CREP 542 - Environmental Planning

Three hours.
3 Credits

This course focuses on building the practitioners understanding of environmental issues and their impact on community development and the built environment, and planning strategies for sustainable development. . Topics covered include: topography, soil structure and land-based hazards; brownfield redevelopment and site remediation; natural resource characteristics, local endowments and the reciprocal relationship they have with each other and with human settlement; environmental impacts of land use development and methods of assessment; practices of pollution mitigation and site remediation in neighborhood and community economic development; and compliance with city, state and federal legislation and policy. Students have lecture, case analysis and research exposure to these topics as they affect Baltimore and its metropolitan region and the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed.