Dear GEP'ers: Apologies for any self-promotion here. But given the reference to the most recent flare up of resistance to sustainability programs in the land-use planning arena, I thought I might suggest two articles from the early 2000s that addressed some aspects of this not-so-new phenomenon.
Hurley P T, Walker P A, 2004, "Whose vision? Conspiracy theory and land-use planning in Nevada County, California" Environment and Planning A 36(9) 1529 - 1547 McCarthy, J. 2001. First world political ecology: Lessons from the Wise Use Movement. Environment and Planning A 34 1281-1302 If this is an area of interest, one might also check out Robert Mason's 2007 book "Collaborative Land Use Management", which features a chapter on "counterrevolutionaries," those that often oppose planning efforts in the U.S. Cheers, Patrick ______________________________________ Patrick T. Hurley, Ph.D. Asst. Professor Environmental Studies Ursinus College P.O. Box 1000 Collegeville, PA 19426 V: 484.762.4323 F: 610.409.3660 webpages.ursinus.edu/phurley ______________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Quirk Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:45 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [gep-ed] Course on Rural and Urban Environmental Issues Hi Delyse - This sounds like an intriguing project. As a disclaimer, due to my current vantage point as a local government employee, I emphatically endorse the role of local government! We are focused more on the 'solution' side than the 'problem' side of things, so the resources below address some innovative approaches to global environmental problems at the local level. ICLEI's commercial energy policy toolkit -- and especially the factsheets -- contain some excellent policy approaches being implemented across the country. www.icleiusa.org/climate_and_energy/energy-efficiency-resources-1/commercial-energy-policy-toolkit/commercial-energy-policy-toolkit<http://www.icleiusa.org/climate_and_energy/energy-efficiency-resources-1/commercial-energy-policy-toolkit/commercial-energy-policy-toolkit> www.icleiusa.org/climate_and_energy/energy-efficiency-resources-1/commercial-energy-policy-toolkit/commercial-energy-policy-fact-sheets<http://www.icleiusa.org/climate_and_energy/energy-efficiency-resources-1/commercial-energy-policy-toolkit/commercial-energy-policy-fact-sheets> The ICLEI blog contains links to numerous local activities also: www.icleiusa.org/blog<http://www.icleiusa.org/blog> ICLEI is also under fire by the Tea Party, so not everyone is enamored of their programs, as discussed in this recent NYT article: www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-projects-seeing-un-plot.html?_r=3&emc=eta1<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-projects-seeing-un-plot.html?_r=3&emc=eta1> Farther afield, the EU regional policy case studies have provided inspiriation for me for many years. Here are two links, one for current case studies, and one for the archive. I still find the 1990's case reports pertinent as they identify innovative program approaches to local problems that might be found in urban areas across the globe. See, for example, the case studies of Athens Queen Park or Copenhagen's Oksnehallen project: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/urban2/urban/upp/src/frame1.htm The new EU case studies are arranged by 'policy' areas; Denmark's Samso Energy Academy and Finland's environmental mini-clusters are quite inspiring: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/projects/practices/index_en.cfm Good luck with this project, I look forward to seeing your syllabi once you have them crafted! Nancy Nancy Quirk, LEED AP Climate Protection Program Coordinator City of Charlottesville, VA > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 12:31:08 +1300 > Subject: [gep-ed] Course on Rural and Urban Environmental Issues > > Dear Gep-Eders, > > I'm involved in developing a third-year undergraduate course on Rural and > Urban Environmental Issues and would appreciate any advice you can share > about existing course outlines and useful resources. > > Best regards, > > Delyse Springett > > Dr Delyse Springett > Honorary Research Associate > Massey University > New Zealand >
