ENVI 515Environmental Planning

Catalog

This course will provide students with an in-depth overview of the field of environmental planning from an interdisciplinary perspective. By the end of the course students should be able to grasp the role and limitations of government in the planning process, understand a variety of complex environmental issues that confront urban planners and learn how to apply components of sustainability to local planning. Course topics will be supplemented by case studies and readings. Students will also participate in a semester long group project on an environmental issue in the Greater Binghamton region.