LA/UP 341 Fall 1999

Timetable, Readings, and Assignments

Note: A reader is available from Notes and Quotes in the Johnstowne Center at 5th and John Streets in Champaign.
 
 

	August 25 -- Introduction Brian Orland will be away - introductory material and first reading assignment will be issued
August 30 -- Human values and some other views of the environment  Kellert, Stephen R., 1996. The Value of Life:  Biological Diversity and Human Society.  Washington, DC:  Island Press.  Chapters 1-3, pp3-63.  Hanna, Susan, and Svein Jentoft, 1996.  Human Use of the Natural Environment:  An Overview of Social and Economic Dimensions.  In, S. Hanna, C. Folke, and K-G. Maler, eds., Rights to Nature.  Washington, DC:  Island Press.  pp36-55.	September 1 -- Practical Searching the library, the internet, the universe ...  All guides for Practicals are on-line with Class Notes
September 6 -- Labor Day	September 8 -- Stewardship, our personal views  Dwyer, John F., Herbert W. Schroeder, and Paul H. Gobster, 1994.  The Deep Significance of Urban Trees and Forests.  In, R. Platt, R. Rowntree and P. Muick, eds., The Ecological City, Preserving and Restoring Urban Biodiversity.  Amherst, MA:  U. Massachusetts Press.  pp137-150.  Ulrich, Roger S., 1993. Biophilia, Biophobia, and Natural Landscapes.  In, S.E. Kellert and Edward O. Wilson, eds., The Biophilia Hypothesis.  Washington, DC:  Island Press.  pp 73-137.
September 13 -- Practical On-line forum, HTML.	September 15 -- Practical More HTML, ftp, and publishing with Navigator 4.0.
September 20 -- Economic evaluation - simple stuff  Hardin, Garrett, 1987. The tragedy of the commons, Chapter 3 In: G. Hardin (ed), Managing the Commons, W.H. Freeman: San Francisco. pp16-30. (Also Science 162, 1243-1248.)  Price, Colin, 1988. Landscape Economics, London: Macmillan. Chapters 1, 2 and 3, pp 1-29.  Helliwell, D.R., 1994. Expert judgement quantified. Landscape Research, 19(1), 7-9.	September 22 -- Practical Simple stuff with EXCEL.
September 27 -- Social Welfare -- Cost-benefit analysis etc.  McAllister, D.M., 1980. Evaluation in Environmental Planning. Cambridge, MA: MIT. Chapter 5, 67-83.  Willis, Ken, 1994. Contingent valuation in a policy context. Landscape Research, 19(1), 17-20.	September 29 -- Practical Contingent Valuation (CVM) Travel Cost Modelling (TCM)
October 4 -- More economic evaluation  Walsh, Richard G., 1986. Recreation Economic Decisions. State College, PA: Venture. Chapter 8, 195-248.  McAllister, D.M., 1980. Evaluation in Environmental Planning. Cambridge, MA: MIT. Chapter 7, 105-123.	October 6 ---- Practical Not so simple stuff with EXCEL -- Discounting.
October 11 -- Visual quality -- overview Porteous, J. Douglas, 1996. Environmental Aesthetics:  Ideas, Politics, and Planning.  New York:  Routledge.  Introduction, pp3-41. Chapter 3, Experimentalists.  pp113-147.	October 13 -- Practical The beauty meter and its application.
October 18 -- Visual quality -- expert-based assessments and other views Gobster, Paul H. and Richard E. Chenoweth, 1989. The Dimensions of Aesthetic Preference: a Quantitative Analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 17, 47-71.	October 20 -- Practical Visual Resource Management (VRM), Visual Impact (VIA), Visual Absorption Capability (VAC)
October 25 -- Landscape Suitability  Steinitz, Carl, Paul Parker, and Laurie Jordan, 1986. Hand-drawn overlays: their history and prospective uses. Landscape Architecture 66(5) 444-455.  Hopkins, Lewis D., 1987. Methods for Generating Land Suitability Maps: A Comparative Evaluation. AIP Journal, October 1987. 386-400.	October 27 -- Practical Overlay mapping, GIS
November 1 -- CITYgreen - Introduction Readings to be determined	November 3 -- Practical Using CITYgreen
November 8 -- Air and Water quality Readings to be determined	November 10 -- Practical More CITYgreen
November 15 -- Wildlife resources Mighetto, Lisa, 1991. Wild Animals and American Environmental Ethics.  Tucson:  University of Arizona.  Chapter 6, Biocentrism, and Chapter 7, New Directions for Protection.  94-118.	November 17 -- Practical Habitat analysis using CITYgreen
November 22 -- Practical	November 24 Thanksgiving break!
November 29 --  Back to Values: Equity and Environmental Justice Freyfogle, E.T., 1993. Justice and the Earth. New York: The Free Press. Chapters 1 and 6. 1-17; 113-132.  Goulet, Denis, 1990. Development Ethics and Ecological Wisdom, Chapter 2 in: J. Ronald Engel and Joan Gibb Engel (eds.) Ethics of Environment and Development.  Tucson:  University of Arizona.  36-49.  Sterling, Stephen R., 1990. Towards an Ecological World View, Chapter 5 in: J. Ronald Engel and Joan Gibb Engel (eds.)  Ethics of Environment and Development.  Tucson:  University of Arizona.  77-86.	December 1 -- Practical Work Day
December 6 -- Envisioning the Future of Suburbia and the City  To be determined	December 8 -- Practical Work Day
December 13 --  Finals, no class	December 15 Final reports due by now

 

Modified: 1 August 1999, Brian Orland