ENVS681 - MODELING GEOGRAPH SPACE

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
MODELING GEOGRAPH SPACE
Term session
0
Term
2014A
Subject area
ENVS
Section number only
660
Section ID
ENVS681660
Meeting times
W 0530PM-0810PM
Meeting location
DAVID RITTENHOUSE LAB 3C8
Instructors
TOMLIN, CHARLES
Description
This course explores the nature and use of digital geographic information systems (GIS) for the analysis and synthesis of spatial patterns and processes through 'cartographic modeling'. Cartographic modeling is a general but well defined methodology that can be used to address a wide variety of analytical mapping applications in a clear and consistent manner. It does so by decomposing both data and data-processing tasks into elemental components that can then be recomposed with relative ease and with great flexibility.


Course number only
681
Cross listings
    Use local description
    No

    ENVS670 - The Challenge of Climate Adaptation

    Status
    O
    Activity
    SEM
    Title (text only)
    The Challenge of Climate Adaptation
    Term session
    0
    Term
    2014A
    Subject area
    ENVS
    Section number only
    660
    Section ID
    ENVS670660
    Meeting times
    R 0530PM-0810PM
    Meeting location
    CHEMISTRY BUILDING 119
    Instructors
    FELDMAN, IRA
    Description
    The climate change dialogue in the US has been largely focused on the "mitigation" issues relating to the reduction in emissions of greenhouse gasses (GHG's). While mitigation is critically important, the challenge of climate "adaptation" must also be considered to fully understand the implications of climate change. The scope of adaptation is largely dependent on how aggressively and successfully we address mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, and, at present, adaptation best practices are still evolving. This course will approach climate adaptation from a multidisciplinary perspective -- technical, political, financial and regulatory. After introducing the basic concepts of climate adaptation, the course will explore the current state of play at each level of scale -- from the local to the global -- and examine several of the key emerging topics that will affect public and private sector activities.


    Course number only
    670
    Cross listings
      Use local description
      No

      ENVS665 - INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

      Status
      O
      Activity
      SEM
      Title (text only)
      INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
      Term session
      0
      Term
      2014A
      Subject area
      ENVS
      Section number only
      660
      Section ID
      ENVS665660
      Meeting times
      R 0530PM-0810PM
      Meeting location
      FISHER-BENNETT HALL 141
      Instructors
      HAGAN, JAMES
      Course number only
      665
      Cross listings
        Use local description
        No

        ENVS643 - The Historical, Scientific, & Policy Dimensions of "Brownfields"

        Status
        C
        Activity
        SEM
        Title (text only)
        The Historical, Scientific, & Policy Dimensions of "Brownfields"
        Term session
        0
        Term
        2014A
        Subject area
        ENVS
        Section number only
        660
        Section ID
        ENVS643660
        Meeting times
        M 0530PM-0810PM
        Meeting location
        TOWNE BUILDING 313
        Instructors
        KEENE, JOHN
        Description
        This course is intended to give students an overview of the genesis of the so-called "Brownfield" problem and of the various efforts our society is taking to solve or, at least, ameliorate it. The course will place the "Brownfield" problem in the broader context of the growth and decline of the industrial base of cities like Philadelphia. Students will study the general constitutional and statutory framework within which we approach the problems of orphan, polluted sites and the disposal of contemporary solid wastes. They will also analyze the principal actions that have been taken by Federal and state government to address remediation and redevelopment of abandoned industrial sites. The course will also explore environmental equity issues.


        The students will collaborate with high school students at the West Philadelphia High School to identify sites in their neighborhoods and to learn how to determine the sites ownership and land use history. The students will study ways of determining environmental risk and the various options that are available for remediation in light of community ideas about re-use. Students will be expected to participate actively in the seminar and the sessions with high school students. Students in the course are required to prepare and present a term paper on a topic in the general area of "Brownfield" analysis and remediation.


        Course number only
        643
        Cross listings
          Use local description
          No

          ENVS640 - RECITATION

          Status
          O
          Activity
          REC
          Title (text only)
          RECITATION
          Term session
          0
          Term
          2014A
          Subject area
          ENVS
          Section number only
          402
          Section ID
          ENVS640402
          Meeting times
          R 0430PM-0530PM
          Meeting location
          CHEMISTRY BUILDING 119
          Instructors
          MARINOV, IRINA
          Description
          This course covers the fundamentals of atmosphere and ocean dynamics, and aims to put these in the context of climate change in the 21st century. large-scale atmospheric and oceanic circulation, the global energy balance, and the global energy balance, and the global hydrological cycle. We will introduce concepts of fluid dynamics and we will apply these to the vertical and horizontal motions in the atmosphere and ocean. Concepts covered include: hydrostatic law, buoyancy and convection, basic equations of fluid motions, Hadley and Ferrel cells in the atmosphere, thermohaline circulation, Sverdrup ocean flow, modes of climate variability (El-Nino, North Atlantic Oscillation, Southern Annular Mode). The course will incorporate student led discussions based on readings of the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and recent literature on climate change. Aimed at undergraduate or graduate students who have no prior knowledge of meteorology or oceanography or training in fluid mechanics. Previous background in calculus and/or introductory physics is helpful. This is a general course which spans many subdisciplines (fluid mechanics, atmospheric science, oceanography, hydrology).


          Course number only
          640
          Cross listings
          • ENVS312402
          • PHYS314402
          Use local description
          No

          ENVS640 - Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics and Implications for Future Climate Change

          Status
          O
          Activity
          LEC
          Title (text only)
          Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics and Implications for Future Climate Change
          Term session
          0
          Term
          2014A
          Subject area
          ENVS
          Section number only
          401
          Section ID
          ENVS640401
          Meeting times
          T 0300PM-0600PM
          Meeting location
          CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 402
          Instructors
          MARINOV, IRINA
          Description
          This course covers the fundamentals of atmosphere and ocean dynamics, and aims to put these in the context of climate change in the 21st century. large-scale atmospheric and oceanic circulation, the global energy balance, and the global energy balance, and the global hydrological cycle. We will introduce concepts of fluid dynamics and we will apply these to the vertical and horizontal motions in the atmosphere and ocean. Concepts covered include: hydrostatic law, buoyancy and convection, basic equations of fluid motions, Hadley and Ferrel cells in the atmosphere, thermohaline circulation, Sverdrup ocean flow, modes of climate variability (El-Nino, North Atlantic Oscillation, Southern Annular Mode). The course will incorporate student led discussions based on readings of the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and recent literature on climate change. Aimed at undergraduate or graduate students who have no prior knowledge of meteorology or oceanography or training in fluid mechanics. Previous background in calculus and/or introductory physics is helpful. This is a general course which spans many subdisciplines (fluid mechanics, atmospheric science, oceanography, hydrology).


          Course number only
          640
          Cross listings
          • ENVS312401
          • PHYS314401
          Use local description
          No

          ENVS629 - The US Water Industry in the 21st Century

          Status
          O
          Activity
          SEM
          Title (text only)
          The US Water Industry in the 21st Century
          Term session
          0
          Term
          2014A
          Subject area
          ENVS
          Section number only
          660
          Section ID
          ENVS629660
          Meeting times
          T 0530PM-0810PM
          Meeting location
          CHEMISTRY BUILDING 119
          Instructors
          NEUKRUG, HOWARD
          Description
          The course will explore all 4 sectors of the water business in the United States: The Drinking Water Industry, The Stormwater Utility, Water Resources (rivers, streams, reservoirs) Management and the Water Pollution Control Industry. The course will have 2 primary foci: 1. The influences on the industry from new technologies and infrastructure, acceptable levels of risk, public and private sector competition, climate change, the bottled water industry, resource recovery, rates and affordability and other influences will be investigated. 2. The management of a 21st century utility will be explored, including topics of organization and leadership, the role of environmentalism, infrastructure financing, water / wastewater treatment facility operations, public affairs and media, and designing a capital improvement program are examples of topic areas.


          Course number only
          629
          Cross listings
            Use local description
            No