Faculty Advisors: John Radke

GIS is more than pretty maps. It also includes remarkably powerful tools for spatial analysis and modeling, and for remote sensing. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are today widely applied in planning used for land use and growth management, environmental assessment, and fiscal analysis. Regional and international planners use GIS to plan infrastructure and coordinate urban development policies. Transportation planners use GIS for logistics planning, travel demand modeling and projections, and simulation. Environmental planners use GIS for long-term ecosystem planning as well as to identify critical environmental resources. Urban designers increasingly are using GIS and related technologies to look at site plans in 3-D view.

Course Requirements (three from the following list)

LD ARCH 188: Introduction to GIS (Fall, 3 units) or
CY PLAN 204C: Introduction to GIS in City Planning (Spring, 3 units)
CY PLAN 290: Spatial Analysis and Modeling for Urban and Environmental Planning (Fall, 3 units) or
LD ARCH 221: Quantitative Methods in Environmental Planning (Spring, 3 units)
CY PLAN 255: Urban Planning Applications of GIS (Spring, 3 units)