
UrbDP 420 Database Systems and Planning Analysis
UrbDP 422 Geographic Information Systems in Planning
UrbDP 467 Urban Planning Uses of Remote Sensing
UrbDP 468 Land Use from Satellite Data
All students should select at least one course in the area of Real Estate Development from the following:
UrbDP 455 Real Estate Finance
UrbDP 454 Real Estate Development Process
Students are encouraged to identify and take several courses that will lead to an area of emphasis within land use planning. Examples of such an emphasis include: Coastal Zone Planning, Geobased Information Systems, Growth Management, Water Resources Planning, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Energy Conserving Development, Public Lands, etc. Courses in these and other areas are offered by various departments and schools within the University, in addition to courses offered by Urban Design and Planning.
Students should also be learning several of the following skills from courses of their choosing. Some specialized courses focusing on these are shown in parenthesis:
Urban Design Review (UrbDP 598 Urban Design for Non-Designers)
Transportation Planning (CETS 599 Urban Transportation)
Site Planning (LArc 341)
Land Use/Transportation Models (UrbDP 530)
Neighborhood Planning (UrbDP 498 Intro to Neighborhood Planning)
Environmental Impact Assessment (UrbDP 498 Env Impact Management)
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