Land Use Advising Pathway

Faculty:

Yiping Fang, Matthew Gebhardt, Marisa Zapata

Summary:

The traditional core of planning programs, land use is characterized by a generalist, comprehensive approach to addressing multiple and interrelated issues. We believe all planning should be attentive to land use! Thus, land use planning includes, but is not limited to, a focus on housing, infrastructure, open space, and economic development. The scale of land use concerns range from a specific site, as in the application of development standards for a convenience store, to the region as a whole, as in the establishment and management of urban growth boundaries. A land use plan may take the form of a comprehensive plan, strategic plan, urban structure plan, or as a vision or set of scenarios for future community development and change.  Land use planners work in a wide variety of settings and sectors, and typically constitute the largest group of local government planners working in either current or long-range planning offices.

Internationally, Oregon is well know for its land use policies. While we focus here at PSU on planning in the Oregon land use planning context, the degree- and focus on land use- transfer well. The goal of learning is to highlight the politics of land use planning that holds true for anywhere in the world.
 

Where land use planners work:

Foundational knowledge and skills:

Recommended course sequencing:

Additional knowledge and skills relevant to field: Please check with your adviser, the course instructor, and the Course Projection Guide to make sure you take classes when they are offered.