ENVD 4023
Understanding environmental problems; justifying aspirations; administrative procedure; applicable to land use and growth issues; aimed at the first party participant.
This seminar in Environmental Impact Analysis is designed to serve the needs of persons interested in the physical, technological and human impacts of the built environment as they affect the natural environment. Analyses will cover housing, transportation, institutional and other kinds of proposed development at the local, state and national scale. The course has three major areas of emphasis: 1) the theory, history and methodology of impact assessment; 2) the contextual and substantive areas, i.e., resources which undergo human intervention such as forests, wetlands, open space, aquatic and atmospheric systems and, of course, the impact of technology and technological developments on individuals, neighborhoods and communities; and 3) the development or impact reports from empirical situations with the internal review and eventually the public testimony in verbal or written form.