Course Setup UPP594 F10 Topics in Urban Planning & Policy - Sustainable Development Working title Survey of Sustainable Development Techniques Instructors: Jim Van der Kloot, Land Revitalization Coordinator, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Eugene Goldfarb, Principal, Great Lakes Environmental Planning (former Midwest Environmental Officer, USDHUD) Environmental policy is rapidly evolving in the U.S. Over the last thirty years, our efforts have been focused end-of-the pipeline controls. This approach has greatly reduced the emissions from smokestacks, discharges to surface waters, and uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. However, we are now faced with a complex realm of new environmental challenges, and they relate to the manner in which we develop land, construct buildings, and consume resources. Our development patterns are responsible for significant degradation of the air, water, and land. This puts urban planners on the forefront in implementing development practices that provide for a positive social environment along with a clean environment. The overarching theme of this course will be Sustainable Development. We will begin with an overview of sustainable practices and barriers and how we got to this point, and then discuss current practice in many functional areas, finishing up with addressing the market barriers to sustainable practice. The course will feature extensive outside guest speakers of exciting practitioners with cutting edge approaches. There will be extensive class participation in the form of weekly discussion of the preceding week’s topic and each student is expected to lead the last half hour of the class with their own class project. Class Framework 3 hour sessions 0.5 + class exercise (homework based upon previous week’s topic) 1.5 + lecture 0.5 + student presentation Grading 35% Final Exam 35% Class Exercises or Papers either turn in assignments or write extra paper 14 assignments - will throw out 2 lowest or Two 5-10 page papers due Sept 30 Nov 11 30% Class Project .ppt presentation sign up for topic in 1st week 5-10 page paper (to be available 1 week prior if no preference we'll assign so other students may read)Syllabus- UP 594 Survey of Sustainable Development Techniques Date Topic 26-Aug Historic Policies and their Consequences Overview of Sustainable Development Practices and Barriers 2-Sep Community Gardens/Urban Agriculture 9-Sep Green Infrastructure 16-Sep Green Transportation Design 23-Sep Shrinking Cities 30-Sep Climate & Sustainability 7-Oct Market Barriers to Green Development 14-Oct Brownfields Policy Development – Chicago Brownfields 21-Oct Areawide strategies to urban revitalization 3oth St Industrial Corridor (Milw) 28-Oct Green Energy 4-Nov Sustainability & Social Capital 11-Nov Green Building Exchange 18-Nov Green Historic Preservation 25-Nov T - day 2-Dec FinALPotential Class Topics Required Each student will be responsible for a major class topic. The product will consist of a class lecture (20-25 minutes) & paper (5-10 pages). Topics must be chosen by second week, dates for class presentation will be assigned by third week. Past Topics• Automobiles And Air Pollution • Watershed Management • Walkable Communities: Why They Are Important And What We Need To Do To Develop Them • Bioregional Planning: A Case Study Of The Citizens’ Bioregional Plan For Northeast Ohio • Farm Land Preservation- • Community Greens • Brownfield Discussion Points • Building Green: An Economic Perspective • Native Landscaping • Industrial Ecology: A Response To Excessive Waste • The Modern Green Roof And Its Benefits To The Urban Environment • Social Equity And Environmental Justice: The Need In Northwest IN • Going Native In Seattle • Large Urban Open And Natural Spaces • Farmland Preservation/Local Food Systems, Promote Sustainable Development In the "Big-Box" - Making Sustainable Development Work For Big-Box Retailers • Green Factories And Green Economic Development • Architecture And Building Materials • Mixed Use Development • Landfill Redevelopment/Designs W/ Artist Input • Conservation Design • New Urbanism & Traditional Neighborhood Development • Urban Sprawl • Promote Sustainable Development To A "Retail" Housing Market. • Energy- Case Study Of Pilot Electric Efficiency Program • CERCLA • Regional Green Infrastructure Vision Through Open Space And Greenways Preservation • Historic Preservation & Teardowns • Sustainable Campuses • Sustainable Food Systems • Sustainble Architecture • Best Practices for Sustainability & Affordable Housing • Promoting Urban Bicycling - Latest Innovations • Sustainable Farming (Wtr Use in W States) • Suburban Environmentalism vs. Urbanism • So Maccata/Eureka & Greater Humboldt Co, CA • Conservation Land Trust • Urban Greenways/Green Infrastructure • NOLA Road Home/Global Green Program • Sprawl & Poverty • Eco-tourism & Sus Development • Green Practices in Affordable Housing • Other • TOD • SD Benefits of New Urbanism SD Benefits of Smart Growth • Biodiversity as a Component of SD • Redevelopment and Community Services: Benefits of SD • Public Health Benefits of SD • SD and Stormwater Management • Incentives for SD Practices • Economic Tools to Promote SD • Promoting Low-Impact Development • Barriers to SD in Codes and Ordinances • Global Warming and SD • Approaches to SD in Other Parts of the World • SD Success Stories from Local Governments • SD and Economic Disparities • SD and Social Justice • Costs of SD Practices • Promotion of Green Buildings • Nonprofit SD Strategies • Area-wide Planning for SD • Work with Hammond (IN) PHA & City on Redevelopment of 66 yr old Public Housing (actual project) • Sustainable Redevelopment in Post Katrina Louisiana – the Road Home Program • Sustainable Affordable Housing (maybe work with HUD) • The Post - Katrina Sustainability Challenge in Southern LouisianaFirst Assignment Also before the first class (9/2) please read the following