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Mississippi State University |
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Spring Semester 2010 Instructor: G. Wayne Wilkerson Office: Room C117 Landscape Architecture Building Office Hours: 1-2 PM Wednesday Telephone: 325-7900 E-Mail: gww@ra.msstate.edu Lecture: TBA Assigned Room: TBA
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION: : (Prerequisite: second year standing in the Master of Landscape Architecture Program). (Prerequisite: admission to the Master of Landscape Arch- itecture). Four hours studio. Application of spatial analytical techniques and Geographic Information Systems to the execution of landscape planning problems in the Mississippi region.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: On satisfactory completion of this course students will: · Have a basic understanding of the theory of GIS · Be able to utilize both raster and vector data models · Understand how a GIS can be used for planning applications · Use GIS to analyze data at both regional and site scale · Understand Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies · Use GIS to implement LID strategies at the Watershed level
COURSE CONTENT :
Weeks 1-5 Horn Lake, MS Concept Plan
Weeks 6-12 Spatial Analysis Problem
Week 11 Spring Break
Weeks 13-16 Proposal/Paper/Competition
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