plan 641 Course readings

 

 


 

Required Texts

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida : solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press.

 

Peck, Sheila.  1998.  Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

 

Dramstad, Wenche E., J. Olson, and R. Forman.  1996.  Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

 

Wondolleck, Julia and Steven Yaffee.  2000.  Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

 

Recommended

 

Perlman, Dan L. and Jeffery Miller. 2005. Practical Ecology for planners, developers, and citizens. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

 

*Readings not contained in required texts will be available electronically at: epsru.tamu.edu.

 

Introduction and Overview of Ecosystem Planning & Management

 

August 29

 

Introduction to course

 

August 31

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida: solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press. Chapters 2 & 3, pgs. 13-35.

 

Perlman, Dan L. and Jeffery Miller. 2005. Practical Ecology for planners, developers, and citizens. Washington , D.C. : Island Press.  Chapter 1, pgs. 7-20.

 

Additional Readings

 

Grumbine, Edward.  1994.  What Is Ecosystem Management?  Conservation Biology 8(1): 27-38.

 

Christensen, Norman, A. Bartuska, J. Brown, S. Carpenter, C. D'Antonio, R. Francis, J. Franklin, J. MacMahon, R. Noss, D. Parsons, C. Petterson, M. Turner, and R. Woodmansee.  1996.  The Report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management.  Ecological Applications 6(3): 665-684.

 

Sexton, William.  1998.  Ecosystem Management: expanding the resources management 'tool kit.' Landscape and Urban Planning 40: 103-112.

 

Szaro, R., W. Sexton and C. Malone.  1998.  The emergence of ecosystem management as a tool for meeting people's needs and sustaining ecosystems.  Landscape and Urban Planning 40:1-7.

 

Cortner, H. and Margaret Moote.  1999.  The Politics of Ecosystem Management.  Washington, DC:  Island Press, chapters 2 & 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecosystem Science and Management

 

September 5

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida: solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press. Chapter 6, “The Fragmented Landscape: Biological Diversity versus Human Disturbance,” pgs. 84-91.

 

Peck, Sheila.  1998.  Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapters 1& 2, pgs. 7-46.

 

Noss, Reed F.  1983.  A Regional Landscape Approach to Maintain Diversity.  BioScience 33: 700-706.

 

Randolph, John.  2003.  Ch10, Ecosystem and Watershed Management, pgs. 253-260. In Environmental Land Use Planning and Management.  Island Press: Washington, D.C.

 

September 7

 

Noss, Reed and Allen Cooperrider.  1994.  Saving Nature’s Legacy: Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapter 1.

                          

Christensen, Norman, A. Bartuska, J. Brown, S. Carpenter, C. D'Antonio, R. Francis, J. Franklin, J. MacMahon, R. Noss, D. Parsons, C. Petterson, M. Turner, and R. Woodmansee.  1996.  The Report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management.  Ecological Applications 6(3): 670-676.

 

Additional Readings

 

Peck, Sheila.  1998.  Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapter 3.

 

King, A.  1993.  Considerations of Scale and Hierarchy.  In Ecological Integrity and the Management of Ecosystems.  S. Woodly, J. Kay, and G. Francis, (eds). CA: St. Lucie Press, pp. 19-39.

 

Perlman, Dan L. and Jeffery Miller. 2005. Practical Ecology for planners, developers, and citizens. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.  Chapter 2, pgs. 27-43.

 

 

Principles of Landscape Ecology and Ecological Design

 

September 12

 

Dramstad, Wenche E., J. Olson, and R. Forman.  1996.  Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, pp. 19-48.

 

Peck, Sheila.  1998.  Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapter 4.

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida: solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press. Chapter 7, “The Role of Biological Diversity in Local Plan Making,” pgs. 93-108.

 

September 14

 

Duerksen, C. D. Elliot, N. Thompson, E. Johnson, and J. Miller.  1997.  Habitat Protection Planning: Where the Wild Things Are.  APA Planning Advisory Service Report No. 470/471, pp. 5-23.

 

September 1

 

Dramstad, Wenche E., J. Olson, and R. Forman.  1996.  Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, pp. 49-70.

 

Simberloff and Cox. 1987. Consequences and Costs of Conservation Corridors. Conservation Biology 1(1): 63-71.

 

Damschen et al. 2006. Corridors Increase Plant Species Richness at Large Scales. Science 313: 1284-1286.

 

Additional Readings

 

Van Langevelde, Frank.  1994.  Conceptual integration of landscape planning and landscape ecology, with a focus on the Netherlands.  In Landscape Planning and Ecological Networks.  Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.

 

Perlman, Dan L. and Jeffery Miller. 2005. Practical Ecology for planners, developers, and citizens. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.  Chapters 4-6, pgs. 53-129.

 

 

Introduction of Human Values in the Management of Ecosystems

 

September 21

 

Leopold, A.  1949.  A Sand County Almanac.  New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 237-243.

 

Stanley, Thomas.  1995.  Ecosystem Management and the Arrogance of Humanism.  Conservation Biology 9(2): 255-261.

 

Perlman, Dan L. and Jeffery Miller. 2005. Practical Ecology for planners, developers, and citizens. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.  Chapter 3, pgs. 36-49.

 

Additional Reading

 

Endter-Wada, Joanna, Dale Blahna, Richard Krannich, and Mark Brunson.  1998.  A Framework for Understanding Social Science Contributions to Ecosystem Management.  Ecological Applications 8(3) 891-901.

 

September 26

 

Wondolleck, Julia and Steven Yaffee.  2000.  Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapters 1, 4, 5, and 7.

 

Institutional Issues: A Focus on Inter-organizational Collaboration

 

September 28

 

Wondolleck, Julia and Steven Yaffee.  2000.  Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapter 13.

 

Peck, Sheila.  1998.  Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, pp. 154-166.

 

Westley, Frances.  1995.  Governing Design: The Management of Social Systems and Ecosystems Management.  In Barriers and Bridges to the Renewal of Ecosystems and Institutions, pp. 391-427.  Edited by Lance Gunderson, C.S. Holling, and Stephen S. Light.  Columbia University Press, New York.

 

Additional Reading

 

Cortner, H.  M. Wallace, S. Burke, and M. Moote.  1998.  Institutions Matter: the need to address the institutional challenges of ecosystem management.  Landscape and Urban Planning 40: 159-166.

 

October 3

 

Senge, P.M.  1990.  The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization.  New York: Doubleday Currency, pp. 3-16; 68-92; skim 93-113.

 

Lee, R.G. 1992.  Ecologically Effective Social Organization as A Requirement for Sustaining Watershed Ecosystems.  In R.J. Naiman (ed.), Watershed Management: Balancing Sustainability and Environmental Change.  New York: Springer-Verlag.

 

Additional Readings

 

Lee, Kai N.  1993. Compass and Gyroscope: Integrating Science and Politics for the Environment.  Washington, DC: Island Press, chapter 3.

 

Knight, Richard and Gary Meffe.  1997.  Ecosystem Management Agency Liberation from Command and Control.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 25(3): 676-678.

 

The Planning Proces: Stakeholder Collaboration

 

October 5

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida: solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press. Chapter 8, “Collaborative Environmental Planning and Stakeholder Participation,” pgs. 109-114.

 

Wondolleck, Julia and Steven Yaffee.  2000.  Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapters 2 & 3.

 

October 10

 

Wondolleck, Julia and Steven Yaffee.  2000.  Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapter 6.

 

Lewicki, Roy J., David M. Saunders, & Bruce Barry (2007) Essentials of Negotiation. Irwin McGraw-Hill. Fourth Edition. Pgs. 58-83.

 

Randolph, John and Michael Bauer.  1999.  Improving Environmental Decision-Making Through Collaborative Methods.  Policy Studies Review, Fall/Winter, 16: 169-191.

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida: solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press. Chapter 9, “Measuring the Effects of Stakeholder Participation on the Quality of Local Plans,” pgs. 115-122.

 

Additional Readings

 

Randolph, John and Michael Bauer.  1999.  Improving Environmental Decision-Making Through Collaborative Methods.  Policy Studies Review, Fall/Winter, 16: 169-191.

 

October 12

 

Problem paper #1 Due

 

Susskind, Lawrence, Sarah Mckearnan, and Jennifer Thomas-Larmer, (eds.).  1999. 
Consensus Building Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Reaching Agreement.  California: Sage Publications.San Francisco Estuary Project,” pp. 801-825.

 

Wondolleck, Julia and Steven Yaffee.  2000.  Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapters 9 and 12.

 

Exploring the Role of Environmental Plans

 

October 17

 

Beatly, T., D. Brower, and A. Schwab. 1994.  An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, pp. 129-147.

 

Marsh, Lindell and Peter Lallas.  1995.  Focused, Special-Area Conservation Planning: An Approach to Reconciling Development and Environmental Protection.  In Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife.  Edited by Douglas Porter and David Salveson.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

 

Duerksen, C. D. Elliot, N. Thompson, E. Johnson, and J. Miller.  1997.  Habitat Protection Planning: Where the Wild Things Are.  APA Planning Advisory Report No. 470/471, pp. 79-82.

 

October 19

                                                           

Read  and analyze plans distributed in class or on reserve.

 

October 24

 

Beatley, T.  2000.  Preserving Biodiversity: Challenges for Planners.  APA Journal 66(1): 5-20.

 

Planning Tools and Strategies I – Land use planning Techniques

 

October 26 - Protected Areas Networks and Network Analysis

 

Peck, Sheila.  1998.  Planning for Biodiversity: Issues and Examples.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, chapter 5.

 

Noss, Reed and Allen Cooperrider.  1994.  Saving Nature’s Legacy: Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, pp. 129-157; skim 158-177.

Additional Readings

Salm and Clark. 2000. Marine and Coastal Protected Areas: A Guide for Planners and Managers. Chapter 2, Site Planning and Management, Pgs. 37-48.

 

 

October 31- Land Use Policies I

 

Mantell, M., S. Harper, and L. Prost.  1990.  Appendix A: A Primer on Growth Management Tools and Techniques.  In Resource Guide for Creating Successful Communities.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

 

Beatly, T., D. Brower, and A. Schwab. 1994.  An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, pp. 155-180.

 

November 2- Land Use Policies II

 

Duerksen, C. D. Elliot, N. Thompson, E. Johnson, and J. Miller.  1997.  Habitat Protection Planning: Where the Wild Things Are.  APA Planning Advisory Service Report No. 470/471, pp. 25-54.

 

Center for Watershed Protection.  1994.  Use of Cluster Development to Protect Watersheds.  Watershed Protection Techniques 1(3): 137-140.

 

November 7- Land Use Policies III

 

Arendt, R.  1997.  Growing Greener: Putting Conservation into Local Codes.  Stewart , MD : Natural Lands Trust, Inc., 15 pp.

 

Perlman, Dan L. and Jeffery Miller. 2005. Practical Ecology for planners, developers, and citizens. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.  Chapter 10.

 

Plan Quality Analysis: Putting It All Together

 

November 9

 

Kaiser, E. et. al.  1995.  Urban Land Use Planning.  Chicago, IL:  U. of Illinois Press, pp. 257-278.

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida: solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press; Chapter 5, Case 1: A Report Card, pgs. 49-60.

 

Planning Tools and Strategies II – GIS & spatial analysis

 

November 14 – Gap Analysis

 

Problem Paper #2 Due.

 

Scott, J.M., F. Davis, B. Csuti, R. Noss, B. Butterfield, C. Groves, H. Anderson, S. Caicco, F. DErchia, T.C. Edwards Jr., J. Ulliman, and R.G. Wright.  1993.  Gap Analysis: a geographical approach to protection of biological diversity.   Wildlife Monographs, 123: 1-41.

 

Caicco, Steven, J.M. Scott, B. Butterfield, and B. Csuti. 1995. A Gap Analysis of the Management Status of the Vegetation of Idaho (U.S.A.). Conservation Biology, 9(3): 498-511.

 

Additional Readings

 

Beardsley, K., and D.M. Stoms. 1993.  Compiling a Digital Map of Areas Managed for Biodiversity In California. Natural Areas Journal, 13(3): 177-190.

 

Scott, J.M., B. Csuti, and S. Caicco.  1991.  Gap Analysis: Assessing Protection Needs.  In W. Hudson, ed.  Landscape Linkages and Biodiversity: A strategy for Survival.  Island Press, Seattle, WA.

 

Scott, J.M., B. Csuti, J.D. Jacobi, and J. Estes.  1987.  Species Richness: a geographic approach to protecting future biological diversity. BioScience, 37(11): 782-788.

           

November 16- Policy Mapping & Analysis

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida: solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press; Chapter 5, Case 2: Identifying Policy Gaps Using GIS, pgs. 61-80.

Brody, S.D., Himanshu Grover, Sara Bernhardt, Zhenghong Tang, Bianca Whitaker, and Colin Spencer.  (2006). A Multi-Criteria, Spatial Site Suitability Analysis for Oil and Gas Exploration in Texas State Coastal Waters. Environmental Management 38:597–617.

 

November 21 - Computer Modeling of Environmental Impacts

 

Randolph, John.  2003.  Land Use, Stream Flow, and Runoff Pollution, pgs. 363- 404.  In Environmental Land Use Planning and Management.  Island Press: Washington, D.C.

 

*in class modeling exercise

 

 

Planning Tools and Strategies II – Applications and case studies

 

November 23– Wetlands and Development

 

Daniels, T. and Daniels, K. 2003. Chapter 10, “Planning and Managing Wetlands.” In The Environmental Planning Handbook. Washington, DC: Planners Press; pgs. 229-240.

 

Brody, S.D., Davis, Stephen E. III, Highfield, Wesley E. and Bernhardt, Sarah. (2008). A Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Wetland Alteration in Texas and Florida:  Thirteen Years of Impact Along the Coast. Wetlands 28(1): 107-116.

 

Additional Readings

Lewis, W. M.: 2001, Wetlands Explained: Wetland Science, Policy, and Politics in America, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, pgs. 41-62.

Bardecki, M.J. What Value Wetlands? (1984). Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 39(3): 166-169.

 

**November 24-25- Thanksgiving Break

 

November 28- Wetland Development and Flooding: making the connection

 

Brody, Samuel D., Wesley E. Highfield, Hyung-Cheal Ryu, Laura Spanel-Weber. Examining the Relationship between Wetland Alteration and Watershed Flooding in Texas and Florida. (2006). Natural Hazards, 16pgs.

 

Highfield, Wesley E. and Samuel D. Brody. The Price of Permits: Measuring the Economic Impacts of

Wetland Development on Flood Damages in Florida. (2006). Natural Hazards Review 7(3): 123-130.

 

Additional Readings

Arnold, L.A. and Gibbons, C.J. 1996. Impervious Surface Coverage-the emergence of a key environmental indicator. Journal of the American Planning Association 62: 243-258.

White, M.D. and Greer, K.A. 2006. The Effects of Watershed Urbanization on the Stream Hydrology and Riparian Vegetation of Los Peñasquitos Creek, California.  Landscape and Urban Planning 74: 125-138.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental Plan Implementation: Putting Principles into Practice

 

November30 – Plan Conformity

 

Brody, Samuel D. 2008. Ecosystem Planning in Florida: solving regional problems through local decision making. Hampshire, England: Ashgate Press. Chapters 10 & 11, pgs. 125-155.

 

December 5- Implementing Principles

 

Perlman, Dan L. and Jeffery Miller. 2005. Practical Ecology for planners, developers, and citizens. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.  Chapter 11, pgs. 217-237.

 

Final Paper Due: On day of scheduled final exam.

 

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