MERLOT Materials

Please note it may take awhile for map to load. This New York Times interactive graph provides mapped visualizations of... see more

This course will focus on the emergence and evolution of industrial societies around the world. It begins by comparing... see more

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center Library (HSC) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) entered a... see more

This is a crime mapping app that can be used to look up data on crimes committed in a certain time period. It describes... see more

Explore this rich-media digital story about vertical living created by The National Film Board of Canada and The New York... see more

This introductory survey course is intended to develop an understanding of key issues and dilemmas of planning in... see more

This site has the World Social Change reports we prepared, reviews of main world demographic and political changes and... see more

City to City, as a class, will jump into the complexity of planning in New Orleans, a post-disaster city. City-to-City... see more

This course focuses on methods of digital visualization and communication and their application to planning issues.... see more

This course develops logical, empirically based arguments using statistical techniques and analytic methods. Elementary... see more

This course explores photography as a disciplined way of seeing or investigating urban landscapes, and expressing ideas.... see more

This site was designed for middle and high school teachers but many of the materials are appropriate for college-level... see more

The purpose of this seminar is to provide a context for understanding the challenges of urban food provisioning from a... see more

The Great Divide is a GlobalPost collection of stories, graphics and videos that explores the nature, causes, and... see more

This course explores the urban environment as a natural phenomenon, human habitat, medium of expression, and forum for... see more

This course is an introduction to the analytical tools that support design and decision-making in real estate and... see more

This course introduces the basic techniques of demographic analysis. Students will become familiar with the sources of... see more

Provides students with a basic understanding of the science of demography and health implications of major population... see more

Please use this collection of infographics to educate yourself and others about HIV/AIDS.

The purpose of the course is to cultivate the sensibilities necessary for effective planning practice. This objective... see more

Planning Economics will apply microeconomic theory to issues that markets don't always handle well and so are not usually... see more

This course investigates social conflict and distributional disputes in the public sector. While theoretical aspects of... see more

This is a seminar about the ways that urban design contributes to the distribution of political power and resources in... see more

This course will explore the mutual influences of ideas of nature, theories of city design and planning, and practices of... see more