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1 SYLLABUS SUMA K4130: Sustainable Cities Fall 2017 – Wednesdays, 4:10 – 6:00 PM Instructor information Jit Bajpai e-mail: http://[email protected] Class Location: TBD Office Hours: by appointment Curriculum and Grading Assistant (Office Hours to be announced): Riya Suthar e-mail: http://[email protected] Course Overview For the first time in history over half the world’s population lives in urban areas. Today there are over 400 cities of more than a million residents compared to 12 cities in 1900. By 2050 the share of the world’s urban population is expected to reach 70 percent, and most growth will occur in the developing world. As urban population growth continues, urban centers face the problems of aging infrastructure, economic growth, changing climate, congestion, pollution, and demands of inhabitants to enhance their quality of life. Cities consume 75 percent of world’s energy and produce almost 80 percent of global GHG emissions. In response many cities are striving to be a low carbon city while sustaining healthy economic and social life. But addressing the new urban agenda requires a new model of cooperation across sectors and all tiers of government to redirect the urban economic development into paths that are restorative. The purpose of this course is to prepare its students to understand, analyze, and develop policies and procedures to address the sustainability issues being faced by urban centers of developed and developing world, their decision-makers and inhabitants. Course Objectives Students in the course are assumed to have had no previous in-depth exposure to sustainable urban development and urban planning. By the end of the course, students will have learned the following skills necessary to develop strategies and related actions to enhance sustainability of cities: • Identify and support the good practices in green and efficient urban development and planning; • Review policies and foster technologies used to promote energy efficiency and reduced GHG emissions from buildings and transportation; • Review policies and foster technologies necessary to ensure healthy water and sanitation services; • Examine policies and foster technologies necessary for the effective collection, disposable, and possible re-use of waste and in promoting circular economy;
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SUMAK4130:SustainableCitiesFall2017–Wednesdays,4:10–6:00PMInstructorinformationJitBajpaie-mail:http://[email protected]: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
