90-765 Cities, Technology and the Environment

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This mini will explore the interaction of cities, technology and the natural environment over time. More specifically, it will consider several major issues confronting cities today 1 water supply, wastewater and storm water disposal and flooding 2 Energy and Environment 3 Transportation, suburbanization and land use and 4 Brownfield creation and development. In a number of instances, the Pittsburgh region will be used to provide examples of these issues. These themes will be approached through a combination of class discussions, lectures, and visiting speakers. Class participation is expected, and will comprise a portion of the grade. Students will be expected to prepare a problemoriented paper on one of the areas focused on in the course.

Prerequisites: none listed

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