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ENVIR ST 333

GREEN URBANISM

3 credits.

Over half of the world's population now lives in urban areas, with an expected increase of 2.5 billion people in the next 30 years. As urbanization (broadly defined as the conversion of previously undeveloped lands into urbanized uses) continues and intensifies, we are faced with a number of environmental issues, for instance, fragmentation and destruction of habitats, and decreased air and water quality. Explore how urbanization impacts ecological processes and resulting environmental outcomes, strategies for "designing with nature," and behavioral, planning, and policy responses to urban environmental problems.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe ecological processes as they relate to urbanization Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable communities and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of sustainable cities and communities Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze local plans for sustainability strategies Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify strategies that cities can employ in preparing for the effects of the changing climate Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe ecological processes as they relate to urbanization Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable communities and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of sustainable cities and communities Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze local plans for sustainability strategies Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify strategies that cities can employ in preparing for the effects of the changing climate Audience: Undergraduate

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