Green Urbanism

Tue/Thurs
9:55 - 10:45 AM + 8:50 - 9:40 AM Thurs discussion
3 credits

Fulfills Environmental Studies

UW Designations

Instructor

Asli Gocmen
Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Over half of the world’s seven and a half billion population live in urban areas. In the next 30 years, the number living in urban areas is expected increase by 2.5 billion. This growth will have an inevitable impact on our natural resources and the quality of city life. How can we plan, design, and develop urban areas to minimize negative environmental impacts? How do we enhance the sustainability, livability, and resiliency of our cities?  In this course, we will examine the leading environmental design strategies, tools, and policies developed to answer these questions at different scales from neighborhood sites to metropolitan regions around the world.

Meets-with Geography 475.

OTHER FEATURED COURSES

Envir St/History 465
Global Environmental History
T/Th
4:00 - 5:15 PM
4 credits

Envir St/ILS 126
Principles of Environmental Science
T/Th
1:00-2:15 pm
4 credits

Envir St 113
Environmental Studies: The Humanistic Perspective
M/W
11:00 - 11:50 AM
3 credits

Envir St 402
Expect the Unexpected: Careers in the Environment
Th
3:30 - 5:25 PM
2 credits

Pop Health/Envir St 471
Introduction to Environmental Health
T/Th
1:00 - 2:15 PM
3 credits

Envir St/Land Arc/Soil Sci 695
Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources
M/W
9:55 - 10:45 AM
3 credits

Envir St 400
Preserving Nature (Online Course)
Online course
3 credits