ENST 215: Environmental Planning (Fall semester)

Environmental Planning covers the conceptual roots and practical challenges associated with applying notions of sustainability to urban and regional planning both domestically and internationally.   It spans historical and contemporary debates in planning theory, challenges of planning in developing world countries like Brazil, the conundrum of "sprawl" in the U.S., and attempts at sustainability planning in the U.S. and northern Europe.   Readings include The Ecology of Place (Beatley and Manning, 1997), Lewis Mumford and the Ecological Region (Luccarelli, 1995), and Seeing Like a State (Scott, 1998) along with electronic reserve items.   The main course requirements are: two (2) take-home essay exams, the "My Hometown" project (research and analysis on hometown--2 analytical papers), in class exercises, and in-class participation.

Fall 2006 syllabus pdf format

Fulfills these CLA (common learning agenda) and engineering requirements: NFBW (natural and fabricated worlds), EGSS (engineering social science), SOSC (social science), SSHU (soc./hum. for engineers).

Fulfills these ENST requirements: social science/humanities (list 4)

Prerequisites: none