Climate Change & the Built Environment

Catalog description

This course explores the basic tenets of climate change as a foundation for further studies in the theories, models, and practices of sustainability, mitigation, resilience, and adaptation in the built environment. Through a critical reading of central bodies of literature, students are provided a conceptual and empirical basis for exploring applied practices and policies that are advanced in the name of climate change. As such, this course examines both decarbonization and responses to and preparations for climate impacts. Students will develop a critical understanding of relevant public policies and institutions, design and engineering techniques, economic strategies, and planning models.