ISDM - Landscape Architecture Continuing Education Online Courses

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Three Design Issues That Impact Long-Term Health of Urban Trees - 2022

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Cleveland Public Square: Use of Design to Revitalize a Downtown Through Connecting People to the Place and Each Other

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Cleveland Square provides an opportunity to revitalize the cities downtown and connect people and create a new placemaking space. James Corner speaks about his designs for remodeling Cleveland's Public Square as a 21st century, multi-use public s...

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The Challenge of the Suburban Office Landscape: Understanding the Past to Re-envision the Future

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This presentation centers on the historic low-density, single-use, and auto-dependent office parks that house many of California’s most dynamic business enterprises. Here, we will discuss the challenges often met while transforming the suburban of...

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Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest

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The effects of climate change have become increasingly alarming over the past decade, what with the previous wildfires in various forests including the Pacific Northwest. This presentation discusses what solutions have already been set in motion t...

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Porous Pavement Systems: Two Perspectives

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The practice of stormwater management is evolving at federal, state and local levels. Members of the design community in both the public and private sector are looking to permeable pavements as an environmental and sustainable method of mitigating...

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The Basics of Designing for Desert Soils

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What is different with desert soils than forest soils? Much of what we are traditionally taught about soil is based on an ideal forest soil, but the aspects of desert soils behave differently, and it is critical to understand the differences to ef...

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Permaculture Beyond Landscape: Care of People, Care of Planet, Benevolent Distribution of Surplus

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Permaculture is the path in which we can leave this planet in better shape then when we came onto the planet. The founding concepts are care of people, care of planet, and benevolent distribution of surplus. This webinar discusses what permacult...

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The Environmental and Economic Benefits of Trees in Urban Environments

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Urban trees are an essential element of the green infrastructure of our cities. However, it can often be difficult to articulate and quantify the environmental benefits that urban trees provide. This webinar will provide an overview of the benefit...

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Development of Environmental Flow Decision Support Systems for Water Management: A Case Study on the Regulated Upper Delaware River

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The need for better integration of science and decision making in environmental management is widely documented. In light of anticipated climate change and associated changes in demographics, land use, and water management practices, decision make...

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Irrigation Design: How to Use Proper Water Efficient Irrigation Design to Enhance Planting Survivability

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This session will introduce participants to several ancient design practices by investigating agriculture; specifically the current Permaculture movement, and the indigenous practices it draws from. Participants will explore the design principles ...

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Sustainable Building Technologies

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This webinar will provide an introduction to technologies employed in modern sustainable building projects around the world. Participants will gain an understanding of technology options available to building design and construction practitioners,...

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Plant Success: Minimizing the Impact of Salts and Other Chemicals in the Landscape

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This webinar discusses how Landscape Architects can use best practices around chemical applications, their impacts, and when to call in experts, as well as how to make some basic decisions when you are building, maintaining, and working on landsca...

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Climate Change Effects on Fisheries in the Great Lakes

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This webinar, presented by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center's as part of their Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series, discusses the effects of climate change on fish production as well as fish habitat in ...

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Urban Woodland Restoration: Design & Nature's Habitat

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Central Park is the hallmark of Landscape Architecture. This webinar is a design discussion of Central Park with Olmsted's own words. The webinar explores how the habitat of Central Park's North Woods is both complimented and challenged by its sur...

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Energy Efficient Infrastructure for More Resilient Local Economies

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How can we create a whole energy efficient system through district energy systems, combined heat and power, microgrids, and local energy supplies?The district energy systems are composed of a network of pipes that utilize thermal energy systems, w...

Introduction to Blocks in AutoCAD 2017

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This webinar explores the topic of blocks in AutoCAD 2017. This powerful concept helps save time, reduces drawing file size, and makes it easier to maintain company standards for both design and presentation. Blocks have evolved since AutoCAD 2010...

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Case Study: Green School- Bali

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This webinar will provide an overview of the Green School constructed in Bali in 2008. Participants will gain an understanding of the sustainability design features incorporated into the project, as well the use of bamboo as a primary constructio...

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Biochar: An Emerging Tool for Improving the Health and Survivability of Urban Trees

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What is Biochar? How is Biochar made? What has the research shown? Where has this been used before in some case studies? What type of challenges exist with the use of Biochar? All of these questions will be answered in this webinar. There will b...

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Lighting Design and Human Behavior

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Lighting design plays a great role in how people perceive and react to outdoor spaces. This webinar will provide an overview of the psychological and physiological aspects of light, social responses to light and the relationship of light to health...

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Introduction to the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES)

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The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) is a program based on the understanding that land is crucial component of the built environment and can be planned, designed, developed, and maintained to avoid, mitigate, and even reverse detrimental envir...

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Designing Sustainable Desert Community

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This webinar highlights Dr. Michael Ben-Eli's Project Wadi Attir in the Negev Desert. This groundbreaking infrastructure on a 100-acre desert land showcases the five core principles of sustainability: material domain, economic domain, domain of li...

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Biodiversity as a Metric of Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change

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Shifting diversity patterns and species turnover are fundamental concerns about how climate change will influence desert ecosystems. Scientists, managers, and-policy makers are searching for metrics to assist in the prediction of ecosystem respons...

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Case Study: Gardens by the Bay - Singapore

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Gardens by the Bay, Singapore’s latest park that spans 101 hectares of reclaimed land adjacent to Marina Bay Reservoir, is an integral part of the city’s long-term plan to transform itself from a “Garden City” to a “City in a Garden.” Consisting o...

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Debunking Myths About Urban Trees and Soils

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This webinar discusses myths about urban trees and soils by showing examples of how and why these common design thoughts are incorrect. The following issues are discussed: organic matter versus compost need, trees use organic matter, mycorrhiza tr...

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Thermal Comfort

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This webinar will provide and introduction to concept of thermal comfort and its application in modern sustainable design. Participants will gain an understanding of the factors influencing thermal comfort, the various thermal comfort models, and ...

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Biodiversity: Importance, Values, Problem, and Solutions

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The objective of this course to give an overview of biodiversity in today’s context, highlight its importance and why we need to conserve it. The course will give insight into various definitions of biodiversity, definitions of species, as well as...

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Sustainable Lighting Design: Daylighting

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This webinar will introduce key concepts in the use of daylighting within exterior covered structures and within the design of vertical hardscape. The term daylighting, typically applied to use within buildings, describes a concept of the use of d...

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Avian Migration

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The Migration course delves into deep detail on bird migration. A basic introduction on bird anatomy and physiology introduces the learner to the ecology and behavioral forces that drive birds to migrate. The mechanics, physiology and great feats ...

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Outdoor Lighting: Safety, Security and Ambiance

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Outdoor lighting provides practical benefits for safety and security but can also be used to create ambiance to enhance the use of outdoor urban environments. This webinar will provide an overview of outdoor lighting applications including landsca...

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Environmental Pollution

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The aim of this course is to provide you with a basic understanding of environmental pollution. The course gives insight about the structure of the environment and the different ways in which pollutants can change its composition with regards to h...

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Ecological Design Concepts

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This introductory course discusses how to implement ecological design concepts in various landscapes. Environmental considerations that need to be taken into account with every project are covered. From ecosystem resilience to carbon sequestration...

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Green Roofs and Living Walls

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This webinar will provide an introduction to green roof and living wall technologies employed in modern sustainable building projects around the world. Participants will gain an understanding of green roof and wall types, landscape design consider...

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Lighting: Architectural Painting with Light

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This webinar will explore the art of non-functional exterior architectural lighting in creating dynamic and engaging hardscape spaces. It will review and range of lighting design considerations and technologies to allow practitioners to "paint wit...

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Specifying and Selecting Quality Nursery Stock

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This webinar discusses how to specify and select quality nursery stock. This is one of the most critical aspects when putting a tree in the urban environment. This webinar will discuss different problems below the soil line, not just what you see...

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Tools to Help Writing Specifications of Planting, Soil, Irrigation, and Tree Preservation

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This webinar will discuss the changes to the previous available specifications for planting, irrigation, soil, and tree preservation and the role of the landscape architect in the documentation process. This is based on the latest research for wri...

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Merging Science and Design to Create New Tree Environments

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This webinar discusses design collaboration where each team member brings skills to the table but the process is open for each person to comment on others contributions and each person is open to changing their opinions and design in response to t...

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Tree Preservation in Dense Urban Environments

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This webinar will give attendees an understanding of tree preservation dynamics through understanding 10 critical points in the process. The 10 points discussed are: politics, budget, design team skills and motivation, right tree, site conditions...

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Lighting: The Science of Light

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This webinar will provide an introduction to the science of lighting. It will discuss the nature and behavior of light, describe how our vision works, and explain terminology and standards of measurement that are need to communicate information ab...

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Renewable Energy

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This webinar will provide an introduction to renewable energy technologies and their applications in the built environment. Participants will gain an understanding of the different types of renewable energy technologies and their characteristics. ...

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Coastal Ecology

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The Coastal Ecology course explores the biotic and abiotic factors that affect coastal communities. This course explores the main coastal habitat types in depth with physical factors, tropic levels, and the flora and fauna that inhabit these ecosy...

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Environmental Policy and Regulations: It's Effect on Landscape Stewardship, Programs and Design

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This session will provide participants with a brief history of US Environmental policy and regulations, as well as an overview of the changing goals and definitions of "Landscape Sustainability" since 1970.We will discuss performance-based Environ...

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Art in the Landscape- 2021

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This session covers the current theories that surround socially and ecologically engaged and remedial art making; meaning art that aims to effect the landscape it is made in relation to, as well as motivations for and assertions about this genre o...

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Art in the Landscape: Socially and Ecologically Engaged Practice in Action

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This session reviews current theories surrounding socially and ecologically engaged and remedial art making, as well as introduces new artists and designers, materials and processes in artwork that aims to effect the landscape it is made in relati...

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Lighting: Introduction to Lighting Sources

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This webinar will provide an introduction to various electric light sources. It will discuss the various lamp types, luminaires, lighting ballasts, and lighting controls. A discussion on types of lighting controls will discuss sustainable design c...

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Water and Waste Management

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This course will provide and introduction to technologies employed in modern sustainable building projects around the world. Participants will gain an understanding of technology options available to building design and construction practitioners ...

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Environmental Ethics 1: Foundations and Considerations

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This session will introduce participants to the field of Environmental Ethics from key starting points in environmental literature, feminist studies, new animism and social justice.We will cover the links between sustainability, justice, welfare, ...

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Environmental Ethics 2: The Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Design

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This session will provide participants with a review of Environmental Ethics in terms of three major field theories: ecofeminism, deep ecology and new animism. We will look at the practical links between government policy, social justice, environm...

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Design & Nature 1

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This session will introduce participants to the more relevant and yet mysterious elements of architecture and the architecture of life; specifically Sacred Geometry, Biomimicry and Ecomimicry. I will then introduce some lesser known architects, de...

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Design & Nature 2: Permaculture, Theoretical Ecology & Sustainability

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This session will introduce participants to several ancient design practices by investigating agriculture specifically the current permaculture movement, and the indigenous practices it draws from. Participants will explore the design principles o...

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What's Trending Now in Landscape Architecture #1

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This webinar discusses seven of the top trending topics in Landscape Architecture in 2015 including: Creating Urban Wildlife Habitats, Green Roofs, Vertical Gardens, Water Conservation, Solar Power, Recycled Materials, and Urban Agriculture. These...

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Red Rocks- Colorado: 2010 ADA Standards: Event Spaces

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This course discusses the 2010 ADA Standards specifically related to assembly areas. An existing event space, which meets the 2010 ADA standards, in Colorado is utilized as a case study to illustrate parts of the ADA Standards including: accessibl...

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Urban Zoology: Crows

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This session covers the most widely recognized ancient texts and mythical history related to Crow Culture, as well as the top researchers and theorists in the field of Crow Ecology and design in relation to urban ecosystems. This course contains a...

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Urban Zoology: Coyotes

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Coyote: Trickster, Teacher and CallConnections between Coyote Culture and EcologyThis session will introduce you to the Coyote in terms of Biology, Mythology, Range, Habitat and Implication. We will also explore new resources that may help you neg...

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A Geomorphic Perspective on Restoring the Rio Grande and the Colorado River

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This course lets you explore the Southwest US and Northern Mexico rivers, their physical attributes – germophology and sediment transportation – and how they can be considered in the development of environmental flows. Focusing on the Rio Grande R...

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National Land Cover Database 2011: Status and Plans

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This course discusses the current status of NLCD 2011 (National Land Cover Database 2011), the future plans, and its application examples. The presenters provide information on the purpose of NLCD and its roles in restoring landscapes and creating...

AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT: Productivity Tips & Tricks

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This course will help you get the most out of your 2D and 3D drawings in AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017, as it offers productivity-friendly tips and useful techniques.Discussed in this course are editing commands and keyboard shortcuts that help...

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Clean Energy Connections

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Nature has become a foundation in recent progress and development when it comes creating sustainable communities and enhancing the people's quality of living. Many buildings and infrastructure are learning to use clean energy to address climate ch...

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Stream Riparian Restoration: Integration of wildlife into the restoration process

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This course discusses how the beaver makes for a great restoration tool. It also helps shed light on the common questions involving it: where could beaver work? Where are they a problem? What do we do where beavers alone are not enough?It also tal...

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Outcomes and Perspectives of Ecological Restoration

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Restoration ecology used to be an integrated study with ecology until it became a separate filed in the 80s. Basically, Restoration Ecology is about restoring and/or renewing damaged and degraded ecosystems through human intervention, but there is...

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Intentions and Outcomes of Placemaking

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This course discusses the evaluation and impact in creative placemaking as it tries to answer two basic questions: what are you trying to change and how do you now the change has been carried out?In this course, five panelists share stories that e...

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Introduction to Restoration Ecology

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In this course, Dr. Sean Anderson, CSU – Channel Islands, talks about the ecological restoration theories, restoration projects he has worked on over the years around the world, approaches, challenges, and concepts. This course also hopes to shed ...

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Transit Oriented Development for Smart Cities

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This webinar discusses the challenges, processes, and issues with building sustainable cities in general. Case studies in the United States are presented. The methods and solutions used in these projects are presented and can be applied to the de...

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Fabric-Formed Concrete Structures

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Using simple construction methods with the use of flat sheets of fabric as formwork molds for reinforced concrete construction, CAST (Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology) produces new architectural and structural forms. This course ...

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Identifying Trees by Bark and Buds

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This course not only lets you learn about botanical terminologies but also inspires you to work with what you have, whether it be twigs and buds, bark, or fruit. Most importantly, this course allows you to identify and understand trees and the pro...

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Introduction to Hydrologic Processes

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This course aims to educate participants about hydrological cycle and hydrological processes and how they relate with landscape. Discussed are the topics of infiltration, evapo-transpiration, and runoff, the fundamental stream processes (i.e., se...

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Spatial and Temporal Characteristics

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This course discusses both the spatial and temporal characteristics of landscape including time-scale and size scale elements, the degree of complexity of habitats that affect overall species diversity at different spatial and temporal scales, and...

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Trail Switchbacks: Planning, Construction and Maintenance

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Mountain trails prove very important for a lot of individuals who frequent hills or mountains for their recreational activities. Because it has become part of the lives of many, especially in mountainous areas, trail maintenance has also become ne...

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Sustainable Design: Net Zero Middle School

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This course focuses on the Net Zero Project, the processes involved, and its significance in creating a school environment designed and constructed to produce as much energy on site as it consumed from the electric grid, electricity and gas bills ...

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2010 ADA Standards: Event Spaces

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This course discusses the 2010 ADA Standards specifically related to assembly areas. An existing event space, which meets the 2010 ADA standards, in Colorado is utilized as a case study to illustrate parts of the ADA Standards including: accessibl...

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Inclusive Design at Universities: Common Errors and Best Practices

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In light of numerous lawsuits related to non-compliance with accessibility codes and standards, many universities have had to make modifications and policy changes. Based on our experience conducting university accessibility audits and providing e...

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Technology Fixes for Climate Change

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Climate change has spawned its very own science-fiction (sci-fi) sub-genre - cli-fi - which explores techno-fixes as much as doomsday scenarios. Some of the imagined solutions are seriously off the planet, but not all techno-fixes are purely ficti...

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Designing Urban Infrastructure: Investing for Now or Tomorrow?

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The OECD estimates that around US$ 53 trillion is required for investment in transport, energy efficiency, telecommunications, and water and waste infrastructure over the next 15 years. Yet, as the world rapidly become more urbanized, investment i...

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Stream Smart Series

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This course, Stream Smart Series, is a collection of video presentations that provides: An overview of the stream assessment field work needed when designing a Stream Smart culvert and covers how to conduct a longitudinal profile, cross section a...

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Complete Streets: Improving Safety and Choices for All

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More than 500 jurisdictions at the local, regional, and state levels are now using Complete Streets policies to plan, construct and operate streets that safely accommodate all users -- including transit riders, bicyclists, pedestrians of all ages ...

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Soil Quality and Soils-Landscape Relationship

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Soils reflect the primary climatological, geological, biological, and topographical conditions. The properties of the soil that regulate water and gas exchange with the atmosphere and influence plant growth have important effects on the environmen...

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Case Study: British Columbia Forests and Emission Reduction

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British Columbia's forests and forestry products have a large impact on provincial emissions, through both their ability to store and release carbon into the atmosphere. This course discusses the opportunities to manage forests and wood products w...

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NRCS 9 step Planning Process: Design Alternatives

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This course talks about planning and anticipating the design and management of the land, particularly with focus on managed agricultural landscapes. Further discussed is the Alternative Futures Project, where two or more alternatives are considere...

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Bike and Pedestrian Issues in Transportation Planning

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Transportation Planning is one of the key processes in urban development, where decision makers and other members of the team face huge challenges due to changing times, trends, and pedestrian behaviors. This course focuses on the link between b...

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Gila River Flow Needs Assessment

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This course describes the existing condition of the Gila River in the Cliff-Gila Valley and examines the potential impacts of CUFA diversion and climate change on the riparian and aquatic ecosystem. Scientists who have expertise in some aspect of ...

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Designing Streets to Enhance Community - City of Seattle

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Seattle's streets account for 27 percent of the city's land. They provide both vital transportation and utility linkages necessary for the city to grow and thrive. The design of these streets can enhance community connections that improve economic...