Geo 331: Urban Environmental Issues
Discussion Sign Ups
Each student is asked to participate as a discussion leader ONCE during the semester. Some of the discussions will be more readings based. Other discussions will be more case study based. Your responsibility is to come up with questions and case studies to help stimulate class discussion. Class discussion is NOT about you summarizing the readings for the rest of your classmates or simply presenting your case study. Rather, I am looking for you to take over class and get involved in a discussion on the readings and Mini-assignments. It is a good idea to have me look over the questions before you hand them out: THIS REQUIRES YOU TO BE ORGANIZED AND TO HAVE READ IN ADVANCE! It is up to you to be prepared and organized and to coordinate with fellow leaders!
Please sign up for the discussion you think most interests you!
1/30 MDC/LDCs--Urban Environment and Human Health
Base your discussion primarily on the readings
1) Morgen Bullock
2) Lindsay Tuthill
2/8 Water Pollution and reform
Base your discussion primarily on the readings
1) Emily Duncan
2) Katie Jondahl
2/15 Case Studies Discussion: Boston, Hudson River, Chesapeake Bay, Lake Erie
No set readings for this discussion; instead, leaders should investigate some case studies for class discussion. You may want to hand-out readings in advance (if so, you’ll need to get me this at least 3-4 days ahead of time!). I welcome creativity in this type of discussion. One suggestion for discussion: there’s a lot of information on the web—perhaps we could meet as a class in the cart lab and you can assign groups of students to find info on the case study cities!
1) Nathaniel Lewis
2) Lee Swad
3) Josh Croen
2/22 Case Studies Discussion: India, Mexico City, Seoul
No set readings for this discussion; instead, leaders should investigate some case studies for class discussion. You may want to hand-out readings in advance (if so, you’ll need to get me this at least 3-4 days ahead of time!). I welcome creativity in this type of discussion. One suggestion for discussion: there’s a lot of information on the web—perhaps we could meet as a class in the cart lab and you can assign groups of students to find info on the case study cities!
1) Nick Rogers
2) Beth Haas
3) Lawrie Morrison
3/20 Case studies Discussion: NY City, Philadelphia, Seattle
No set readings for this discussion; instead, leaders should investigate some case studies for class discussion. You may want to hand-out readings in advance (if so, you’ll need to get me this at least 3-4 days ahead of time!). I welcome creativity in this type of discussion. One suggestion for discussion: there’s a lot of information on the web—perhaps we could meet as a class in the cart lab and you can assign groups of students to find info on the case study cities!
1) Andrea Mignone
2) Dan Starobin
3) Annie Stover
4/3 Air Pollution Policy case study: the Clean Air Acts
Although there are readings for this discussion, I suggest a blend of the readings PLUS a bit of extra work on your part to investigate the Clean Air Acts (hint: Supreme Court just handed down a decision supporting the 1990 Amendments!) You may want to hand-out supplementary readings in advance (if so, you’ll need to get me this at least 3-4 days ahead of time!). I welcome creativity in this type of discussion. There should be a lot of information about the Clean Air Acts at www.epa.gov
1) Joy Felio
2) Kate Norris
4/5 Case Studies Discussion: Los Angeles, Houston, Denver
No set readings for this discussion; instead, leaders should investigate some case studies for class discussion. You may want to hand-out readings in advance (if so, you’ll need to get me this at least 3-4 days ahead of time!). I welcome creativity in this type of discussion. One suggestion for discussion: there’s a lot of information on the web—perhaps we could meet as a class in the cart lab and you can assign groups of students to find info on the case study cities!
1) Jennifer Hild
2) Lisa Ongseng
3) Rob Parker
4/10 LDCs & Air pollution & other hazards
Base your discussion primarily on the readings; but it would also be good to add a case study or two (ie Mexico City and Bangock are good ones). See me for a good in class activity that you can use as the basis of discussion
1) Heather Murphy
2) Matt Lucarelli
4/17 City Beautiful Movement & Urban Parks Movement
Base your discussion primarily on the readings
1) Peter Browning
2)
4/26 Case studies Discussion: saving cities from the auto (ZEV, alternative fuels, pedestrian zones)
No set readings for this discussion; instead, leaders should investigate some case studies for class discussion. You may want to hand-out readings in advance (if so, you’ll need to get me this at least 3-4 days ahead of time!). I welcome creativity in this type of discussion.
1) Kristen Waldo
2) Josh Rappaport
3) Jeff Ditterline
5/3 Urban Sustainable Development in LDCs
Base your discussion primarily on the readings, but to add depth to the discussion, try to find out more information on some of the cities mentioned (Curitiba, for example).
1) Matt Roose
2) Jeff Wise