November 2nd and 4th Session Eleven: Transportation Justice: Case Study of Curitiba, Brazil This session will focus on inequities and injustices in the transportation sector. We will be guided by the following questions: What are the adverse social consequences of transportation injustice? What policies can be introduced and supported to promote transportation equity and justice? … Continue reading USP 515 Section 11 Notes
Category: Urban Studies
USP 514 Session 12 Notes
November 2nd and 4th Session Twelve: Sustainable Urban Energy Management This session will focus on the approaches, policies, and practices we can promote sustainable energy management and use. The discussion will be guided by the following questions: What are the major characteristics of energy? Energy: the ability to do work Energy sources Human energy… Continue reading USP 514 Session 12 Notes
USP 515 Session 10 Notes
October 26th and 28th Session Ten: Climate Justice We will focus on the questions below: What do we mean by the term “climate gap”? The climate gap means that communities of color and the poor will suffer more during extreme heat waves. The climate gap means that communities of color and the poor will breathe… Continue reading USP 515 Session 10 Notes
USP 514 Session 11 Notes
October 26th and 28th Session Eleven: Sustainable Urban Transportation Management This session will examine a range of issues critical to sustainable urban transportation. We will examine case studies of Curitiba, Brazil and Bogata, Columbia transportation systems. We will be guided by the following questions. What are basic characteristics of urban transportation systems? Mobility Some relationships are backwards… Continue reading USP 514 Session 11 Notes
USP 514 Session 10 Notes
October 19th and 21st Session Ten: Sustainable Urban Waste Management This session will focus on the approaches, policies, and practices that can promote sustainable waste management and resource recovery. We will be guided by the following questions. Waste is unwanted material intentionally thrown away for disposal. What are the basic characteristics of waste as it… Continue reading USP 514 Session 10 Notes
USP 515 Session 9 Notes
October 19th and 21st Session Nine: Research and Measurement Issues In this session we examine the role of research and research methods in helping us understand environmental justice issues and impacts. We will address the following questions: General Research Questions What is research? Looking for answers to questions The careful, thoughtful study of phenomena using information… Continue reading USP 515 Session 9 Notes
USP 515 Session 8 Notes
October 12th and 14th Session Eight: The Environmental Justice Movement In this session we will examine the origins and development of the EJ movement. Class Discussion We talked a lot about mushrooms Maria Sabina Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia Fantastic Fungi Professor talked about the Stoned Ape Hypothesis Mainstream environmental movement Passed more bills than any other social movement,… Continue reading USP 515 Session 8 Notes
USP 514 Session 9 Notes
October 12th and 14th Session Nine: Sustainable Urban Water Management This session will focus on the approaches, policies, and practices that can promote sustainable water management and use. Homework Write down all the ways in which you used water on the day you did this assignment. Remember to include all of the activities you engaged… Continue reading USP 514 Session 9 Notes
Fighting Covid as Systemic Violence
CJ Trowbridge 10-11-2020 USP 515 Environmental Justice Fighting Covid as Systemic Violence Groups of people are not equal. Groups share unequal burdens which can limit their opportunity and resources while also increasing their exposure to harm. I will explore the unequal air pollution burden imposed on some groups, and the knock-on effects which lead to… Continue reading Fighting Covid as Systemic Violence
USP 514 Session 8 Notes
October 7th Session Eight – Urban Infrastructure NOTE: REQUIRED READING FROM TEXTBOOK EVERY WEEK BEGINNING THIS SESSION This session will focus on the concept and functions of urban infrastructure, and on how infrastructures are designed and managed to deliver water, waste, energy, transportation, building, food, and social services to urban populations. The following questions will guide… Continue reading USP 514 Session 8 Notes