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Purdue University School of Civil Engineering
CE 512 The Comprehensive Urban Planning Process
Fri. 24 April 2020
Lesson on Environmental and Energy Planning

Class Objectives: By the end of this this lesson, the student will be able to ...

Explain what a planner can do to "minimize the damage that human activity does to the natural environment".
Describe what requirements a development must meet so as to minimize its environmental impacts.

Preparation for Class:

Read 11JML317-318, 335-339, 341-344
Look at SNotes Section 39 and the four steps for creating Conservation Design Subdivisions.
Look at SNotes Sections 40-43.
Read Curbs Are Evil.

Theme Music:

Dirty Water by The Standells, 1965, 2:46, and words.
That Smell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1996, 5:51.
Who'll Stop the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969, 2:30.

Image sources:

http://www.lrk.com/sites/438/uploaded/images/Conservation_Design_Com_02content-thumb1228x620.jpg
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/sustwatermgmt/images/b/b1/RainGardensmall1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110314003158

Outline of Likely Topics

Randall Arendt's Conservation Design
PDR, DDR, and TDR to protect open space
Greenfields and brownfields
Estate taxes and preserving agricultural land
Wetlands protection and wetlands banking
Stormwater management: Bioswales and raingardens
Environmental Impact Studies: Old waste, USTs, etc.
Urban design and environmental impacts: LEED-ND