Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, University of Minnesota, 274 McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, (612) 624-9547, . Website at . You may also be interested in the Humphrey School’s Diversity Strategic and Action Plan, 2012 – 2017. I can provide you with a copy, or you may contact the Humphrey School’s Dean’s Office. Week – Date of Class Read Before Class In Activities Week 1 19-Jan Cities, infrastructure, Environmental Sustainability and Health Required: Ramaswami et. al.,"Meta Principles for Developing Smart Sustainable and Healthy Cities" Science, 2016 Familiarize yourself with these websites: Supplemental: Seto, et. al. “Global Forecasts of Urban Expansion to 2030 . . .” 109:40 PNAS (October 2, 2012) Schneider, A, et. al. “A New Urban Landscape in East-Southeast Asia, 2000-2010,” Environmental Research Letters (March 3, 2015) Presentations on: City Futures: Health, Sustainability and Infrastructure Transitions globally Disruptive technology, with attention to US cities Transitions in Asia and Africa Introduction of class projects Week 2 26-Jan Localization of Infrastructure for EHWL Outcomes: Interdisciplinary & Transboundary SEIUS Framework Required: Ramaswami, et. al. “A Social-Ecological-Infrastructural Systems Framework for Interdisciplinary Study of Sustainable City Systems” Journal of Industrial Ecology, 16:6 2012 Kennedy, C., et. al. “The Study of Urban Metabolism and its Applications to Urban Planning and Design” Environmental Pollution (2010) Bai, X. “Eight Energy and Material Flow Characteristics of Urban Ecosystems” Ambio, 45 (2016) 819–830 Additional Supplemental materials included in Moodle Defining localization of infrastructure in all 7 Sectors, key hypotheses about localization Presentations on Localization: By infrastructure Hypotheses Governance perspectives SEIS Framework EHWL outcomes
Week 6 23-Feb Energy, Part 1 Required: Sustainable Development Solutions Network, “Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States” (2014) Siemens, “Minneapolis: 80 by 50? Using the City Performance Tool (CyPT) to Test City Sustainability Targets” (2015) Ramaswami, A., et. al., “Quantifying Carbon Mitigation Wedges in US Cities: Near Term Strategy Analysis and Critical Review,” Environmental Science & Technology, 3629-3642 (2012), and Supplemental information Reiner, M. “Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, White Paper 1” Presentations on Deep Decarbonization and big ideas in Energy: Need / demand for these Performance EHW benefits Week 7 2-Mar Energy, Part 2 Required: Attari, S., et. al., “Public Perceptions of Energy Consumption and Savings,” PNAS 107:37, 2010 “A World Turned Upside Down,” Economist Feb 25, 2017 Schultz, P., et. al., “The Constructive, Destructive and Reconstructive Power of Social Norms” 18 Psychological Science (5) 2007 Additional Supplemental materials included in Moodle Presentation on Key Issues in individual user engagement, business operations, finance and policy Discuss studies and study designs that explore theories noted in Week 4 Week 8 9-Mar Transportation, Part 1 Required: Nichols, B., and Kockelman, K., “Life-cycle Energy Implications of Different Residential Settings: Recognizing Buildings, Travel and Public Infrastructure,” Energy Policy 86: 232-242 (2014) (REPRISE) Fishman, E., et. al., “Bike Share: A Synthesis of the Literature,” Transport Reviews 33:2 148-165 (2013) Shaheen, S., et. al., “Bikesharing in Europe, the Americas and Asia: Past Present and Future,” Transportation Research Record 2143, 159-167 (2010) Cao, X., “How Does Neighborhood Design Affect Life Satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities” Travel Behaviour and Society 5 (2016), 68-76 Additional Supplemental materials included in Moodle Presentations on bikesharing and transit: Need / demand for these Performance EHW benefits What are key issues in individual user engagement, business operations, finance, policy?
Additional Supplemental materials included in Moodle operations, finance, and policy? Week 20-Apr & Infrastructure, Part 2 Required: Jacobs, S., et. al., “’The Matrix Reloaded:’ A review of expert knowledge use for mapping ecosystem services” Ecological Modeling 295: 21-30 (2015) Nassauer, J., “Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames,” Landscape Journal 14:2, 161-170, Fall 1995 Additional Supplemental materials included in Moodle Presentations on Urban Infrastructure Transistions Discuss studies and study designs that explore theories noted in Week 4 Week 14 27-Apr Discussion and Synthesis across Sectors Final work and proposed presentations for group projects Week 15 4-May Group Project Presentations