urban resilience, urban sustainability, sustainability planning and management, climate planning, green building, sustainable land use and development, sustainable cities
Teaching
courses taught
ENVM 5026 - Sustainable Land Use and Development: Principles and Practices
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2025
Survey of fundamentals of land use planning, growth management and urban/ community development systems, covering a range of cultural, legal and ecological issues. By way of case studies and best practices, focus on new, �sustainable� approaches at the intersection of real estate development, land use and urban planning, economic/community development and environmental policy.
ENVM 5040 - MENV Clinic
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Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Seeks to bring the ideas and resources of supervised MENV students to bear on real-world, real-time resilience and sustainability challenges facing Colorado communities and organizations, with an emphasis on supporting under-served and at-risk populations and places. Through research, written reports, stakeholder interviews and other methods, MENV students gain critical skills and knowledge while providing valuable professional services. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prerequisite: Second year MENV graduate students.
ENVM 5046 - Global Intensive: Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Energy
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Spring 2026
This course is intended to explore the way in which different countries and cities around the world are approaching their transition to a sustainable and carbon free economy, highlighting the technologies, policies, economics, that underlie each country and city� approach. The classroom portion of the course will take place throughout the spring semester, meeting weekly for 1 hr. It will set the stage for the travel portion of the trip to a selected location, with the intent of witnessing some of the key urban sustainability and zero carbon technology and infrastructure solutions. The international component of the trip is anticipated to take place over a 10-12 day period (including travel). Recommended prerequisite: background in energy and or sustainability and application is required.
ENVM 5050 - Social Innovation and Sustainable Cities
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Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2024
Explore the emerging field of social innovation in the context of sustainable urban development; examine the core concepts, case studies and best practices that define it in areas such as carbon-neutral cities, impact investing/finance, modular housing, renewable energy, sustainable food production and urban mobility and develop our own social innovation ideas and models. Previously offered as special topics course. Recommended prerequisite: ENVM 5026.
ENVM 6100 - Special Topics for Master of the Environment Program
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2024
A variety of topics not currently offered in curriculum; offered depending on instructor availability and student demand. May be repeated up to 18 total credit hours.
