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Comparative Security and Sustainability, Fall 2004
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Abstract: This course focuses on the complexities associated with security and sustainability of states in international relations. Covering aspects of theory, methods and empirical analysis, the course is in three parts, and each consists of seminar sessions focusing on specific topics.
Design for Sustainability, Fall 2004
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Abstract: This course on sustainability will cover the implications of this topic on engineering, design, and architecture. The course will begin with a general survey and discussion of current trends, followed by the introduction of the life cycle assessment (LCA) method as a rigorous, quantitative alternative ... More »
Design for Sustainability, Fall 2006
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Abstract: The course considers the growing popularity of sustainability and its implications for the practice of engineering, particularly for the built environment. Two particular methodologies are featured: life cycle assessment (LCA) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The fundamentals ... More »
Environmental Justice, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Examines theories and practice of environmental justice, concerns about race, poverty, and the environment in both domestic and international contexts, exploring and critically analyzing philosophies, frameworks, and strategies underlying environmental justice movements. Examines case studies of environmental ... More »
Environmental Policy and Economics, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Provides a rigorous treatment of environmental economics. Topics include welfare analysis, social choice, and ethical dimensions of economic criteria for protecting the environment, regulating risk, and measuring the demand for environmental goods, property rights, international and macro dimensions ... More »
Field Seminar in International Political Economy, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Review of IPE field covering previous and core research focusing on dual national objectives in a global context, namely pursuit of power and pursuit of wealth. Surveys major paradigms of international political economy, including neoclassical economics, development and ecological economics, lateral ... More »
Fullan's Sustainability Elements as a Framework to Assess the Lasting Impact of Systemic Leadership Development Efforts
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Abstract: Multiple factors influence the success or failure of change efforts. The outcome depends on the nature of the innovation and how it is introduced (Evans, 1996; Fullan, 1993; Leithwood, Jantzi, & Steinbach, 1999) or the strategies used to implement the innovation (Fullan, 1999, 2003a; Hall & Hord, 2001; ... More »
Gaoming Studio - China, Spring 2005
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Abstract: The studio will focus on the district of Gaoming, located in the northwest of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) - the fastest growing and most productive region of China. The District has recently completed a planning effort in which several design institutes and a Hong Kong planning firm prepared ideas for ... More »
International Environmental Negotiation, Fall 2002
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Abstract: This is the fourth subject in the Environmental Policy and Planning sequence. Seminar looks at problems of managing common resources, difficulties of achieving transboundary pollution control, and the dilemmas of regional harmonization of environmental protection standards (particularly in Europe). At ... More »
Introduction to Integrated Design, Fall 2006
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Abstract: During this course, we will be exploring basic questions of architecture through several short design exercises. Working with many different media, students will discover the interrelationship of architecture and its related disciplines, such as structures, sustainability, architectural history and the ... More »
Introduction to Open Education
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Abstract: The goals of the course are (1) to give you a firm grounding in the current state of the field of open education, including related topics like copyright, licensing, and sustainability, (2) to help you locate open education in the context of mainstream instructional technologies like learning objects, ... More »
Introduction to Transportation Systems, Fall 2006
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Abstract: 1.201J/11.545J/ESD.210J is required for all first-year Master of Science in Transportation students. It would be of interest to, as well as accessible to, students in Urban Studies and Planning, Political Science, Technology and Policy, Management, and various engineering departments. It is a good subject ... More »
Planning for Sustainable Development, Spring 2006
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Abstract: Explores policy and planning for sustainable development. Critically examines concept of sustainability as a process of social, organizational, and political development drawing on cases from the US and Europe. Explores pathways to sustainability through debates on ecological modernization; sustainable ... More »
Property Rights in Transition, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Examines alternative economic, political, and social perspectives of property rights and their policy and planning implications. Focuses on institutional and governance structures, power and control mechanisms, distributional consequences of different property rights arrangements, and problems of incomplete ... More »
Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning - The Cardener River Corridor Workshop, Fall 2001
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Abstract: This landscape and environmental planning workshop investigates and propose a framework for the enhancement, development and preservation of the natural and cultural landscape of the Cardener River Corridor in Catalunya Spain. The workshop is carried out in conjunction with the Polytechnic University ... More »
Sustainable Design and Technology Research Workshop, Spring 2004
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Abstract: This workshop investigates the current state of sustainability in regards to architecture, from the level of the tectonic detail to the urban environment. Current research and case studies will be investigated, and students will propose their own solutions as part of the final project.
Sustainable Development: Theory, Research and Policy, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of the notion of "sustainable development." Focuses on the sustainability problems of industrial countries (i.e., aging of populations, sustainable consumption, institutional adjustments, etc.); and of developing states and economies in transition ... More »
Systems Perspectives on Industrial Ecology, Spring 2006
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Abstract: Quantitative techniques for life cycle analysis of the impacts of materials extraction, processing use, and recycling; and economic analysis of materials processing, products, and markets. Student teams undertake a major case study of automobile manufacturing using the latest methods of analysis and ... More »
Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health issues. Incorporates considerations of financing, pricing, institutional ... More »
