Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 4.255J (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Site and Urban Systems Planning 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Urban Studies and Planning 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Eran Ben-Joseph 
• Course Introduction:
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  11.304J / 4.255J Site and Urban Systems Planning
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a full set of assignments and a complete list of readings.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course reviews land inventory, analysis and the planning of sites and the infrastructure systems that serve them. It also examines spatial organization of uses, parcelization, design of roadways, grading, utility systems, stormwater runoff, parking, traffic and off-site impacts, as well as landscaping. It also covers lectures on analytical techniques and examples of good site-planning practice. Requirements include a series of assignments and a client based project.