11.360 | Fall 2006 | Graduate

Community Growth and Land Use Planning

Course Description

This course combines a seminar format with fieldwork to examine strategies of planning and control for growth and land use, chiefly at the municipal level. Specific topics include growth and its local consequences; land use planning approaches; and implementation tools including innovative zoning and regulatory …
This course combines a seminar format with fieldwork to examine strategies of planning and control for growth and land use, chiefly at the municipal level. Specific topics include growth and its local consequences; land use planning approaches; and implementation tools including innovative zoning and regulatory techniques, physical design, and natural systems integration. Projects are arranged with small teams serving municipal clients.
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Notes
Projects with Examples
An image from the bridge on Main Street in Medford.
Medford, the site of this year’s class project. (Image courtesy of the authors of the final project.)