Introduction and Overview of Sustainability and resiliency

 

January 19

 

Introduction to course

 

January 24 – Definitions

 

Walker, B. and Salt, D. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world. Chapter 1, pgs. 1-14.

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. Chapters 1 & 2, pgs 1-26.

 

Porter, D., 2000.  The Practice of Sustainable Development.  Ch. 1, pgs. 1-23.

 

 

January 26 – Sustainability and Resiliency Linkages

 

Berkes, Colding, and Folke, eds. 2003. Navigating Social Ecological Systems: Building resilience for complexity and change.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forward, pgs. Xv-xxi; and Chapter 1, pgs 1-25.

 

Walker, B. and Salt, D. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world. Chapter 2, pgs. 28-38.

 

Paton and Johnston, eds. 2006. Disaster Resilience: An Integrated Approach. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Chapter 5, pgs. 79-83, Principles and Techniques of Sustainable Hazard Mitigation.

 

case study – the everglades ecosystem, florida

 

January 31

 

Walker, B. and Salt, D. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world. Pgs 15-27.

 

Gunderson and Holling, eds. 2002. Panarchy: Understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Chapter 12, Surprises and Sustainability: Cycles of renewal in the Everglades, pgs. 315-332.

 

 

Gunderson and Light. 2006. Adaptive Management and Adaptive Governance in the Everglades Ecosystem. Policy Sciences 39 (4):323–334.

 

Ecological Resilience

 

February 2

 

Holling, C. S. Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems, article 1, pgs. 19-47. In Lance Gunderson, Craig Allen, C. Holling, eds. Foundations of Ecological Resilience, 2010, Island Press.

 

Holling, C.S. The Resilience of Terrestrial Ecosystems, article 3, pgs. 67-109. In Lance Gunderson, Craig Allen, C. Holling, eds. Foundations of Ecological Resilience, 2010, Island Press.

 

Recommended

 

Woodroffe, C.D. Natural Resilience of Coastal Systems: Primary Concepts. 2007. Pgs. 1-16.

 

February 7 – Panarchy

 

Walker, B. and Salt, D. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world. Chapters 3 & 4, Pgs. 53-63; 74-95.

 

Gunderson and Holling, eds. 2002. Panarchy: Understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Chapter 2, pgs. 25-62.

 

February 9 – Panarchy (Cont.)

 

Gunderson and Holling, eds. 2002. Panarchy: Understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Chapter 3, pgs. 62-103.

 

Recommended

 

Gunderson and Pritchard, eds. 2002. Resilience and the Behavior of Large-Scale Systems. Chapter 1, pgs. 3-18.

 

case study – Coral reefs

 

February 14

 

Walker, B. and Salt, D. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world. Case 3, pgs. 64-73.

 

Hughes, T. Catastrophes, Phase Shifts, and Large-Scale Degradation of a Caribbean Coral Reef Article 7, pgs. 205-216. In Lance Gunderson, Craig Allen, C. Holling, eds. Foundations of Ecological Resilience, 2010, Island Press.

 

Recommended

 

Gunderson and Pritchard, eds. 2002. Resilience and the Behavior of Large-Scale Systems. Chapter 5, pgs. 111-150.

 

February 16 – Human Systems

 

Walker, B. and Salt, D. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world. Chapter 5, pgs. 111-124.

 

Organizations and adaptive capacity

 

February 21- Adaptive Management

 

Carl Folke, Thomas Hahn, Per Olsson, and Jon Norberg. 2005. ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour. 2005. 30:441–73. doi: 10.1146/annurev.energy.30.050504.144511.

 

Lebel, L., J. M. Anderies, B. Campbell, C. Folke, S. Hatfield-Dodds, T. P. Hughes. and J. Wilson. 2006. Governance and the capacity to manage resilience in regional social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 11(1): 19, pgs 1-15. URL:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art19/ .

 

February 23

 

Janssen, M. A., Φ. Bodin, J. M. Anderies, T. Elmqvist, H. Ernstson, R. R. J. McAllister, P. Olsson, and P. Ryan. 2006. A network perspective on the resilience of social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 11(1): 15. URL:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art15/.

 

Olsson, P., L. H. Gunderson, S. R. Carpenter, P. Ryan, L. Lebel, C. Folke, and C. S. Holling. 2006. Shooting the rapids: navigating transitions to adaptive governance of social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 11(1): 18. URL:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art18/.

 

February28– Sustainable Enterprise

 

Hoffman, A.  2000.  Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Ch. 9, pgs.183-197.

 

Hawken, P. 1993.  The Ecology of Commerce. Ch1, pgs. 1-17; Ch. 4, pgs. 57-73.

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. Chapter 10, Palm Beach County, pgs. 123-127.

 

March 2 – Sustainable Enterprise (Cont.)

 

Hoffman, A.  2000.  Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Ch.11, pgs. 228-242.

 

Worthington et al. 2009. Beyond risk mitigation: Enhancing corporate innovation with scenario planning. Business Horizons 52, 441—450.

 

Paton and Johnston, eds. 2006. Disaster Resilience: An Integrated Approach. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Chapter 15, pgs. 249-264.

 

Social Dimensions of Resiliency

 

March 7 - Social Vulnerability

 

Cutter, Susan et al. 2003. Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards. SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY, Volume 84(2): 244-258.

 

Zahran, S., Brody, S.D., Peacock, W.G., and Vedlitz, A., Grover, H. (2008). Social Vulnerability and The Natural and Built Environment: A Model of Flood Casualties in Texas , 1997-2001. Disasters 32(4), doi:10.1111/j.0361-3666.2008.01054.x.

 

Recommended

 

Paton and Johnston, eds. 2006. Disaster Resilience: An Integrated Approach. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Assessing Social Resilience. Chapter 6, pgs. 88-103.

 

*Guest Speaker: Walter Peacock, Director of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center

 

March 9 – Social Capital and Improving Equity

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. pgs 33-38.

 

Adger,W. Neil. 2003. Social Capital, Collective Action, and Adaptation to Climate Change

Economic Geography 79(4): 387-404.

 

Porter, D., 2000.  The Practice of Sustainable Development.  Ch. 5, pgs. 67-73.

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. Chapter 12, Resilience after Katrina, pgs. 135-142.

 

March 14 and 16 – Spring Break

 

March 21 – Measuring Resiliency and Sustainability

 

Texas Sustainable Indicators Project, 2006, Skim.

 

Emmer et al. 2008. Coastal Resiliency Index: A Community Self-Assessment

A Guide to Examining How Prepared Your Community Is for a Disaster. Pgs. 1-10: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/focus/documents/HRCC/resiliency_index_7-15-08.pdf .

 

NOAA CSC project Report (to be distributed)

 

Natural Hazards and Resiliency

 

March 23 – Natural Hazards Introduction

 

Adger et al. 2005. Social-Ecological Resilience to Coastal Disasters. Science 309: 1036-1039.

 

Tobin, G. 1999. Sustainability and Community Resilience: the holy grail of hazards planning? Environmental Hazards 1:13-25.

 

Paton and Johnston, eds. 2006. Disaster Resilience: An Integrated Approach. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Introduction, pgs. 3-9.

 

Recommended

 

Richard J.T. Klein, et al. 2003. Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept? Environmental Hazards 5: 35–45.

 

Berkes, F. 2007. Understanding uncertainty and reducing vulnerability: lesson from resilience thinking.  Natural Hazards 41: 283-295.

 

March 28 – Acute Hazards

 

Thomas J Campanella. 2006. Urban Resilience and the Recovery of New Orleans. Journal of the American Planning Association 72(2):141-145.

 

FEMA. 2009. Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana: Mitigation Assessment Team Report, Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance. Read Executive Summary; Chapter 1, pgs. 1- 30.

 

City of Galveston Long Term Recovery Plan. 2009. Pgs. 1-13; skim rest as interested. http://recoverygalveston.org/documents/Galveston_Long-Term_Community_Plan.pdf .

 

*Guest speaker: Lori Swartz, Galveston Planning Dept.

 

March 30- Chronic Hazards

 

Brody, S.D., Kang, Jung Eun, Zahran, S., Bernhardt, S.P. (2009). Evaluating Local Flood Mitigation Strategies in Texas and Florida. Built Environment 35(4): 492-515.

 

Brody, S.D., Kang, Jung Eun, Bernhardt, S.P. (2010). Identifying Factors Influencing Flood Mitigation at the Local Level in Texas and Florida: the Role of Organizational Capacity.  Natural Hazards 52:167–184, DOI 10.1007/s11069-009-9364-5.

 

Recommended

 

See also: Brody, S.D., and Highfield, W.E. (Forthcoming). Rising Waters: Evidence for Reducing Floods in the 21st Century.  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Draft Chapters 7 & 9.

 

April 4- Chronic Hazards II- Climate Change

 

Brody, S. D., S. Zahran, et al. (2008). "A spatial analysis of local climate change policy in the United States: Risk, stress, and opportunity." Landscape and Urban Planning 87(1): 33-41.

 

Hamin, E. and N. Gurran (2009). "Urban form and climate change: Balancing adaptation and mitigation in the US and Australia." Habitat International 33(3): 238-245.

 

Recommended

 

Zahran, S., Brody, S. D., Vedlitz, A., Grover, H, and Miller, C. (2008). Explaining Local Commitment to Climate Change Policy in the United States. Environment and Planning C 26(3): 544-562.

 

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

 

April 6 – Planning for the worst

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. Chapters  3 & 4, pgs. 29-54; Chapter 6, pgs. 59-71.

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. Chapter 8, Worchester County, MD, pgs. 99-110.

 

City of Galveston Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan: http://www.cityofgalveston.org/administration/emergency/hazard_mitigation.cfm.

 

April 11 – Planning Tools and Techniques

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. Chapter 7, pgs. 59-71.

 

Godschalk, D. 2003. Urban Hazard Mitigation: creating resilient cities. Natural Hazards Review 4(3):136-142.

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. Chapter 11, Charleston County, SC, pgs. 129-134.

 

Galveston County, Office of Emergency Management. 2009.  Bolivar Blue Print. Pgs. 1-24, http://www.co.galveston.tx.us/bolivar/documents/Bolivar%20Blueprint%20Electronic.pdf

 

April 13- Urban Form

 

Wheeler, 2004.  Planning for Sustainability, Chapter11, pgs. 161-165; Chapter 12, pgs. 186-208.

 

Beatley and Manning, 1997.  The Ecology of Place. Ch. 3, pgs. 40-85. (required text)

 

Burby et al. 2001. Urban Containment Policy and Exposure to Natural

Hazards: Is There a Connection? Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 44(4), 475–490, 2001.

 

BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION, & GREEN ARCHITECTURE

 

April 18 – Site Analysis

 

LEED Report, 2002.  “Site Selection.”  Pgs. 1-15.

 

FEMA. 2009. Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana: Mitigation Assessment Team Report, Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance. Read Executive Summary; Chapter 3, pgs. 3. 40-3.41.

 

Bijan Khazai, Jane C. Ingram, David S. Saah. 2007. The Protective Role of Natural and Engineered Defence Systems in Coastal Hazards. Pgs. 3-5; 7-8; skim rest as interested.

 

Porter, D., 2000.  The Practice of Sustainable Development.  Ch. 6, pgs. 75-114.

 

*Guest speaker: Bill Merrell, TAMU-Galveston

 

April 20 – Buildings and Architecture

 

Wheeler, 2004.  Planning for Sustainability, Chapter 13, pgs. 224-234.

 

FEMA. 2009. Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana: Mitigation Assessment Team Report, Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance. Read Executive Summary; Chapter 7, pgs. 7.1-7.1717.

 

Beatley, Timothy. 2009. Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times. Chapter 9, Oregon Coast, pgs. 111-122.

 

Recommended

 

FEMA. 2009. Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana: Mitigation Assessment Team Report, Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance. Read Executive Summary; Chapter 3, pgs. 1-90, [focus on roof systems].

 

LEED Report, 2002, pgs. 34-46.

 

Hargroves and Smith. 2005. The Natural Advantage of Nations. Chapter 18, Greening the Built Environment, pgs. 346-370.

 

HOUSEHOLD/INDIVIDUAL PREPAREDNESS

 

April 25

 

 

Paton and Johnston, eds. 2006. Disaster Resilience: An Integrated Approach. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.  The Role of Individual and Household Preparedness. Chapter 7, pgs.  105-124.

 

HCFCD Family Flood Plan. http://www.hcfcd.org/tropicalweather/downloads/FamlyFloodPreparePlan2007.pdf.

 

Gunderson and Holling, eds. 2002. Panarchy: Understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Chapter 13, The Devil in the Dynamics, pgs. 333-359.

 

Recommended

 

Paton, D. 2003. Disaster Preparedness: a social-cognitive perspective. Disaster Prevention and Management 12: 210-216.

 

April 27

 

Flood Disaster Development Game: http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html .

 

COURSE SUMMARY/CONCLUSION

 

May 2

 

Walker, B. and Salt, D. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Chapter 6, pgs. 139-154.

 

Gunderson and Holling, eds. 2002. Panarchy: Understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Chapter 15, pgs. 395-417.

 

**Final Paper Due: On day of scheduled final exam.

 

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