Planning, Public Policy & Management (PPPM) |
119 Hendricks, 541-346-3635
College of Design
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Course Data
| PPPM 242 Glbl Sust Cit & Landsc >2 >GP >IC |
4.00 cr. |
| The course focuses on Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (SCL), a key approach to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—internationally recognized benchmarks for advancing global sustainability. It explores urbanization, with a particular emphasis on the Non-US Pacific Rim, and examines practices for creating sustainable cities worldwide. Topics include addressing the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities, transforming water and energy systems, promoting biodiversity, enhancing placemaking, and fostering rural-urban co-development. Through hybrid teaching and methods such as case studies and peer learning, the course builds competencies in systems thinking, strategic action, collaboration, and integrated problem-solving, equipping students to critically evaluate sustainability. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Yang Y  |
Office:
115 Hendricks Hall
Phone:
(541) 346-0833
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| Office Hours: |
1200 - 1400 R |
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16903 |
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1400-1520 |
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144 HED |
Yang Y |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| September 28: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 4: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 4: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 5: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 5: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 6: |
Add this course |
| October 6: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 12: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 12: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 19: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 19: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 26: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 26: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 16: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| November 16: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are internationally recognized milestones guiding global advancement toward sustainability. An important pathway to achieve SDGs is by creating Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (SCL). This course introduces the concept of SCL and examines the practices that have been employed to create SCLs. Adopting a SCL framework for comprehensive assessment of those practices in various aspects of urban development, this course covers a wide range of topics and issues, including understanding vulnerable communities in the face of climate change, transformative approach to water and energy, cities for biodiversity, placemaking for communities’ social and physical wellbeing, and regional governance for rural-urban co-development. This is a hybrid-teaching course that employs online (asynchronous) and in-person teaching modalities. It uses various pedagogical methods, such as case teaching method, peer-learning, and open pedagogy, to help students gain knowledge and acquire analytical skills. The course encourages and challenges students to conduct critical self-evaluation of their capacities in the six core areas of sustainability competencies, including 1) systems thinking, 2) future evaluation and anticipation, 3) critical thinking-based norms and values, 4) strategic action-taking, 5) collaboration and mutual learning, and 6) integrated problem-solving.
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