Class
    Discussion 
     
      
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    This class
    revolves the assessment of issues peculiar to urban environments, and how these issues
    influence the ecology of the surrounding region, its people, fauna, and flora.  | 
  
  
      
    Readings | 
    Text:
    Introduction: Urban Environmental Management
    Three Components of Environmental Planning 
    The City and the Natural Environment  | 
  
  
      
    Writing 
    Assignment | 
    Your
      instructor will be
    sending you comments on your writing assignment # 3 within the next two weeks. Writing Assignment # 4 due next
      week (Session 10).  | 
  
  
      
      
      Web
      Board: 
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    Discussion Questions
    
      - Describe 3 types of environments to be
        found within urban environmental settings.
 
      - Briefly describe the three basic
        components of environmental planning.
 
      - What types of demands have cities
        historically placed upon the hinterlands?
 
      - What air and land sinks? What is an
        ultimate sink?
 
      - Over the years, what has been
        happening to the cores of cities?  How about the areas surrounding cities, what's
        been happening there?
 
     
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    Field Trip | 
     Field trip #4  is due to be completed this week. Be prepared
    to post your report to the web board. | 
  
  
      
    Journal Writing | 
    You can add some items
    to your journal by driving by a new or recent housing development and making note of what
    you observe.  Similarly, with all the furor over more golf courses in the community
    you could drive around your area and see how many golf courses you can identify.  
    Make note of what you find in your journal. |