Spring 2020  |  GEOG 3423 Section 001: Urban Climatology (55035)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 125
Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Urban climatology focuses on how cities modify the local environment. Initial focus is on urban energy balance as the basis of most urban-climate research. The course also explores how atmospheric composition, urban hydrology, and urban ecosystems affect the urban climate, and how urban climates are linked to regional and global climate change.
Class Description:
Urban climatology is a broad field that examines how cities modify their immediate - and possibly regional and global - climate via changes in atmospheric composition, energy and water cycles, and urban ecosystems. We will hear from some urban climate researchers, read some of the contemporary urban climatology research literature, and make some of our own observations of the urban climate to learn how changes in the urban environment interact with each other and with the urban climate.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Students interested in environmental science, climate change, urban geography, landscape architecture, and/or the relationships between humans and the built environment.
Grading:
exams, short projects, discussion, term paper
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
75% Lecture, 25% discussion
Workload:
25 pages (appx.) of reading per week
35 pages (appx.) of writing per term
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55035/1203
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/klink_GEOG3423_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
3 December 2019

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