GEO 606 Tentative Schedule of Topics and Readings – Fall 2005
Week	Topics	Readings in Smith	Supplementary (Required) Readings
One 8/16	Course Introduction; Introductory Ideas: The Mission of Environmental Planning and the Need for Environmental Planning		Start: "The Green Revolution" (complete reading by start of week three)
Two 8/23	The Nature and Character of Planning; The Environmental Planning Problem; The Practice of Environmental Planning (an overview); Sustainability; The Evolution of Ideas About Human Impact on the natural Environment; and Ethical Land Use		Ruckelhaus, 1990 Readings in: "Scientific American: Managing Planet Earth" Contemporary_Planning Goudie
Three 8/30	Ecological Concepts; The Need for Environmental Regulation; Environmental Awareness; Environmentalism; and the Evolution of Our Environmental Policy	Chps: 1 and 2	"Tragedy of the Commons"
Four 9/6	The Regulatory Environment and Political and Institutional Settings of Environmental Planning Chp. 4 Focus Questions	Chps: 3 and 4	No New Readings
Five 9/13	NEPA and the NEPA Process Semester Paper Topic Due	Chp. 4
Six 9/20	Clean Air -- Planning and Policy; Emissions Trading	Chp. 5	NY Times Articles New AQ Standards
Seven 9/27	Mid-term Exam
Eight 10/4	Clean Water -- Planning and Policy	Chp. 6
Nine 10/18	Energy -- Planning and Policy	Chp. 7	NY Times Articles
Ten 10/25	Toxic, Solid, and Hazardous Waste -- Planning and Policy	Chp. 8
Eleven 11/1	Land-Management and Local Environmental Planning	Chp. 9
Twelve 11/8	International Environmental Issues and Management	Chps. 10, 11
Thirteen 11/15	The Limits of Environmental Policy; Alternative Ways to Control Pollution Discussion of "Cradle to Cradle"		Complete Reading of "Cradle to Cradle"
Fourteen 11/29	Semester Paper Due Presentation of Semester Papers Hand-Out Final Take-Home Exam (Due Date TBA)