old syllabus below (please read above note):

Urban Planning 532:  Sustainable Development - Resolving Economic and Environmental Conflicts  Fall 1999 College of Architecture and Urban Planning University Of Michigan

Prof. Scott Campbell (home page) sdcamp@umich.edu office:  3136 A&AB (734) 763-2077

Course Overview
Assignments  (including Answers to Assignment 2:  links to student pages)
List of Related Readings
Links to Related Web Sites (organized by class week topics)
 

2-4. Environmental Economics   (Sept. 14 - 30)
Turner, R. Kerry, David Pearce and Ian Bateman.  1994.  Environmental Economics:  An Elementary Introduction.   Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press.
week 2:  Chs. 1-6  (central themes:  comparing economic and environmental views of cities and nature;  growth and substitutions;  market failures and externalities)
week 3:  Chs. 7-12  (central themes:  cost-benefit analysis;  nature and economic value;  green taxes).
week 4:  Chs. 13-16  (central themes:   pollution credit trading;  common-pool resources)

see also on reserve:     Dixon, John A., Asian Development Bank, and World Bank. 1994. Economic analysis of environmental impacts. New, 2nd ed. London: Earthscan.
 

5-6. Water Politics:  Federal Policy,  Interbasinal Water Transfer and the Growth of the West   (Oct. 5 - 14)
Reisner, Marc.   1993.  Cadillac desert : the American West and its disappearing water.  Penguin Books.   (week 5, Ch. 1-7;   week 6:  rest of book)
 

7.  "Balancing environmental and economic sustainability in the built environment: Green Developments and the Bottom Line"  Guest lecture (at the School of Natural Resources):  Bill Browning (Rocky Mountain Institute, Green Development Services, Snowmass, Colorado    (Oct. 19) revised
 
 

8-9. Resource-dependent Communities    (Oct. 26 - Nov. 2)  revised
a short list of local economic development terms
Power, Thomas Michael. 1998. Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies:  The Search for a Value of Place. Covelo, CA: Island Press.
10/26:  Chs.   1-3;   (overview of local economic development)
10/28: Chs. 4-7 (on mining and timber);
11/2:  Chs. 8-11 (agriculture, tourism and conclusion).

see also on reserve:
Beltzer, Dena and Cynthia Kroll.  1986.  New Jobs for the Timber Region:  Economic Diversification for Northern California.  Berkeley:  Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California.
 
 

9-11.  Sustainable Development:  towards a Synthesis of Economic and Environmental Planning?  (Nov. 4 - 16)  revised
Beatley, Timothy and Kristy Manning.  1997.  The Ecology of Place:  Planning for Environment, Economy, and Community.  Island Press.

Nov. 4:  Chs. 1-2 (overview of sustainability)

Nov. 9:  Chs. 3-4 (New Urbanism, compact cities, and the links between urban form and environmental impact)

Nov. 11:  "RESEARCH IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT": Sprawl, New Urbanism, and the Sustainable City.   Michigan League - Michigan Room. Speakers: Doug Kelbaugh - Dean, College of Architecture & Urban Planning;  Hema Dandekar - College of Architecture & Urban Planning;  Bob Grese - School of Natural Resources & Environment

Nov. 16:  rest of Beatley/Manning book  (synthesis of sustainable urbanism ideas)

see also on reserve:      Hudson, Wendy E., ed. 1991. Landscape Linkages and Biodiversity. Washington, D.C. and Covelo, CA: Island Press.
plus:   Campbell, Scott. 1996. Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities?
 

11.   Group Project --  Structured Work Session  (Nov. 18)   revised
INSTRUCTIONS
 

12.   Economic-environmental conflicts and International Development  (Nov. 23)     revised
How do we translate the idea of sustainability from one global setting to another?
[the three readings can be downloaded as .pdf files]

Shrimp Aquaculture Sector in Thailand: A Review of Economic, Environmental and Trade Issues  IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development), Oct-1998 (This reading concerns pressures on developing economies to generate export products for global markets despite serious environmental costs.)

Pollution Control in the Informal Sector: The Ciudad Juárez Brickmakers' Project, Allen Blackman and Geoffrey J. Bannister | February 1998 (Resources for the Future).  (Many of the pollution control strategies we have discussed may not be appropriate for small-scale economic activity in the informal sector where regulation is unclear and inconsistent.  Here is a specific case study of brickmakers in a rapidly growing Mexican city just south of the U.S. border.)

The Use of Economic Incentives in Developing Countries: Lessons from International Experience with Industrial Air Pollution, Allen Blackman and Winston Harrington | May 1999  (Resources for the Future).  (This paper contrasts air pollution strategies in four countries with four divergent political economies:  Sweden, the United States, China, and Poland.)

see also on reserve:     Coccossis, Harry, and Peter Nijkamp, eds. 1995. Sustainable Tourism Development. Hampshire, UK and Brookfield, VT: Avebury.
Bosselman, Fred P., Craig A. Peterson, and Claire McCarth. 1999. Managing Tourism Growth: Issues and Applications. Covelo, CA: Island Press.
 
 

13-14.  Presentation of Case Studies  (Nov. 30 - Dec. 7)
[I will make a computer and computer projector available in class;  let me know if you need any other equipment]

November 30
Theodoros Natsinas,   "The Environmental Policies of the European Union"
Chae Gun Chung, "Managing conflicts between economic development and water pollution in metropolitan areas in Korea"
Dahlia Chazan, Kris Olsson, Isabelle Minn, Liz Rettenmaier, Amy Cotter,  "Comparison of Lodi and Pittsfield Townships Built Out"

December 2
David Parent, Bjorn Hansen, Dahvia Locke, "Watershed Preservation in the New York City Region"
Ben Roberts, Laura Benson, Chris Botnick, "Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge"
Asli Gocmen, Christina Kelly, Moira Zellner, "State and Regional Growth Management Planning: A Critique of Existing Methods and Tools"

December 7
Caitlin Cain, Eric Sheneman,  "Ecotourism in Costa Rica"
Namji Jung, Linda Bailey, Stephanie Messina, "Reducing Automobile Use in Metropolitan Chicago"
Maria Tucker, "Conflicts and Coalitions in the Redevelopment of the Del Ray Neighborhood"
 

14.  Course Synthesis:  Lecture and Class Discussion (Dec. 9)