New Program!
Discover how strengthening a city's green infrastructure network increases community health and ecological resilience. Learn to recognize, quantify, and apply ecosystem services and amenities in an urban environment. Explore humanity's evolving relationship to nature as expressed in biophilia and emerging theories of landscape performance.
Develop integrated and elegant solutions to the complex infrastructural challenges facing growing cities and envision "high performance landscapes" that are multi-functional, yet culturally resonant. Experience the latest advances in urban landscape stewardship, and stay up-to-date with innovative, open source communication technologies, from wikis and social networking media to online collaboration and presentation tools.
This program is offered online.
What the Program Covers
- Green infrastructure concepts and principles
- Recognition of ecosystems services and amenities
- Systems-based planning of green infrastructure networks
- Innovative policies and financing tools to implement green infrastructure
- Sustainable technologies and materials
- Strategies of landscape performance and maintenance in urban design
Benefits
You will experience a comprehensive immersion in the latest green infrastructure theories and techniques. You will gain a solid foundation in the holistic planning and design of urban environments at the metropolitan, neighborhood, and site scales.
Who Should Apply
Level: Experienced
- Planners, landscape architects, and other professionals with continuing education requirements and/or a strong interest in emerging planning and design frameworks
- Government officials and other environmental advocates responsible for shaping policies and places
- Students anticipating practice in interdisciplinary firms, agencies, or organizations
If you have questions about your eligibility for this program, give us a call at 888-469-6499.
