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Minerbi Plan 647 (Sp 2013) Planning for Sustainability

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Plan 647 Planning for Sustainability

CRN# 88845 Tuesdays 1:30 pm - 4:15 pm Saunders Hall, Room 119

(Source: Rees 1996) Luciano Minerbi, Instructor tel. 956-6869; e-mail:[email protected]

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawai`i (Source: Barbier 1987)

Urban and Regional Planning for Sustainability. Ideology, conceptual models, accounting frameworks and indicators for sustainability. Central and local policies, plans and best practices in various countries. Inter-‐sectoral integration. Appropriate technologies in different socio-‐cultural and environmental settings.

Principles of holism, soft system approach, ecological economics, steady states economics, eco-‐development, and eco-‐settlement. Students learn how these new paradigms may affect public policy planning through library and web research, group discussions, and case study analyses. Emphasis on urban and regional planning.

Part I: The Theory and Measurement of Sustainability Ideologies and Ethos of Sustainability Conceptual Models Accounting Frameworks Indicators of Sustainability

Part II: Public Policies and Programs for Sustainability Global Policies for Sustainability Local Policies for Sustainability Best Management Practices for Sustainability

Part III: Integrating the Dimensions of Sustainability (Source: Salzburg 1989) Socio-‐cultural Aspects Economic Aspects Environmental and Land Use Aspects Technological Aspects Part IV: Synthesis: Politics and Strategies of Implementation Final Paper Presentations & Conclusions

Pre: Graduate standing & consent of instructor (Source: Sachs 1984)


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Assignments and Assessment: Literature Review: (40 % of the grade). (a) Written and oral presentation

of one Theme Paper of 2 pages s.s. with ppt covering one of the class topics of students’ choice and based on the course readings. Higher grade is given to reviews integrating summary and critique of the selected references. (b) One page ss reflection for each of the weekly topics (your comments and assessment of your selected reading).

Term Paper: (60% of the grade) 15 pages single-spaced plus references and charts. The term paper addresses the policy and planning aspect of sustainability. Students can choose sector and country of their preference but are encouraged to address interdisciplinary or inter-sectoral aspects. Comparative papers on the international or regional aspect of sustainability are also encouraged, as well as using the term paper toward a chapter of own thesis, AOC, or dissertation.

Class Attendance: is required. If missing a class please submit two pages s.s. rather than one page s.s. (make-up documenting a good study of the topic).

Grade Range: B-70-84; A: 85-100. Due Dates: (1) The theme paper is presented by a student the week that topic is scheduled. (2) Written term paper proposal are due Week 5 (topic, issues, questions to

address, approach, table of content and list of proposed references). Term paper proposal counts 05/50 of the term paper grade.

(3) Please schedule a meeting with the instructor to review the first draft of the Term Paper in Week 12.

4) Term paper due Week 16. Term Paper Oral Class Presentation Week 17. Submission Protocol: Theme papers & literature reviews in Word. Term paper in pdf. Oral presentation in ppt. Document Filename is reprinted on the top right corner of page. Readings: Required Course Reader: a CD given out in class plus occasional emailed additions. Useful Reference:

Bartelmus, Peter Environment, Growth, and Development: the Concepts and Strategies of Sustainability. London: Routledge, 1994.

Brown, Lester. 2003. Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. www.earth-‐policy.org/books/eco

Hart, Maureen. 1999. Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators. North Andover, MA: Hart Environmental Data. Second Edition.

Schor Juliet and Betsy Taylor eds. 2002. Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-first Century. Boston: Beacon Press.

Output of the course: • knowledge of theory and concepts of sustainable development • knowledge of some methods of accounting and of measuring sustainability • appreciation of the interrelationships among factors affecting the quest for

sustainability • understanding of the policy and programmatic aspect of implementation


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Course Schedule

Plan 647 Planning for Sustainability

Week 1 Jan. 08 Introduction to the Course Part I: The Theory and Measurement of Sustainability Week 2 Jan. 15 Ideologies and Ethos of Sustainability Week 3 Jan. 22 Conceptual Models Week 4 Jan. 29 Policies & Accounting Frameworks Week 5 Febr 05 Indicators of Sustainability * Week 6 Febr 12 Part I Seminar Part II: Public Policies and Programs for Sustainability Week 7 Febr 19 Global Policy for Sustainability Week 8 Febr 26 Local Policies for Sustainability Week 9 March 05 Best Management Practices for Sustainability Week 10 March 12 Part II Seminar Part III: Integrating the Dimensions of Sustainability Week 11 March 19 Socio-cultural Aspects Spring Break March 25-March 30 Week 12 April 2 Economic Aspects ** Week 13 April 9 Environmental and Land Use Aspects Week 14 April 16 Technological Aspects Week 15 April 23 Part III Seminar Week 16 April 30 Politics and Strategies of Implementation*** Part IV: Synthesis: Week 17 May 7 Final Term Paper Presentations (Exam Time)

* Term Paper Proposal due ** Term Paper (First Draft) due *** Term Paper (Final) due


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References Plan 647 Planning for Sustainability

Week 1 Introduction to the Course

Part I: The Theory and Measurement of Sustainability Week 2 Ideologies and Ethos of Sustainability Cobb, John. 1980. “Ecology Ethics and Theology” Ch. 11, pp. 211-227. Daly,

Herman and Kenneth Townsend eds. 1993. Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics. Cambridge: The MIT Press.

Peet, John. 1992. “Myth of the Political-Economic World View” Ch. 9, pp.125-149 and “Ecology versus Exemptionalism” Ch. 11, pp.157-164. Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability. Washington DC: Island Press.

Week 3 Conceptual Models Bartelmus, Peter. 1994. ‘What on Earth is Wrong” Ch. 1, pp.1-30; and

“Environment and Development a Matter of Sustainability” Ch. 3, pp. 60-78. Environment, Growth, and Development: the Concepts and Strategies of Sustainability London: Routledge.

Minerbi, Luciano. "Communication on The 1981 Pacific Islands Pilot Project on Environment Statistics and the Fiji Field Test and Integrated Area Development and Communication and Information Systems". Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning: Asia and Pacific Perspectives. United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya, Japan, 1987, pp. 73-136.

Martinez-Alier, Joan, Giuseppe Munda and John O’ Neil. 2001. “Theories and Methods in Ecological Economics: a Tentative Classification”. Ch. 2, pp. 34-56. In Cutler Cleveland, David Stern, Robert Costanza The Economics of Nature and the Nature of Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Week 4 Policy & Accounting Frameworks Bartelmus, Peter. 1994. “Accounting for Sustainable Development” Ch. 2, pp.

31-59. Environment, Growth, and Development: the Concepts and Strategies of Sustainability. London: Routledge,

Minerbi, Luciano. 1993."A Framework for Integrated Socioeconomic and Environmental Development Planning and Management" Development and Planning in Small Island Nations of the Pacific. Nagoya: United Nations Center for Regional Development. Part II Ch. 2, pp. 29-46.

Roe, Emery. 1998. “Triangulating on Sustainable Development” Ch. 5, pp. 85-103. Taking Complexity Seriously: Policy Analysis, Triangulation and Sustainable Development. Boston: Kluwer Academic Pubs.

Week 5* Indicators of Sustainability Hart, Maureen. 1999. Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators. North

Andover, MA: Hart Environmental Data. Second Edition. http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/ Indicators/

Interagency Working Group of Sustainable Development Indicators (IWGSDI), USA http://www.sdi.gov/ http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/Database/IWGSD.html

Redefining Progress. "Why Bigger Ins't Better: The Genuine Progress Indicator -1999 Update" http://rprogress.org/index.html


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Sustainable Measures. “Everything You Wanted to Know About Indicators; Indicators of Sustainability; Sustainable "Community Indicator Checklist" http:// www.sustainablemeasures.com/Indicators/index.html

Thiel Kozak, Jacqueline. 2012. “Tracking the Course to 2050” Indicators Models and Best Practices for Hawaii Sustainability”. Plan. AOC Paper. Honolulu: UH DURP.

Week 6 Part I Seminar

Part II: Public Policies and Programs for Sustainability Week 7 Global Policies for Sustainability Bartelmus, Peter. 1994. “Planning Policies: Sustainable Growth and Structural

Change” Ch. 4 pp. 79-105. Environment, Growth, and Development: the Concepts and Strategies of Sustainability. London: Routledge.

Bartelmus, Peter. 1994. “Outlook: From National to Global Compacts” Ch. 6, pp.140 151. Environment, Growth, and Development: the Concepts and Strategies of Sustainability. London: Routledge.

Daly, Herman. 2002. “Globalization and its Discontent”. Aspen. French, Hilary. From Rio to Johannesburg and Beyond: Assessing the Summit”

Worldwatch Institute Policy Brief #12 Worldwatch Institute: World Summit on Sustainable Development Web page http://www.academia.edu/222316/From_Rio_to_Johannesburg_and_Beyond

Gardner, Gary. “Growing Awareness, Sluggish Response from Rio to Johannesburg.Worldwatch Institute web page http://www.worldwatch.org/rio-‐johannesburg-‐growing-‐awareness-‐sluggish-‐response

Kanninen, Tapio. 2012. Crisis of Global Sustainability. NY: Rutledge. Kanninen, Tapio. Draft 12/29/2010. “The Interplay between Global, Regional

and National Frameworks for Climate Change Governance: a Functional Approach” The III Lagos State Summit on Climate Change. Lagos. Post Rio Sustainable Development Vision: Agenda 21 http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDoQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Furbangrowth.ugecproject.org%2Fimages%2FTapio_Kanninen.pdf&ei=HkrVUOTAPKGFiAL324DYAg&usg=AFQjCNE2uM-‐POt4q70ueitwuZotmb-‐msXw&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.cGE

Sitarz, Daniel. 1994. Agenda 21: The Earth Summit Strategy to Save Our Planet. Boulder: Earthpress.

Weiss, Thomas, Tapio Kannninen, Michael Bush. Sept 2009. Sustainable Global Governance for the 21th Century. The UN Confronts Economic and Environmental Crises Amidst Changing Geopolitics. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung N. 45. Dialogue on Urbanization. NY: CUNI Ralf Bunche Institute.

World Summit on Sustainable Development. 2002. Plan of Implementation. Johannesburg.

Week 8 Local Policies for Sustainability Bartelmus, Peter. 1994. “Planning Policies II Sustainable Development” Ch. 5,

pp.106 139. Environment, Growth, and Development: the Concepts and


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Strategies of Sustainability. London: Routledge. Boettcher, Melissa. 2012. “Urban Metabolism”. Honolulu. AOC Paper.

Honolulu: UH DURP. Gobierno de Canarias. 16.4.2001. Compromiso Por El Desarrollo Sostenible De

Canarias. Canary Islands. (English Summary). Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Task Force. January 2008 . Hawai’i 2050

Sustainability Plan. Charting a Course for Hawaii Sustainable Future. Honolulu: State of Hawaii.

Minerbi, Luciano. Fall, 1994. "Sustainability Versus Growth in Hawai'i" pp. 115-160. Ibrahim Aoude' guest ed. Social Process in Hawai'i: The Political Economy of Hawai'i Vol. 35.

Thomas Prugh, Robert Costanza, and Herman Daly. 2000. “Sustainability and Strong Democracy” Ch. 7, pp.159-166. The Local Politics of Global Sustainability. Washington, D.C. Island Press.

Week 9 Best Management Practices for Sustainability Barton Hugh and Deborath Kleiner. 2000. “Innovative Eco-Neighborhood

Projects” Ch. 5, pp.66-85. Hugh Barton ed. Sustainable Communities: the Potential for Eco-Neighborhood. London: Earthscan. Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development CESD Database: Success Stories http://books.google.com/books?id=oBLW_fZL1OMC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=barton+hugh+deborath+kleiner&source=bl&ots=2h6d_oV35i&sig=s2JooqufmvNqDJDtC_ZOvEkIhI0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d03VUNeAJYqaiALR9IHoCg&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=barton%20hugh%20deborath%20kleiner&f=false

United Nations Center for Human Settlements: Best Management Practices. http://www.bestpractices.org/

Week 10 Part II Seminar

Part III: Integrating the Dimensions of Sustainability Week 11 Sociocultural Aspects McGregor, Davianna, Luciano Minerbi and Jon Matsuoka. “A Holistic

Assessment Method of Health and Well-being for Native Hawaiian Communities:” Pacific Health Dialogue: Journal of Community Health and Clinical Medicine for the Pacific, Vol. 5 no. 1, 1998; pp. 361-369.

Minerbi, Luciano. October 2003. “Cultural Assessment and the Planning Process” PAS Memo. Chicago: American Planning Association.

Sachs Ignacy and Dana Silk. 1990. “Integrated Food – Energy Systems”. Ch. 3, pp. 10 23. Food and Energy: Strategies for Sustainable Development. Tokyo: United Nations University Press,

Spring Break March 25-March 30, 2013 Week 12 Economic Aspects ** Daly, Herman E. 1993. “Postscript: Some Common Misunderstandings and

Further Issues Concerning a Steady-State Economy” Ch. 20, pp.365-382. Daly, Herman and Kenneth Townsend eds. 1993. Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics. Cambridge: The MIT Press.

Pearce, David. Edward Barbier,and Anil Markandya. 1990. “Discounting the


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Future” Ch. 2 pp. 23-56. Sustainable Development: Economics and Environment in the Third World. Aldersht: Edward Elgar. The London Environmental Economics Center.

Brown, Lester. 2003. “The Shape of the Eco-economy” Ch. 4 (pdf). Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. http://www.earth-‐policy.org/index.php?/books/pb4/pb4_table_of_contents

Brown, Lester. 2003. “Restructuring the Economy” Ch 11 (pdf) (pdf). Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. http://www.earth-‐policy.org/index.php?/books/pb4/pb4_table_of_contents

Week 13 Environmental and Land Use Aspects Dholakia Ritik and Mathis Wackernagel, and Mario Gouvea. 1999. Calculate

your Ecological Footprint. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CEAQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.buffalo.edu%2Flibraries%2Fprojects%2Fcases%2Ffootprint%2Ffootprint.xls&ei=a1HVUJ29KtHciQK4pYGgAQ&usg=AFQjCNHwxkyfd6bQR93Z1HDf-‐VHHqpZt9Q&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.cGE

Costanza, Robert. 1997. “The Ecological Economics of Sustainability: Investing in Natural Capital”. Ch. 8 pp.106-118. Goodland, Robert, Herman E. Daly, and Salah El Serafy, eds. 1992. Population, Technology, And Lifestyle: The Transition to Sustainability. Washington: Island Press.

Redefining Progress. "The Footprint of Nations Study" www.rprogress.org/publications/ 2006/Footprint%20of%20Nations%202005.pdf http://www.rprogress.org/ecological_footprint/about_ecological_footprint.htm http:// www.footprintofnations.org/

Rees, William. "Revisiting Carrying Capacity: Area-Based Indicators of Sustainability" www.ivm.vu.nl/en/Images/AT6_tcm53-‐161577.pdf http://docsfiles.com/pdf_revisiting_carrying_capacity.html

Week 14 Technological Aspects Aidan Davison. 2001. Technology and the Contested Meanings of Sustainability.

Albany, N.Y. State University of New York Press. Brown, Lester. 2003. “Building the Solar/Hydrogen Economy”. Ch. 5 (pdf). Eco-

Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. www.earth-‐policy.org/images/uploads/book_files/ecoch05.pdf

Sachs. 1984. Facing the Crisis in Large Cities: “Work, Food, and Energy in Urban Ecodevelopment” United Nations University.

Week 15 Part III Seminar

Week 16 Politics and Strategies of Implementation *** Brown, Lester. 2003. “Accelerating the Transition”. Ch. 12 (pdf). Eco-Economy:

Building an Economy for the Earth. www.earthpolicy.org/images/uploads/book_files/ecoch12.pdf?...

Daly, Herman. 2002. “Five Policy Recommendations for a Sustainable Economy”. pp. 209-221. Juliet Schor and Betsy Taylor eds. Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-first Century. Boston: Beacon Press.


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Kettl, Donald F. ed. 2002. “Conclusion: The Next Generation” Ch. 6, pp. 77-190. Environmental Governance: a Report on the Next Generation of Environmental Policy. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.

Honadle, George and Jerry VanSant 1985. “Sustaining Benefits” Ch. 4, pp. 74-97. Implementation for Sustainability: Lessons from Integrated Rural Development. West Hartford: Kumarian Press.

Taylor, Betsy. 2002. “How Do We Get From Here to There?” pp. 223-251. Juliet Schor and Betsy Taylor eds. Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-first Century. Boston: Beacon Press.

Part IV: Synthesis

Week 17 Final Term Paper Presentations— Conclusions

Additional Sustainability Organizations

(Some of the web pages listed below may not open, so best is to search the organization name on the web—sorry for that: we will explain this in class)

Article on the 10 best sustainable communities.... www.utne.com/pub/2003_116/promo/10351-1.html

Center for Sustainable Cities www.uky.edu/~rlevine/ -7k – Center for Sustainable Communities

www.icosc.com/ Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development www.sustainabledevelopment.in/ Global Futures Foundation http://www.globalff.org/ Green Building Technical Manual http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/articles/ptipub.shtml Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.org/ Earth Summit www.earthsummit.info ICMA Sustainable Communities Program ICMA Program Centers › Sustainable Communities Izaak Walton League of America www.iwla.org/ International Small Island Studies Association http://isisa.maui.hawaii.edu/ International Scientific Council for Island Sustainable Development. http://www.insula.org/ ME3's Sustainable Minnesota http://www.me3.org/ National Association of Development Organizations http://www.nado.org/ SCN Growing a Sustainable Economy www.sustainable.org/economy/econ_index.html Smart Community Network http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/ Sustainable Communities Info Service http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment?SCN/SCN_home.html Sustainable community indicators training outline


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www.sustainablemeasures.com/Training/index/html Sustainable Communities Summit http://www.tenalpsevents.com/forthcomingevents/sustainablecommunities2008 The CESD Sustainable Development Resources Database https://trello.com/...sustainable-‐development-‐resource-‐database.../254 The Ecogateway Antologies Sustainability: Sustainable and Livable Communities http://www.ecoiq.com/onlineresources/anthologies/sustainable/communities/ The Economic Renewal Guide Rocky Mountain Institute. http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid385.php The World Wide Web Virtual Library Sustainable Development http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html United Nations Small Islands Developing states www.unohrlls.org/en/sids/45/ What are sustainable communities? http://crest.org/doe/sustainable/articles/what_are/index.html Worldwatch Institute www.worldwatch.org GLOBE International.org www.globeinternational.org

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