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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AT ST. LOUIS PLANNING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES U19 SUST 319 MARK ABBOTT FALL 2013 COURSE SYLLABUS Course Time: Wednesday 5:30—8:00 PM Classroom: Eads 103 Phone: (314) 779-9606 Email: [email protected] I. Course Description This course explores definitions, dimensions, and specific approaches for achieving sustainability. The primary goal of the course is to introduce students to the process of producing a sustainability strategic plan for a neighborhood, city, or region. Students will learn how to prepare a baseline sustainability analysis, generate community sustainability goals, formulate sustainability implementation tactics, and devise assessment measures. We will examine best practices in planning for sustainability from around the country and around the world, using St. Louis as a specific case study in analyzing current techniques and theories in planning for sustainability. II. Course Texts 1) Stephen M. Wheeler and Timothy Beatley, ed. (2009). The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (2nd ed.). Routledge. 2) Peter Calthrope (2013). Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change. Island Press. 3) Sidney Brower (2011). Neighbors and Neighborhoods: Elements of Successful Community Design. APA Press. III. Course Schedule Week Date Topic 1 8/28 2 9/4 3 9/11 Course Introduction: Planning and Sustainability Origins of the Sustainability Concept Theoretical Foundations of Sustainable Planning Reading E: #1 Howard, Mumford, & Jacobs E: #2 Leopold, McHarg, Meadows, Daly, Wednesday Assignment Walking Tour: Sunday, September 7 1|Page 4 9/18 Land Use and Urban Design 5 9/25 Transportation 6 10/2 Urban Ecology and Restoration 7 10/9 Energy and materials use 8 10/16 Environmental justice and social equity 9 10/23 Economic Development 10 10/30 Green Architecture and building 11 11/6 Tools for Sustainability Planning 12 11/13 Sustainable Urban Development Internationally 13 11/20 Visions of the Sustainable Community 14 15 11/27 12/4 16 12/11 NO CLASS: THANKSGIVING BREAK Planning and Implementing Sustainable Communities Neighborhood Plan Presentation 17 12/18 Exam II Due via Email: No Class World Commission & McKibben E: #2-3 Calthrope and Wheeler + Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change Cervero, Newman, and Pucher Spirn, Beatley, and Riley E: #12 Girardet, Lyle, and Pacala Bullard, Hayden, and Perlman Pearce, Hawken, Korten, Shuman, and Roseland E: #9 McDonough, Vale, Eisenberg, and the U.S. Green Building Council Maclaren, Wachernagel, Lerner, and de Montis E: #5-6 Rabinovitch, Beatley, Hsiao, Lam, and Honey Callenbach, Guin, and Wheeler Neighbors and Neighborhoods Book Review I Sustainability Plan Proposals Exam I Plan Progress Reports Book Review II Neighborhood Plans Exam II 2|Page IV. COURSE REQUIREMENTS All students are required to complete the following: 1. Two take home exams: Students will complete two take home exams where they will reflect on the assigned readings in Wheeler and Beatley. 2 X 100 = 200 points 2. Two book reviews: Students will write a 3-5 page review of both Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change and Neighbors and Neighborhoods. 2 X 100 = 200 points 3. Neighborhood Sustainability Plan: Students will work as a group to prepare a Sustainability Plan for a section of Martin Luther King Drive and adjacent neighborhoods in North St. Louis. The plan will be presented to the community. 2 Prep Assignments (2 X 50 points) Final Draft (200 points) Presentation (100 points) 400 points 4. Actively participate in class: This class is intended to be primarily seminar in nature. Therefore, it is imperative that students regularly attend, come prepared, and actively participate. 200 points TOTAL 1000 POINTS COURSE GRADING SCALE B+=870 C+=770 D+=670 A =930 B =830 C =730 D =630 A-=900 B-=800 C-=700 D-=600 3|Page