Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
This concentration centers on planning issues related to the sustainable development and optimal management of our natural resources, and in particular, problems associated with the sustainable interaction of built and natural environment in ways that preserve or restore the natural environment and improve the quality of life in cities and other developing areas. This includes policies to reduce urban sprawl, to encourage land conservation, and to reduce the impact from pollution and hazardous wastes. It also deals with techniques to assess environmental impacts, to derive the carrying capacity of land, and to model environmental systems in cities and regions.
Faculty Advisors
Required Courses
- CRP 720: Analysis of Energy Factors
- CRP 722: Analysis and Use of Environmental Factors
- CRP 724: Introduction to Planning for Sustainable Development
Studio (select one)
Analytic Course (select one)
- CRP 608: Geographic Information Systems in Professional Planning Practice
- CRP 721: Mathematical Models of Energy Management and Planning
- CRP 835: Land Use, Environmental Quality, and Regional Analysis
Elective Courses
- CRP 697: Study Abroad on Sustainability
- CRP 710: Intro to Urban & Regional Planning for Open Space, Recreation and Conservation
- CRP 750: Resolving Social Conflict
- CRP 766: Environmental Planning Law
AEDE 680: The Economics of Growth and Sprawl in America's CountrysideAEDE 831: Resource EconomicsCE 603: Remote Sensing of EnvironmentCE 610: Analysis of Natural and Polluted WatersCE 613: Applied HydrologyENR 640: Natural Resources Program Planning IENR 641: Natural Resources Program Planning IIENR 650: Water Resources Institutions and PoliciesENR 653: Solid Waste Management