• Welcome Page
  • 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
  • Next Lesson
  • 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
      • Assignment
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    • Module 5: Two Additional Frameworks: Geodesign Workflow and LUCIS
    • Module 6: Incorporating Feedback - Steinitz Framework Third Iteration
      • Assignment
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    • Module 7: Geodesign, Fitness, and the Future
      • A Sustainable Framework
      • Geodesign and "The Right to the City"
      • Assignment
  • Assignment
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