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URBS 400: Planning for the Built and Natural Environment

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URBS 350 : Cities and the Third World

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URBS 310: Growth and Development of Cities

 


Ashwani Vasishth
Department of urban Studies and Planning
California State University, Northridge, CA 91330
vasishth@csun.edu



 

Campus Sustainability Resources for Climate Change-related Carbon Footprinting

 



Presentations:

Vasishth, Ashwani. 2009. An Ecosystem Approach to Ecological Economics. Presentation to Ramapo College, Environmental Studies.

 

Some Seminal Articles:

Rittel, Horst W.J.  1972.  On the Planning Crisis: Systems Analysis of the First and Second Generation,” Bedriftsokonomen, Nr. 8

Rittel, Horst W.J. & Melvin M. Webber.  1973.  Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning,”  Policy Sciences, v4n2 (June 1973):155-169.

Excerpted listing of “wicked problems,” for ready reference.

Holling, Crawford S. & Michael A. Goldberg.  1971.  Ecology and Planning,”  Journal of the American Institute of Planners [now Journal of the American Planning Association] v37n4 (July 1971):221-230.

Odum, Eugene P.  1969.  The Strategy of Ecosystem Development,” Science, v164n3877 (Apr. 18, 1969): 262-270.

Rowe, J. Stan.  1989.  What on Earth is Environment?” Accessed Saturday, May 26, 2007, at http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/RoWhatEarth.html.  Originally published at: The Trumpeter, v6n4 (1989):123-126.

Some Additionally Useful Articles:

Costanza, Robert.  1999. “Four Visions of the Century Ahead: Will It Be Star Trek, Ecotopia, Big Government, or Mad Max?The Futurist.

Kates, Robert.  1996.  Population, Technology and the Human Environment: A Thread Through Time,”  Daedalus,

Web Resources:

Some Book-Buying Related Resources on the Web

Films and Videos: Environmental Planning, Ecology, and Environmental History (compiled, 2002)

 

Miscellaneous Bibliographies:

§       Alcoholism and Addiction

 

Miscellaneous Resources:

Donating Cars to Charity

High End Audio Stores in the Southern California/Los Angeles Region