The course was designed so that a student who successfully completes it will
be able to:
- Describe the major factors influencing land use decisions in the United
States;
- Describe the patterns and consequences of land conversion in the United
States;
- Identify alternatives to sprawl and other typical development patterns;
- Access internet and other sources of information on land use policy and
farmland preservation;
- Demonstrate a familiarity with land use planning tools, policies, and
procedures;
- Describe trends in urbanization and land use in the Lincoln/Omaha area;
- Participate in and contribute to community debates on land use issues.
Volume 11 contains the course syllabus and many of the associated teaching
materials including exercises, exams, selected readings, and references. The
volume is organized chronologically with the materials grouped by week. Each
section begins with a brief overview of themes and objectives for the week,
and a description of the materials presented in the section. Some of the
exercises included in the volume are:
- A gallery walk exploring the factors at different scales that influence
land use decisions;
- An evaluation of student aesthetic responses to different rural and urban
scenes;
- The use of the PA BLUPRINTS software package to illustrate the
relationship between land use regulations and the appearance of the landscape;
- A jig-saw exercise for teaching about common land use paradigms;
- A knowledge of place quiz to increase student awareness of ecological
processes in their community;
- A capstone visioning and planning exercise in which students apply
knowledge learned throughout the course to a local landscape design problem.
Volume 11 will provide some useful ideas to instructors who want to design a
course on this topic or modify an existing course. Also, the reference
materials in the volume may be of value to people interested in farmland and
open-space preservation and land use issues.
More detail about Volume 11 as well as information on other publications of
the CSAS can be found at http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/csas/reports.htm
To order, send a check payable to the University of Nebraska for $10.00 US
(note that it is for Volume 11) to: Center for Sustainable Agricultural
Systems, University of Nebraska, PO Box 830949, Lincoln NE 68583-0949.
(Price includes s&h in US; for air book rate to Canada, add $5; air rate to
other countries, check with the CSAS office -- this applies to all volumes
in the series.) For questions, contact Pam Murray, 402-472-2056,
pmurray1@unl.edu. If you wish to contact Richard Olson directly, his new
e-mail address at Berea College is richard_olson@berea.edu.
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Pam Murray, Coordinator
Center for Grassland Studies and
Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems
PO Box 830949
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68583-0949
phone: 402-472-9383
fax: 402-472-4104
e-mail: pmurray1@unl.edu
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