Harvey M. Jacobs

Courses

 

URPL 668: Green Politics -Global Experience, American Prospects

This course examines the theory and practice of Green Politics. One focus is the experience of the Greens in western Europe, where the Greens have been most fully developed and were globally recognized for their political success in the 1990s. A second focus is the developments in environmental and political philosophy which fed into the development of Green Politics, and which Green Politics in turn influenced. A third focus is Green writings and activities in the U.S. A fourth focus is informed speculation on the future of Green Politics in an era very different than the one in which these politics first emerged.

 

URPL 741: Introduction to Planning

The introductory master’s course to the profession and practice of urban and regional planning, with a focus on U.S. planning. The roles and styles of planners and their relationships to the political process, citizens and private sector clients is one theme of the class. The institutional and governmental contexts in which planners work and issues planners deal with in practice are examined – with an emphasis on the practice of planning at the local government level. An examination of the history of planning and a consideration of more recent ideas, movements and trends that shape contemporary planning practice. Faculty lectures and class discussions are supplemented with guest speakers from the URPL and UW faculty and professionals and activists from the community.

3 credits; Fall Semester

URPL 781: Planning Thought and Practice

A seminar on the purposes and nature of public sector planning. We will deal at a more theoretical level than is taken up in URPL 741 with such issues as: the rationales for planning, models of the planning process, alternative conceptions of planners' roles, planning as professional activity, and the future scope and form of planning. Conservative, mainstream, progressive and radical perspectives on these issues will be explored. The utility of planning theory for the practitioner will be stressed, using students' experiences in internships as one of the bases for discussion.

3 Credits; Spring Semester

URPL/ENVIR ST 843: Land Use Policy and Planning

Analysis and evaluation of alternative public policy methods for managing private land markets (techniques for public land management are not included in the course).  Students acquire a strong working familiarity with the various methods available. Land policy techniques are examined relative to their institutional structure, social and economic costs, benefits, and political feasibility.  The entire examination is framed within the context of the enigmatic nature of land and private property and the reasons for social conflict over them, including the rise of the contemporary, private property rights movement. 

3 Credits; Fall Semester