Spring 2007 Courses
For current offerings and class times, please see Timetable of Classes
URBAN AFFAIRS AND PLANNING - SPRING 2007 MODULES (1-CREDIT)
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Sustainable Transport
Meets: F 1/19/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 1/20/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
Sustainable transport and sustainable development are integrally linked at a variety of social, economic, and geographic scales. Sustainable transport represents the intersection of transport and social exclusion, environmental justice, accessibility planning, and mobility management – with this module exploring each including a comparison of U.K. and U.S. perspectives
Instructor: Tom Sanchez/Karen Lucas
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Environmental Policy and Planning—Clean Water & Clean Air
Meets: T 1/23/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm; T 2/6/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm; T 2/20/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm
Understand the policy and legal dimensions of how federal environmental regulations influence and shape state and local land use planning. This module will focus on aspects of the Clean Water Act, such as stormwater, and Clean Air Act, such as mobile source pollution/transportation planning. It will also explore the legacy and future direction of the environmental policy and the environmental movement
Instructor: Joe Schilling
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Elements of Capital Improvement Programming
Meets: F 2/2/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 2/3/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
This course will examine the general scope and purposes of capital projects, their effect on growth and revitalization, and their relation to other planning tools. The course will then focus on the specific issues associated with the planning and implementation of a K-12 school capital improvement program. A rapidly growing satellite jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area will be used to illustrate the process of identifying and prioritizing capital projects
Instructor: David Lever
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Environmental Impact Analysis
Meets: F 3/2/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 3/3/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
The module will cover the history and practical application of Environmental Impact Assessment as applied under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Learning objectives of the module are to a) recognize the major legal vocabulary associated with environmental impact assessment under NEPA, b) identify the major parts of the EIS, c) begin to develop an understanding of the major scientific analyses required for EIS, d) learn to administer the environmental impact process from project scoping to final report, and e) learn to review and critique the processes and products of the NEPA process from the vantage point of a community and professional reviewer.
Instructor: Lisa Schweitzer
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Transportation/Land Use
Meets: F 3/9/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 3/10/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
This is a module about transportation planning that focuses on its connection to land use planning and growth management. It will provide a framework for thinking critically about transportation and land-use policy in metropolitan areas. At the end of the course students should have a good grounding in transportation policy, and a good idea of the proper analytical framework for evaluating those policies.
Instructor: Terry Moore
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Land Conservation
Meets: F 3/16/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 3/17/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
Given the passage of Measure 37 in Oregon and the introduction of similar bills across the country, land conservation may increasingly rely on non-regulatory approaches in the future. This course will examine the major land conservation tools and explore policy and planning issues involved in land conservation. Various incentives to land conservation, including tax incentives, will be explored.
Instructor: Jesse Richardson
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Fundamentals of New Urbanism
Meets: F 3/23/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 3/24/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
This module will provide a survey of New Urbanism objectives, principles, and planning techniques. Materials will be presented through lecture and discussion and include a range of case studies to illustrate New Urbanism concepts.
Instructor: Peter Katz
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Brownfields Redevelopment
Meets: F 3/23/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 3/24/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
The cleanup and reuse of contaminated industrial properties (AKA Brownfields) represents one of nation’s most successful economic development initiatives of the last 40 years. Explore the latest trends in this emerging field through a series of essays and case studies that illustrate different Brownfields models (e.g., regional, affordable housing, green space, and waterfront revitalization) and the future challenges that communities confront with the long term stewardship of such contaminated sites. Professors Schilling and Wernstedt have more than ten years experience researching and working in the Brownfields arena.
Instructor: Joe Schilling/Kris Wernstedt
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Regional Growth Visioning
Meets: F 3/23/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 3/24/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
Visioning is a tool that can inform and energize the public, leading to new partnerships among diverse community stakeholders willing to work together to improve the quality of life for generations to come. In this module, you'll learn the essential components of a collaborative growth visioning process, including needs assessment, various visioning methods, communication, evaluation, and implementation.
Instructor: Sophie Lambert
UAP-5624 Urban Design Seminar: History of Urban Design and Planning
Meets: F 3/23/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 3/24/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
This module introduces students to the history of urban planning thought since the establishment of the planning profession in the mid-to-late 19th century. It covers the main schools of urban planning and design planning thought from the City Beautiful to New Urbanism and discusses their interconnections and mutual influences.
Instructor: Sonia Hirt
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Form Based Codes
Meets: F 3/30/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 3/31/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
This module will provide an introduction to Form Based Codes and include topics such as History and Principles of Development Regulation, Existing Conditions Analysis: How to Read a Community's DNA, Detailed Review of FBC Components, Document Design and Writing Considerations, Legal Issues Related to FBCs, Urban Design / Street Design Considerations, and Issues of Public Process.
Instructor: Peter Katz
UAP-5424 Metro Planning Topics: Ecological City
Meets: T 4/3/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm; S 4/14/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm; T 4/17/07, 5:00-9:00pm
Environmental and planning commentators have long sought to reengineer and redesign the city consistent with ecological principles and performance criteria. What is an ecological city? What does it look like? What should it be? Given increasing concerns over rising energy costs and the threat of global warming, the concept of an ecological city gains increasing popularity. Through case studies and essays, explore the essential policy, planning and design elements of an ecological city and discuss the economic, political, and social barriers that make its reality difficult.
Instructor: Joe Schilling
UAP-5624 Urban Design Seminar: European Cities and Planning
Meets: F 4/6/07, 5:00pm-9:00pm and S 4/7/07, 9:00am-5:00pm
This module introduces students to the key differences between the planning regimes in Europe and North America. It contrasts European and American planning policies at the national, state (provincial) and local levels particularly with respect to land use control. It also highlights the role of the European Union and summarizes the differences between the different schools of planning within the European continent.
Instructor: Sonia Hirt