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PA 5242 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2016 | PA 5242 Section 001: Environmental Planning, Policy, and Decision Making (57916)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Theory and practice. Ethical, legal, and institutional frameworks relative to a range of environmental issues. Innovative environmental decision making informed by collaboration, conflict resolution, adaptive management, and resilience thinking. prereq: Grad or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?schiv005+PA5242+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- The course integrates insights from theory and practice related to environmental planning, policy, and decision making. Readings, projects, and discussions will highlight ethical, legal, and institutional frameworks from the local to the global scales relative to a range of environmental issues, including natural resource conservation, water, air, endangered species, waste, climate change, and sustainability. In addition, the course will examine innovative approaches to environmental decision making informed by collaborative planning, conflict resolution, adaptive management, and resilience thinking. The course will draw on theoretical perspectives, case material, and real-world examples from planning and environmental decision-making contexts at multiple scales. Special emphasis will be placed on integrating cross-disciplinary perspectives on environmental issues, decision-making approaches, and implementation techniques. The course will take a primarily domestic focus, with international cases and examples integrated for comparative purposes. The course is appropriate for graduate level students in urban planning, public policy, social and natural sciences, natural resource management, and design.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57916/1163
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/schiv005_PA5242_Spring2016.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 21 January 2014
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2016 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Carissa Slotterback