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The Graduate City Planning Program prepares students to function as professionals who are capable of understanding and resolving planning problems in depth. To enable students to focus their education on a consistent and cumulative body of knowledge, the Program offers the following seven specializations:  

Economic Development  | Environmental Planning and Management | Geographic Information Systems  | Land Development  | Land Use Planning  | Transportation  | Urban Design

Land Development

The distribution and form of social and economic activities in American cities is significantly shaped by private market forces.  This specialization focuses on the real estate market and its role in shaping urban growth.  Specific areas of concern are real estate markets for new construction, the relation of new construction to the existing stock, and the redevelopment and preservation of existing stock. It examines the impact of development and redevelopment processes on the geographic, class, racial, and ethnic distribution of residential, commercial, and industrial structures. It places emphasis on the continually changing relationship of local, state, and federal policy for development and redevelopment.
 

The Land Development specialization requires two foundation courses and permits selection of two additional courses from a range of alternatives offered by the City and Regional Planning Program, the Real Estate Program at Georgia State University, and the Emory University Law School.

The two foundation courses are:

• Real Estate Finance and Development

• Real Estate Market Research

Two additional courses will need to be taken from among:

• Applied Real Estate Methods

• Land Use Planning Methods

• Urban Design Policy: Analysis and Implementation

• Real Estate Equity Investment (GSU)

•      Government and Housing Markets

Additional courses at Georgia State and Emory University may be considered for the land development specialization.

Students in this specialization may also be interested in a graduate certificate program in real estate offered at Georgia State University, designed especially for Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning students.  (See Joint Degrees & Certificates)