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3.00 Credits
Global evolution of urban and regional planning, from the inception of urbanization to the present. Co-evolution of city design and planning in the Occidental world and its diffusion to the non-Occidental world in recent times. Theoretical and practical aspects.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to environmental management and planning processes as they are addressed in public policy, with an emphasis on factors that influence decision-making, including politics, economics, public interest and legal requirements. Focus of difficulties associated with defining goals, with uncertainty in environmental impacts and with the balance between qualitative and quantitative factors in decision-making, using case studies.
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3.00 Credits
EASTERN ASIA: LAND AND PEOPLE Broad introduction of geography of East Asia from a global interdependency perspective. Six topics examined in terms of interaction between East Asia and the West: U.S., the New World and the West place-name system; agricultural regions, Buddhism in China, East Asian practices in Western medicine, formation of post-Columbian East Asia; religion, democracy, communism and fascism.
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3.00 Credits
Morphological properties of soils as natural bodies, factors in processes of development, role in natural ecosystems; and systems of classification at topographic, regional and global scales. Soil fertility and its role in land use. Prerequisite: GEOG 121 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of physical, geographic, political and perceptual aspects of natural hazards. Evaluation of physical environments in which natural hazards occur, land use and development patterns in hazardous areas, tools and methods for evaluating hazardousness and vulnerability. Prerequisites: GEOG 121 or ENVI 201; junior or senior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the evolution of retail structure and the processes of retail location and strategy as consequences of urban changes in the United States. Techniques and methods of retail location decision making, including those for store siting and trade area determination, are employed. Discussion of models and their applications is reinforced by practical assignments that involve field data collection and analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Applications of legislative action, administrative rules and regulations, court decisions to urban and regional planning issues. Specific legislative acts, their administration; particular major cases to develop basic techniques of legal research. Prerequisite: one urban geography course.
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3.00 Credits
Study of differential patterns of health status and health outcomes by race, ethnicity and class in the United States. Emphasis on the role of institutional policies such as land use and zoning practices, housing and residential segregation patterns, poverty and environmental pollution in producing disparate patterns of disease and disability among African Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans and the rest of the U.S. population. Issues of conceptualization and measurement of race and ethnicity in environmental health research are addressed including data collection and visualization using maps and geographic software. Prerequisites: any one or more of GEOG 101, 103, 151, 211, or ENVI 101.
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3.00 Credits
Historical and contemporary examination of geographic, economic, environmental, cultural and economic factors relating to natural resource use and management. Effective conservation of biota and of resources such as minerals, soils and water; policy goals; global and local control. Conservation policy practice and theory. Prerequisites: any one of GEOG 121, 221, 232, BIOL 104, or 373, or ENVI 101 and 201, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Role of water in environmental planning. Hydrologic, engineering, economic, ecological and institutional aspects of water management. Runoff models. Flood hazard analysis. Water supply systems. Water quality management. Drainage basins as planning units. Field trips; research reports.
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