Part I: Fundamentals: Land Use Planning, Regulation, and Growth Management
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Week 1: Introduction | |
| 1 | Course Introduction |
| Week 2: Project Introduction and Start-Up | |
| 2 | Community Planning Project Introduced |
| 3 | Discussion of Client Project - Project Teams Formed |
| Week 3: Planning for Growth and Zoning Controls | |
| 4 | Land Use Planning and Regulation - An Overview |
| 5 | Zoning Controls - The Basics |
| Week 4: Making a Plan: Where to Begin? | |
| 6 | Plan-Making at the Community Level |
| 7 | Imaging Needham Center and its Streets |
| Week 5: Growth Management and Growth Rate Controls | |
| 8 | State and Regional Planning Mandates versus Home Rule |
| 9 | The Growth Management System and Growth Rate Controls: Local and Regional Issues |
| Week 6: Visioning, Zoning Innovations | |
| 10 | Visioning |
| 11 | Zoning Innovations |
Part II: Emerging Issues, Trends, Methods and Approaches
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Week 7: New Urbanism and Transit-Oriented Development | |
| 12 | Neotraditional Planning, New Urbanism |
| 13 | Transit-Oriented Development |
| Week 8: Community Design, Placemaking | |
| 14 | Community Design and Alternative Regulatory Approaches What’s Applicable to the Needham Project? |
| 15 | Project Workshop Day |
| Week 9: Sprawl and Smart Growth | |
| 16 | Sprawl and the Evolution of Suburbia |
| 17 | Smart Growth |
Part III: Other Topics and Techniques
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Week 10: Traffic Calming, Linking Land Use and Transportation | |
| 18 | Traffic Calming |
| 19 |
The Mobility Challenge for Planning: Linking Land Use and Transportation |
| Week 11: Edge Cities | |
| 20 | Edge Cities |
Part IV: Integration and Implementation
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Week 12: Using Incentives for Plan Implementation | |
| 21 | Project Workshop Day |
| 22 | More on Incentive-Based Techniques and Methods to Broaden Housing Affordability |
| Week 13: Managing Community Character: Emerging Issues and Strategies | |
| 23 | Project Workshop Day |
| Weeks 14 & 15: Final Project Preparation and Synthesis | |
| 24 | Project Workshop Day |
| 25 | Project Team Discussions and Final Document Planning |
| 26 | The Role of Planning and the Planner in Society: Class Wrap-up and Synthesis |
| 27 | No Class: Submission of Final Plan Reports |
