Urban+Planning

Visit this page often during our Urban Planning unit. I will be adding useful links and helping with common problems here.
Urban Plan Rubric and Contract
 * Please click below for your Urban Planning rubric/checklist. You must complete all of the phases!**

Phase 1 Example: Mrs. Thomas

Currently we are in the design/plan phase of our city building project. We are learning how to use Google Sketchup 8 as well as learning about all of the things that go into city building. Below are some issues that we are encountering, sites to help solve those issues/problems, and some things you need to be thinking about during this phase....

Google Sketchup work from home - Download a free safe version of Google Sketchup here http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/product/gsu.html

Working with contours/creating terrain - http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Contour-Lines-Using-SketchUp

Building terrain with google terrain in sketchup - http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-create-a-new-terrain-model-in-google-sketch.html

Videos to come soon....

You need to know the LOCATION and SIZE of your town. (how many police stations, schools, etc...not necessarily a specific number) Layout of town Local Government (how does your town function) What will be in your town (entertainment, stores, museums?, universities?, factories?...etc)
 * Things to be thinking about/planning for:**