Urban Sustainability

This course explores the question, challenge, and promise of urban sustainability. The course critically examines the concept of sustainability as a science, as a set of technological innovations, and as a process of social, organizational, and political development drawing on cases from the U.S. and Europe. It explores pathways to urban sustainability through scientific and policy debates on ecological modernization; sustainable technology development, international and intergenerational fairness, and democratic governance. Students will gain a greater appreciation of how science and policy can inform the policies, practices and technologies that will shape a more sustainable future

Fall, Spring

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