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Module 1: Thinking in Systems
History of Geodesign
Frank Lloyd Wright: "Organic Architecture"
Richard Neutra: Survival Through Design
Warren Manning and Overlay Mapping
Ian McHarg and Design with Nature
Carl Steinitz and A Framework for Geodesign
Howard Fisher and SYMAP
Michael Goodchild and GI-Science
Jack Dangermond and ESRI
Emergence of the Term "Geodesign"
Defining Geodesign
Systems Thinking
An Example: The New Jersey Shore
Week 1 Assignment
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The LUCIS Model
Core Readings And Guiding Questions
Core Readings And Guiding Questions
What is Geodesign?
Core Readings and Guiding Questions
What is LUCIS?
Core Readings and Guiding Questions
Same Models, New Questions
Syllabus Review
Geodesign Workflow
Implementing the Process
Suitability Encourages Sustainability
Course Structure
Local Collaboration
Analog v. Digital Technology
Five Steps of LUCIS
Yes, No, or Maybe
Goals and Objectives
Framework Overview
The Geodesign Toolbox
Land-Use Conflict Identification Strategy (LUCIS)
Definitions
Data Inventory and Preparation
Land-use Suitability
Integrating Community Values
Potential Land-Use Conflicts
Future Land-Use Allocation
Second Iteration: Decision Models
Module 2: Collaboration and Context
The Role of Local Knowledge
Team Collaboration
Geographic Context and Scale
The Steinitz Framework for Geodesign: Six Questions, Three Iterations
Representation Models (Inventory)
Process Models (Analysis)
Evaluation Models (Suitability Maps)
Change Models (Scenario Alternatives) + Impact Models
Decision Models (Preferred Solution)
Case Study: Geodesign for the Port of Rotterdam
Case Study: Soma City
Week 2 Assignment
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Sample Syllabus
Module 3: Steinitz Framework First Iteration
Thinking Ahead: Multiple Scenarios
Rapid Strategies
Assignment - Haddon Strategies
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Module Overview and Objectives
Diagnosing the Framework
A Case for the Dune Ecosystem
Second Iteration: Impact Models
Assignment
Getting Started
Typical Weekly Study Time
Core Readings
Lesson Narrative
Assignments
Final Geodesign Project
The Risk of GIS-centered Design
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Finding Leverage Points
Modules
Module 4: Outlining a Method (2nd Iteration of the Geodesign Framework)
Second Iteration: Change Models
Second Iteration: Evaluation Models
Second Iteration: Process Models
Second Iteration: Representation Models
An Abstract Framework
An Example Problem: Staten Island
Geodesign is Always Unique
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Module 5: Two Additional Frameworks: Geodesign Workflow and LUCIS
Module 6: Incorporating Feedback - Steinitz Framework Third Iteration
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Module 7: Geodesign, Fitness, and the Future
A Sustainable Framework
Geodesign and "The Right to the City"
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