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This course will leverage geospatial technology to analyze urban spatial problems relevant to contemporary urban planning and design practices. It provides students the opportunity to integrate spatial information and enhance decision making when working with urban environments. Focus is on understanding the business requirements for urban designs, along with use of spatial patterns and big data in smart city planning. Emphasis will also be placed on digital transformation of urban planning to encourage collaboration with community stakeholders and drive efforts towards sustainable cities. Application problems addressed will be within areas of urban planning and design, business decision-making, social, and political and environmental issues, among others. Prerequisites: 430.600 Web GIS