Aerial photo highlighting the Centralville neighborhood in Lowell, MA. (Image courtesy of MIT.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Eran Ben-Joseph
Prof. Terry Szold
MIT Course Number
11.360
As Taught In
Fall 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
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 techniques, physical design, and natural systems integration. Projects are arranged with small teams serving municipal clients.
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