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SUMAK4130:SustainableCitiesFall2017–Wednesdays,4:10–6:00PMInstructorinformationJitBajpaie-mail:http://jitbajpai@gmail.comClassLocation:TBDOfficeHours:byappointmentCurriculumandGradingAssistant(OfficeHourstobeannounced):RiyaSuthare-mail:http://rs3750@columbia.eduCourseOverviewForthefirsttimeinhistoryoverhalftheworld’spopulationlivesinurbanareas.Todaythereareover400citiesofmorethanamillionresidentscomparedto12citiesin1900.By2050theshareoftheworld’surbanpopulationisexpectedtoreach70percent,andmostgrowthwilloccurinthedevelopingworld.Asurbanpopulationgrowthcontinues,urbancentersfacetheproblemsofaginginfrastructure,economicgrowth,changingclimate,congestion,pollution,anddemandsofinhabitantstoenhancetheirqualityoflife.Citiesconsume75percentofworld’senergyandproducealmost80percentofglobalGHGemissions.Inresponsemanycitiesarestrivingtobealowcarboncitywhilesustaininghealthyeconomicandsociallife.Butaddressingthenewurbanagendarequiresanewmodelofcooperationacrosssectorsandalltiersofgovernmenttoredirecttheurbaneconomicdevelopmentintopathsthatarerestorative.Thepurposeofthiscourseistoprepareitsstudentstounderstand,analyze,anddeveloppoliciesandprocedurestoaddressthesustainabilityissuesbeingfacedbyurbancentersofdevelopedanddevelopingworld,theirdecision-makersandinhabitants.

CourseObjectivesStudentsinthecourseareassumedtohavehadnopreviousin-depthexposuretosustainableurbandevelopmentandurbanplanning.Bytheendofthecourse,studentswillhavelearnedthefollowingskillsnecessarytodevelopstrategiesandrelatedactionstoenhancesustainabilityofcities:• Identifyandsupportthegoodpracticesingreenandefficienturbandevelopmentand

planning;• ReviewpoliciesandfostertechnologiesusedtopromoteenergyefficiencyandreducedGHG

emissionsfrombuildingsandtransportation;• Reviewpoliciesandfostertechnologiesnecessarytoensurehealthywaterandsanitation

services;• Examinepoliciesandfostertechnologiesnecessaryfortheeffectivecollection,disposable,

andpossiblere-useofwasteandinpromotingcirculareconomy;

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• Approachestoclimatechangeadaptation&mitigationmeasuresundertakenbycities;and• Examine,track,andanalyzesustainabilitymetricsandindicatorsforurbancentersCourseStructureandScheduledetails

Week1(Sept.6):LinkingSustainabilityConceptandCitiesRequiredReadings:• SeanFox:UrbanizationasaGlobalHistoricProcess:Theory&EvidencefromSub-Saharan

Africa,Population&DevelopmentReview,38(2),Page285-310,June,2012http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2012.00493.x/pdf

• CampbellScott,“GreenCities,GrowingCities&JustCities:UrbanPlanning&theContradictionsofSustainableDevelopment”,JournalofAmericanPlanningAssociation62:3,296-312,1996http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01944369608975696

RecommendedReadings:• WilliamE.Rees,“AchievingSustainability:ReformorTransformation?”JournalofPlanning

Literature,Vol.9,No.4,May1995,pp-343-361.http://jpl.sagepub.com/content/9/4/343.full.pdf+html

• Portney,KentE.,“TakingSustainableCitiesSeriously:EconomicDevelopment,theEnvironment,andQualityofLifeinAmericanCities”,Cambridge,“Chapter1:TheConceptualFoundationsofSustainableCities:Sustainability,SustainableEconomicDevelopment,andSustainableCommunities”,MITPress,2013.

ClassExercise:Participantswillcompleteinadvancethepersonalecologicalfootprintestimateusingtheonlinecalculatoranddeterminethepotentialforreducedresourceusage.http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspxWeek2(Sept.13):UrbanDevelopmentandEconomicsRequiredReadings:(Firstandoneoftheremainingtwo)• LuisM.A.Battencourt,“Thekindofproblemacityis”.SantaFeInstitute,2013

http://www.santafe.edu/media/workingpapers/13-03-008.pdf• BretClark,“EbenezerHowardandMarriageofTown&Country:AnIntroductionto

Howard’sGardenCitiesofTomorrow”,Organization&Environment,Sage,2003http://oae.sagepub.com/content/16/1/87.full.pdf+html

• MathiasWendt,“TheImportanceofDeathandLifeofAmericanCitiesbyJaneJacobstoProfessionofUrbanPlanning”,NewVisionsforUrbanAffairs,Volume1,Spring2009http://www.sppa.udel.edu/sites/suapp.udel.edu/files/The%20Importance%20of%20Dealth%20and%20Life%20Final.pdf

RecommendedReadings:• Bajpai,JitendraN.,"BuildingafoundationforsmartIndiancities",publishedin“Insight”,a

JournalofIndianSchoolofBusiness,Hyderabad,April2015.• ArthurO’Sullivan,“UrbanEconomics”,SeventhEdition,Chapters1,6&7,McGrawHill,2009

PARTA:SUSTAINABLECITIES–ANINTRODUCTION

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Week3(Sept.20):SustainabilityIndicators&LowCarbonCities:ARoadMapRequiredReadings:• Portney,KentE.,“TakingSustainableCitiesSeriously:EconomicDevelopment,the

Environment,andQualityofLifeinAmericanCities”,Cambridge,“Chapter2:MeasuringtheSeriousnessofSustainableCities”,MITPress,2013

• DixonTim,EnmesM,HuntM&LannoaS,“UrbanRetrofittingforSustainability:MappingtheTransitionto2050,PartIIChapter11:“Pathwaytodecarbonizingurbansystem”,EarthscanfromRoutledge,London,NY,2014

RecommendedReadings:• SkeaJ.andS.Nishioka,“PoliciesandPracticesforaLowCarbonSociety”,NationalInstitute

forEnvironmentalStudies,Editorial2006.• http://www.earthscan.co.uk/portals/0/files/sample%20Chapters/9781844075942.pdf• WorldBank,CityGHGEmissionsperCapitaTable,2010.

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTUWM/Resources/GHG_Index_Mar_9_2011.pdf• C40Cities,“ClimateActioninMegacities,Citiesbaselineandopportunities”,Executive

Summary,Pages1-12,ArupReport,2011.http://www.c40citieslive.squarespace.com/storage/ARUP%20C40%20Basline%20Report.pdf

ClassExercise:Participantswillbedividedintosixsectorspecificgroups.EachgroupwillreviewinadvancethewebsiteofOfficeofSustainability&Environment,Seattle,andtheprogressReportofthesectorassignedtothem(e.g.,Building&energy,Landuse&transport,etc.).Basedontherevieweachgroupwillpresent(notmorethanthreeslides)theirgroup’sassessmentofthecityperformanceinmeetingtheplannedsustainabilitygoalsandtargetsofthesector.http://www.seattle.gov/environment/moving-the-needle

Week4(Sept.27):Environment,Poverty&SocialSustainabilityRequiredReadings:• Portney,KentE.,“TakingSustainableCitiesSeriously:EconomicDevelopment,the

Environment,andQualityofLifeinAmericanCities”,Cambridge,Chapter6:IsSustainableCityaMoreEgalitarianPlace?SustainableCommunities,EnvironmentalEquity,andSocialJustice,MITPress,2003.

• JenksMike,JonesColin,“DimensionsoftheSustainableCity”,Chapter5:SocialAcceptability,SpringerLink,2010(e-bookinlibrary)

https://clio.columbia.edu/quicksearch?q=Dimensions+of+sustainable+cities&commit=Search)RecommendedReading:• PerlmanJaniceE.,SheehanMollyO’Meara,“FightingPoverty&EnvironmentalJusticein

Cities”,2007StateoftheWorld:OurUrbanFuture,Chapter9,WorldWatchInstitute.http://www.megacitiesproject.org/pdf/SOW_07_chapter_9.pdfReviewthesummaryoftwocasestudies:InnovationinHousingforthePoor:Cemexhttp://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CEIQFjAD&url=h

PARTB:DIMENSIONSOFURBANSUSTAINABILITY

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ttp%3A%2F%2Fisites.harvard.edu%2Ffs%2Fdocs%2Ficb.topic1098216.files%2FCEMEX.pptx&ei=MrtZU-_4Ae2gyQHo14GIBw&usg=AFQjCNGnoqov_zTp-mfdtBNTbG_6J0LmxA&sig2=DKkh78QUJpjkVSZ1zV9iIw&bvm=bv.65397613,d.aWcSEWA:Empowermentthroughmobilizationofpoorwomanonalargescale(http://info.worldbank.org/etools/docs/reducingpoverty/case/79/fullcase/India%20SEWA%20Full%20Case.pdf)Week5(Oct.4):SustainableUrbanSpatialStructure

RequiredReadings:• BertaudAlain,“ClearingtheairinAtlanta:TransitorSmartGrowthorConventional

Economics”,JournalofUrbanEconomics54,2003• BertaudAlain:“Citiesaslabormarkets”,WorkingPaper#2,NYU,Feb.19,2014.http://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/content/working-papers/cities-as-labor-markets• EcheniqueM.H.,HargreavesA.H.,MichelG.andNamdeoA.,“GrowingCitiesSustainably”,

JournalofAmericanPlanningAssociation,78:2,Pages121-137,2012http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01944363.2012.666731RecommendedReadings:• TransportResearchBoard,“DrivingandtheBuiltEnvironment:TheEffectofCompact

DevelopmentonMotorizedTravel,EnergyUse,andCO2emissions”,Summary,SpecialReport298,Washington,D.C.,2009,

http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12747Week6(Oct.11):UrbanTravelMobilityRequiredReadings:(Selecttwoofthefollowingthree)• Bajpai,JitendraN.,“EmergingVehicleTechnologiesandtheSearchforUrbanMobility

Solutions”,JournalofUrban,Planning&TransportResearch,Vol.4,2016,Issue1http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/rmWFcyHMerxiadEquKhA/full

• SuzukiH,CerveroR.,LuchiK.,“TransformingCitieswithTransit”,Pages1-21,WorldBank,2012http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/01/09/000425962_20130109153314/Rendered/PDF/NonAsciiFileName0.pdf

• EwingReid,CerveroR.,“TravelandtheBuiltEnvironment”,JournalofAmericanPlanningAssociation,May11,2010http://reconnectingamerica.org/assets/Uploads/travelbuiltenvironment20100511.pdf

RecommendedReading:

GuestSpeaker:AlainBertaud,FormerLeadUrbanSpecialist,

GUESTSPEAKER:AlainBertaud,FormerLeadUrbanSpecialist,WorldBankandSeniorResearchScholar,MarronInstitute,NYU

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• DixonTim,EnmesM,HuntM&LannoaS,“UrbanRetrofittingforSustainability:MappingtheTransitionto2050,PartIIChapter7:Urbandesign&theretrofitagenda”,EarthscanfromRoutledge,London,NY,2014

• US.EPA,“GreenCommunities”,http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/index.htmClassExercise:Studentswillwatchthe“Tedtalk”andreviewoneofthefollowingfourcasestudiespriortotheclass.Theclasswilldiscussthelessonsofeachcasestudyanditseffectivenessinpromotingsustainabletransportstrategy.• TedtalkbytheMayorofBagota:Whybusesrepresentdemocracyinaction

https://www.ted.com/talks/enrique_penalosa_why_buses_represent_democracy_in_action• Lam,S.H.andToanT.D.,“LandTransportPolicyandPublicTransitinSingapore”,

Transportation33(2):171-188,2006 http://www.springerlink.com/content/q5r8g4211x38664h/fulltext.pdf• ESMAP,Bagota,Columbia,BusRapidTransitforUrbanTransport,Nov.2009 http://www.esmap.org/esmap/node/660• ESMAP,Cairo-ArabRepublicofEgypt,TaxiScraping&RecyclingProject,2010

http://www.esmap.org/esmap/sites/esmap.org/files/CS_Cairo_Taxi_Scrapping_and_Recycling_062910.pdf

• SchallerBruce,“NewYorkCityCongestionPricingExperienceandImplicationsforRoadPricingExperienceinUS”,NYCityDOT,TransportPolicy17,2010

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/schaller_paper_2010trb.pdf

Mid-termassignmenttobeissuedonOct.12thandsubmittedby22ndOct.

Week7(Oct.18):UrbanEnergyInfrastructureandEnergyEfficiency

RequiredReadings:• NewYorkCityGovt.,OneNY:Theplanforastrongandjustcity,Pages168-170&174-175http://www.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/downloads/pdf/publications/OneNYC.pdf• DixonTim,EnmesM,HuntM&LannoaS,“UrbanRetrofittingforSustainability:Mapping

thetransitionto2050,PartIIChapter9:“Thesmartgrid&theinterfacebetweenenergy,ICTandthecity”,andChapter10:“Solarenergyinurbanretrofit”,EarthscanfromRoutledge,London,NY,2014

• FengLiu,AnkeS.Mayer,JohnF.Hogan,“MainstreamingtheBuildingEnergyEfficiencyCodesinDevelopingCountries:GlobalExperienceandLessonsfromEarlyAdopters”,ExecutiveSummary,TheWorldBankWorkingPaper204,ESMAP,2010 http://www.esmap.org/esmap/sites/esmap.org/files/WP_204_GBL_Mainstreaming%20Building%20Energy%20Efficiency%20Codes%20in%20Developing%20Countries_Overview_1.pdf

GUESTSPEAKER:Prof.VijayModi,MechanicalEngineering&EarthInstitute,ColumbiaUniversity

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RecommendedReading:• MITDesignAdvisor:BuildingEnergySimulatorhttp://designadvisor.mit.edu/design/Week8(Oct.25):Mid-termCaseStudyReview&SmartTechnologiesandCityGovernance• Mid-termcasestudyQ&Adiscussion

Week9(Nov.1):SolidWaste&CircularEconomyRequiredReadings:(Anytwo)• DixonTim,EnmesM,HuntM&LannoaS,Chapter14:“Re-engineeringthecityfor

sustainablesolidwasteresourcemanagement”,EarthscanfromRoutledge,London,NY,2014

• HoornwegDaniel,Bhada-TataPerinaz,“WhataWaste:AGlobalReviewofSolidWasteManagement”,Chapter7:“WasteandtheEnvironment”,Pages25-31,WorldBank,Urbanseries68135,March2012http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/07/25/000333037_20120725004131/Rendered/PDF/681350WP0REVIS0at0a0Waste20120Final.pdf

• HahnN.,MartinS.&ZilsM.,RemakingtheIndustrialEconomy,McKinseyQuarterly,Feb2014.http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability-and-resource- productivity/our-insights/remaking-the-industrial-economy?cid=other-eml-alt-mkq- mck-oth-1706&hlkid=aac432d689374252afaddb8720eb3dff&hctky=10079840&hdpid=3e1aad42-b h

Week10(Nov.8):UrbanWater&Sanitation

RequiredReadings:• DixonTim,EnmesM,HuntM&LannoaS,“UrbanRetrofittingforSustainability:Mapping

theTransitionto2050,PartIIIChapter13:“Retrofittingsustainableintegratedwatermanagementathousehold,building&urbanscales”.

• Vision2020:NewYorkCityComprehensiveWaterfrontPlan,Chapter3:“Goal4-ImproveWaterQuality”.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/cwp/vision2020_nyc_cwp.pdf

GUESTSPEAKER:CarrieDenning,ChiefofStaff,SidewalkLaBS,NewYork

GUESTSPEAKER:Prof.UpmanuLall,DirectorofWasterCenter,EarthInstitute&ProfessorofEarth&EnvironmentalEngineering,CivilEngineeringandEngineeringMechanics,ColumbiaUniversity

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RecommendedReading:• CaliforniaWaterActionPlan,DraftActionPlanforPublicReview,2014

http://resources.ca.gov/docs/Final_Water_Action_Plan.pdfWeek11(Nov.15):CaseStudies–StudentPresentationsEachofthesixcasestudygroupswillprepareinadvanceabriefpresentation(10minutesor5-6slides)ontheirrespectivecasestudylessonsfortheclass.Thepresentationshouldhighlightthekeyfeaturesofsustainabilityactions,theireffectivenessandpotentialforreplication.Afterthegrouppresentationseachgroupwillbegivenfiveminutestoansweraquestiongiventothemintheclass.• HammarbySjostad,Stockholm,Sweden,2007

http://www.aeg7.com/assets/publications/hammarby%20sjostad.pdfhttp://www.hammarbysjostad.se/inenglish/pdf/Grontmij%20Report%20eng.pdf

• Melbourne,Australiahttp://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/Sustainability/Pages/Overview.aspxhttp://www.melbourne.vic.gov.auhttp://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/1200buildings/Pages/Home.aspxhttp://smartblocks.com.au/

• Rotterdam:ProgramonSustainability&ClimateChange,2011http://www.rotterdamclimateinitiative.nl/documents/Rotterdam%20Sustainability%20Programme_20102014_herdruk.pdf

• CityofLondon2010,DeliveringLondon’sEnergyFuture:TheMayor’sDraftClimateChangeMitigation&EnergyStrategyforConsultationwithLondonAssemblyandFunctionalBodies,February,2010http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/priorities/docs/Climate_change_mitigation_energy_strategy.pdf

• Copenhagen:SolutionforSustainableCityhttp://www.danishwaterforum.dk/activities/Water_and_green_growth/Copenhagen_Solutions.pdfhttp://kk.sites.itera.dk/apps/kk_pub2/pdf/1353_58936BnEKE.pdfClimateplan:https://stateofgreen.com/files/download/411Adaptationplanhttps://stateofgreen.com/files/download/1039

• Rio-de-Janeirohttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/17893303/rio-de-janeiro-low-carbon-city-development-program-program-document-rio-de-janeiro-low-carbon-city-development-program-program-documenthttp://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/eco-friendly-homes-for-rio-favelas/#http://www.cidadeolimpica.com.br/en/projetos/morar-carioca-2/http://rioonwatch.org/?p=8136https://www.brookings.edu/2016/08/12/aligning-olympic-ambitions-with-urban-access-concerns-in-rio-and-beyond/?utm_campaign=Brookings+Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=32954467ThanksgivingholidayNov.22-24

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Week12(Nov.29):AnalysisofGHGEmissionsandEnergyEfficiencyRequiredReadings:• WorldBank,TheLowCarbonCityDevelopmentProgram(LCCDP)Guidebook,ASystems

ApproachtoLowCarbonDevelopmentinCities,ExecutiveSummary(Pg.8-15)andEmissionInventory(Pg.46-48),2014https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/21731/946950WP00PUBL0gram0Guidebook0FINAL.pdf?sequence=1

• C40,ICLEI,WRI,“GlobalProtocolforCommunityScaleGHGEmissions”,ExecutiveSummary,June2012.http://www.iclei.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ICLEI_WS/Documents/Climate/GPC_12-8-14_1_.pdf

• NewYorkCityGovt.,InventoryofNewYorkCityGreenhouseGasEmissions,AppendixAtoD(pages39-46),Nov.2014.http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/sustainability/downloads/pdf/publications/NYC_GHG_Inventory_2014.pdf

RecommendedReadings:• UNFCC,“CDMMethodologyBooklet”,Nov.2010

http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/documentation/meth_booklet.pdf-IV• ClassDemo.ESMAP,TRACEatoolforRapidAssessmentofCityEnergy,2010.

http://www.esmap.org/esmap/sites/esmap.org/files/TRACE2PAGER2011.pdfWeek13(Dec.6):ClimateChange&CitiesRequiredReadings:• TheWorldBank,UrbanRiskAssessment–AnApproachforUnderstandingClimate&

DisasterRiskinCities,2012,Chapter1&2:Pages5-33.http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821389621

• EUCommission,adaptinginfrastructuretoclimatechange,Staffworkingdocument,SWD137,Brussels,2013,Pages1-27.http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/adaptation/what/docs/swd_2013_137_en.pdf

RecommendedReadings:• NewYorkCityGovt.,OneNY:Theplanforastrongandjustcity,Vision4:OurResilientCity,

Pages214-251,2015http://www.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/downloads/pdf/publications/OneNYC.pdf

• TheWorldBank,“CitiesandClimateChange:RespondingtoanUrbanAgenda”,2011.http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTUWM/Resources/340232-1205330656272/CitiesandClimateChange.pdf

• ICLEI,“PreparingforClimateChange–AGuidebookforLocal,RegionalandStateGovernments”,2007http://www.iclei.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Global/Progams/CCP/Adaptation/ICLEI-Guidebook-Adaptation.pdf

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MethodofGradingandEvaluation1. Attendance(10%ofFinalGrade)

Attendanceismandatoryforeachclasssession.Ifyouhavetomissclassforanyreason,youmustnotifytheprofessorbye-mailbeforethestartoftheclasssession.Eachunexcusedabsencewillnegativelyimpactyouroverallgradeintheclass.Twoormoreunexcusedabsencecouldresultinfailuretopassthecourse.

2. ReadingResponses(10%ofFinalGrade)

Eachweek,studentswillpostbrief“ReadingResponses”between250-300wordstotheCourseworksDiscussionpageby11a.m.onedaybeforetheclass.Thesepostswillbesuccinctresponsestothatweek’sreadingassignments,identifyingatleast2keythemesofthereadingandsuggestingoneareaforfurtherclassdiscussion.Readingresponseswillnotbeindividualgrades,butanoverallgradewillbeassignedbasedontimelysubmissionandcompletenessoftheresponses.

3. FirstGroupPresentation:5%

Eachstudentwillberandomlyassignedtooneofthestudygroupstoreviewtheprogressreportofacity’ssustainabilityindicators.Workingasagroup,studentswillpreparea5to7-minutePowerPointpresentationonthegroupassessmentoftheprogressmadeinmeetingthegoalsandtargetsofeacharea.

4. MidtermExamination:25%

Themidtermexaminationwillbetopreparearound10-15pageslong(double-spaced,TimesNewRoman12-pointfont)paperrespondingtothequestionsonanassignedcasestudy.Themidtermexaminationwillbedueatthestartofclassontheassigneddate.

5. GroupProject/Presentation:20%

Eachstudentwillberandomlyassignedtooneoffiveorsixcasestudygroups.Workingasagroup,studentswillpreparea5to7-minutePowerPointpresentationrespondingtothequestionsoutlinedinthecasestudy.

6. FinalExamination:30%

Thefinalexaminationwillbea10-page(double-spaced,TimesNewRoman12-pointfont)paper.Thefinalexaminationwillbeduebye-mailonanassigneddate.

GradingPolicies:Thefollowingidentifieshowpointsawardedtoindividualassignmentstranslateintolettergradesforthecourse:A=93-100,A-=90-92,B+=87-89,B=84-86,B-=80-83,C+=77-79,C=74-76,C-=70-73,D=66-69,F=65orfewerLateAssignmentPolicy:Assignmentsaredueonthedates/timesidentified.Onelettergradewillbedeductedfromanyassignmentsubmittedaftertheduedate/time.Assignmentsnotreceivedbythetimeoffinalgradeswillreceivezeropointsfortheassignment.Incompletes:

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AsoutlinedintheSchool’sgradingandacademicstartspolicy,“Agradeof‘I’(incomplete)isatemporarygradeindicatingfailuretocompleteassignedwork.Themarkisgivenonlyupontherequestofthestudentandatthediscretionoftheinstructor.Thestudentandfacultymembermustsignacompleted‘RequestforGradeofIncompleteForm’beforethefinalclasssession.The‘I’mustberemovedwithinoneyearaftertheendofthesemesterinwhichthestudentreceivedthegrade.Studentsseekinganextensionofthistimelimitmusthavetheapprovaloftheinstructionandsuccessfullypetitionofthedirectoroftheirprogram.Ifnopetitionismade,ofifthepetitionisunsuccessful;thegradeischancedtoanN-PermanentIncomplete-whichremainsonthestudent’spermanentrecord.”TextbooksandCourseReadingsChaptersfromavarietyofdifferenttextbooksandjournalarticleswillbeusedthroughoutthiscourse.AlltextscanbefoundeitherelectronicallyorhavebeenplacedonreserveintheUniversitylibrarysystem.Unlessotherwisenoted,thesereadingsarerequiredandshouldbereadpriortotheappropriatesession.Somereadingsareidentifiedasrecommended(i.e.youarenotrequiredtoreadthem),buttheycontaininformationthatmaybeusefulasyoucompleteyourcourseassignments.TextBooks:• Protney,Kent,“TakingSustainableCitiesSeriously:EconomicDevelopment,the

Environment,andQualityofLifeinAmericanCities”,Cambridge,MITPress,2003.• DixonTim,EnmesM,HuntM&LannoaS,“UrbanRetrofittingforSustainability:Mapping

thetransitionto2050”,EarthscanfromRoutledge,London,NY,2014SuggestedAdditionalReadings:• JenksMike,JonesColin,“DimensionsoftheSustainableCity”,SpringerLink,2010(available

asane-bookattheColumbiaUniversityLibrary).• StephenCoyle,“SustainableandResilientCommunities”,JohnWiley&SonsInc.,2011

• HeinbergRichard&LerchDaniel,“ThePostCarbonReader”,WatershedMedia,2010• Hailstorm,D.,JeppssonU.,andKärrman,E.2000."AssessmentMethodologiesforUrban

Infrastructure."EnvironmentalImpactAssessmentReview20(3):311-321.• CynthiaRosenzweig,WilliamD.Solecki,StephenA.Hammer&ShagunMehrotra,“Climate

ChangeandCities”,CambridgeUniversityPress,2011• JonathanDickinson,“InventoryofNewYorkCityGreenhouseGasEmissions”,April,2007

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=c2OLIYNxETMC&oi=fnd&pg=PA5&dq=Inventory+of+New+York+City+Greenhouse+gas+emmisions&ots=kD4HC3zsDb&sig=iWWvXtk8RX-ExXjpQfC9kyawhpQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

• WorldBank,“ChinaLowCarbonCitiesBook”,Chapter1.3:LowCarbonCitiesinChina:

Characteristics,RoadmapandIndicators,Sept.2011

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• TedTalkbyNormanFosteronGreenAgenda

http://www.ted.com/talks/norman_foster_s_green_agenda.html• TedTalkbyWilliamMcDonoughonCradletoCradleDesign

http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.htmlSenseablehttp://senseable.mit.edu/livesingapore/visualizations.htmlOfficerealestateworldwide:http://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/research-and-insight/CBDemploymentdata:http://www.demographia.com/dbx-intlcbd.htmPoliciesAcademicIntegrityTheSchoolofProfessionalStudiesdoesnottoleratecheatingand/orplagiarisminanyform.ThosestudentswhoviolatetheCodeofAcademicandProfessionalConductwillbesubjecttotheDean’sDisciplinaryProcedures.TheCodeofAcademicandProfessionalConductcanbeviewedonlineat: http://ce.columbia.edu/node/217Pleasefamiliarizeyourselfwiththepropermethodsofcitationandattribution.TheSchoolprovidessomeusefulresourcesonline;westronglyencourageyoutofamiliarizeyourselfwiththesevariousstylesbeforeconductingyourresearch.ViolationsoftheCodeofAcademicandProfessionalConductwillbereportedtotheAssociateDeanforStudentAffairs.AccessibilityStatementColumbiaiscommittedtoprovidingequalaccesstoqualifiedstudentswithdocumenteddisabilities.Astudent’sdisabilitystatusandreasonableaccommodationsareindividuallydeterminedbasedupondisabilitydocumentationandrelatedinformationgatheredthroughtheintakeprocess.Frommoreinformationregardingthisservice,pleasevisittheUniversity’sHeathServiceswebsite:http://health.columbia.edu/services/ods/support