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UP 446: Sustainable Planning Seminar - Spring 2013
Course Schedule
Date |
Topic |
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| 15-Jan |
Course Introduction Review syllabus, introductions Climate and Sustainaibility Discussion Define sustainability - its implications. Define sustainability in terms of climate. Setting up your Blog |
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| 17-Jan |
Sustainability and Climate Reading: • Lester and Hart - (Part 1) Richard K Lester and David M Hart. 2012. Unclocking Energy Innovation. Richard K Lester and David M Hart. MIT Press, Cambridge, AM. Due: Blog Set Up Blog: Lester - due 9:30AM Tues |
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| 22-Jan |
The Climate Dilemma Reading: • Orr (various chapters) Orr, David. 2011. Hope is an Imparative. Island Press. Washington David Orr Interview Blog Highlights |
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| 24-Jan |
Climate Science Reading: • IPCC - 07 Summary for Policymakers |
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| 29-Jan |
The Morality of Climate Change Reading: • Kathleen Dean Moore Interview DeMocker, M. 2012. If Your House Is On Fire: Kathleen Dean Moore On The Moral Urgency Of Climate Change. The Sun.Dec 2012 I:444 Blog: Respond to the readings including the linked article 1, article 2, article 3. 1-2pg blog due 9:30AM every Tues Blog Highlights |
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| 31-Jan |
Climate Science and Politics Readings: • White House Pressure • White House Response? • The Need for a Climate Bill • A. Gore 09 Climate Update • Tea Party and Climate? Assigned: Climate Position Paper. |
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| 5-Feb |
Environment: Energy and Climate Readings: • David MacKay Part1 David MacKay. 2008. Sustanable Energy - without the hot air. Blog: Frame a coherent Climate Policy statement Blog Highlights |
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| 7-Feb |
Environment: Energy and Climate Readings: • David MacKay Part 2 |
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| 12-Feb |
Environment: Energy Readings: • Scientific American Articles 2006 W VA Coal Videos - Link I, and Link II Blog: Reactions to your SA reading on energy solutions to the climate problem. 1-2pg blog Blog Highlights Due: Climate Position Paper |
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| 14-Feb |
Environment: Land Use Readings: • James Kunstler (Part 1) James Howard Kunstler. 1993. The Geography of Nowhwere. Kunstler video 1, video 2, • David Brooks Brooks, David. 2010. "The Broken Society" The New York Times.03.19.2010 |
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| 19-Feb |
Environment: Land Use Readings: • James Kunstler (Part 2) James Howard Kunstler. 1993. The Geography of Nowhwere. Kunstler video 1, video 2, • David Brooks Brooks, David. 2010. "The Broken Society" The New York Times.03.19.2010 Blog: On JH Kunstler - Blog HIghlights |
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| 21-Feb |
Environment: Water and Climate |
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| 26-Feb |
Environment: Ecology Readings: • McHarg Ch 1 Man and Environment McHarg, Ian. 2006. The Essential Ian McHarg. F.R. Stiener, ed. Island Press, Washington. • McHarg Ch 2 The Place of Nature • McHarg Ch 3 Ecological Determinism • See The Lorax Blog Due: Land Use - Blog Highlights |
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| 28-Feb | Ecology and Economics: |
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| 5-Mar |
Economics: Theory Readings: • Herman Daly Herman Daly. 1996. Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development. Beacon Press, Boston. In-Class Questions Blog Due: Daley centric. Blog Highlights |
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| 7-Mar | Economics: Markets and Solutions |
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| 12-Mar | Economics: Markets and Solutions Readings: • Paul Krugman: "Running out of a Planet to Exploit" • Amory Lovins profitable solutions • Amy Klein "Throwing out the free market Playbook" • Levitt and Dunbar: Super Freakonomics, Ch5 What Do Al Gore and Mt Pinatubo Have in Common? Blog Due: Discuss one of the concepts from "Natural Capitalism," for example: what is "capital" and what's wrong with capitalism as currently practiced; whole system efficiency; the advantages of service-and-flow over batch-and-queue production; the implications of service-and-flow on labor; different conceptions of "efficiency"; muda; the problem with nuclear power, solutions for making the market work for natural capital. Blog Highlights Due: Environment and Climate Response Paper |
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| 14-Mar | Economics: Climate and Market Solutions Readings: • Grood and Thoumi About Carbon Taxes. 2008. • Hassett et al Hassett, K, A Mathur, G Metcalf. 2007. The Incidence Of A U.S. Carbon Tax: A Lifetime And Regional Analysis. National Bureau of Economic Research. • Reddy and Assenza Reddy B, G Assenza. 2009. The Great Climate Debate. Journal of Energy Policy • Frank Frank, C. 2009. The Bankruptcy of Capitalist Solutions to the Climate Crisis. Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. v20:2 • Pelley Pelley J. 2008. Cap or Tax? Environmental News, April 2008 The Story of Cap and Trade (in class) Assigned: The Economics of Climate Response Paper Review: Consumption Journals Supplement: Energy Intensities (Table) (Spread Sheet) |
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| 19-Mar | Spring Break | |
| 21-Mar | Spring Break | |
| 26-Mar | Social Issues: Collapse |
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| 28-Mar | Social Systems and Climate: Ethics Readings: • Andersen How Engineering the Human Body Could Combat Climate Change. The Atlantic 13 March 2012. • Somerville The Ethics of Climate Change. Opinion. Environment 360 • Broome The Ethics of Climate Change.Scientific American (June 2008), 298, 96-102 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0608-96 Due: Economic Response Paper |
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| 2-Apr | Social Systems and Climate: Food Readings: • Pollan Michael Pollan. 2006. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Penguin: New York. • Gallagher Mari Gallagher. 2008. Chicago Food Deserts: examining the impact of food on public health in Chicago. • Michael Pollan Policy Letter • Kenner Interview Due: Consumption Journals. Blog Due: Social stuff - Blog Highlights |
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| 4-Apr | Social Systems and Climate: Food Readings: • Roberts The End of Food. 2009. • Wren Nature 1901. • Lobell Science 319, 607 (2008). Assigned: Social Response Paper (due T 16 Apr) |
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| 9-Apr | Planning and Climate: Class Replaced with Allerton Visit.Sustainability and Planning Readings: • Campbell Scott Campbell, 1996. Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Journal of the American Planning Association. Summer, 1996. Blog Due: Campbell Blog Highlights |
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| 11-Apr | Planning and Climate: Class Replaced with Allerton Visit. |
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| 16-Apr | Sustainability in Planning Readings: • LEED for Neighborhood Development 2009 • Green Communities Criteria 2008 • Playbook for Green Buildings and Neighborhoods 2009/10 Assigned: Sustainability Assessment Blog Due: Sustainability tools |
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| 18-Apr | Planning and Climate: Land Use Readings: • Ewing Reid Ewing, Keith Bartholomew, Steve Winkelman,Jerry Walters, and Don Chen, Growing Cooler:The Evidence on Urban Development and ClimateChange. Washington: Urban Land Institute, 2008. • O'Toole Randall O'Tool. The Myth of the Compact City: Why Compact Development is not the Way to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions. Policy Analysis. No. 653. 18 Nov 2009. • Ruth and Rong (optional) Matthias Ruth and Fang Rong. 2006. "Research Themes and Challenges" ch. 2 in Ruth, M. Smart Growth and Climate Change. pp.9-61. Edward Elgar. • Freyfogle (optional) Freyfogle, Eric T. "Ch. 6: The Lure of Privatization." Land we share: private property and the common good. Island Press, 2003. 157-178. Assignment Due: Social Response Papers Friday April 20 2pm - 5pm Leopold Reading Allerton Visit  |
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| 23-Apr | Sustainability and Planning Readings: • Owen David Owen. 2004. Green Manhattan: Why New York is the greenest city in the U.S. The New Yorker Magazine, 18 Oct 2004. • Wheeler Stephen M. Wheeler. 2000. Planning for Metropolitan Sustainability. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 20:133-145. Blog Due: Ewing, Owen and Wheeler - Blog Highlights |
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| 25-Apr | Planning and Climate Readings: • Johnson (part 1, part 2) Huey Johnson. Green Plans. University of Nebraska Press:Lincoln 2008 Optional Readings: • APA Climate Panning Policy Guide American Planning Association. Policy Guide on Planning and Climate Change. 2008. • Guide to Climate Action Planning D Eagan, T Calhoiun, J Scott, P Dayananda. National Wildlife Federation - Campus Ecology. 2008. Assigned: Final Paper |
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| 30-Apr | Student Presentations Course Assessment wrap-up and review Assignment Due: Sustainability Assessments |
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| 9-May | Final Papers Due May 9 5pm |