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Prereq: 11.205
Units: 2-2-2

Provides a practical introduction to spatial environmental assessment and planning methods at landscape to regional scales. Lectures and discussions focus on key concepts in landscape ecology as well as the data and methods needed to incorporate these concepts in environmental planning. Weekly lab exercises demonstrate how natural systems are represented in modern geographic information systems, how to synthesize information using overlay analysis and suitability modeling, and design methods that build on the resulting syntheses. Features raster GIS analysis methods. Students interested in conducting an applied project in this area are encouraged to register for 11.524 for the second half of the term.

M. Flaxman