ENVS 633 - Community Involvement in Environmental Analysis and Management

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Pomponio and Esher. Offered through CGS - See current timetable. This course will investigate the various community involvement and communication tools, venues, and practices used during the analysis and management of decisions affecting the environment. Students will be exposed to real-life situations through expert guest lecturers, case studies, and hands on projects. The course will investigate communication practices for project specific issues relative to the National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA), Superfund, and other local, state, and federal vehicles. Students can expect to learn, experience, and apply communication tools to ongoing proposals for major highway, impoundment, and other infrastructure proposals as well as for environmental clean up initiatives launched under various authorities. Students will also examine and contribute to citizen advisory and stakeholder forums for major watershed and estuary programs. Specific communication challenges to achieve environmental justice and the conveyance of technical information will be explored.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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