Geographic Information System technology as a tool for environmental planning problems. Instruction in software for use in environmental inventory and in analysis and assessment of various design and planning alternatives.

Review and analysis of the development of the environmental assessment process with focus on expectations of how environmental assessment will be transformed in the era of climate change. Students evaluate the effects of new laws and regulations and the accelerated growth of environmental policy development at all levels of government, especially among urban areas. The course includes review of selected environmental assessment documents and project case studies.