The Netherlands Study Tour - Info Session

Date/Time: 
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 -
16:30 to 17:30
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Location: 
DB 170
Event Description: 

Sustainability and Resilience in the Netherlands - Spring 2018

LA 593F, 3 Credits, Spring 2018
Professor Jack Ahern, 242 Design Building
Questions?     jfa@umass.edu
Course meeting: Tuesdays 7-9  PM
Study Tour: March 9 - 18, 2018 (Spring Break)

The course will provide an international perspective on theory and best practices in urban sustainability and resilience in The Netherlands. Weekly seminars will engage: urban sustainability policy and planning, urban design, public/open spaces, coastal and urban resilience, urban ecology and alternative transportation.  A Spring Break Study tour will include visits and examples of historical and contemporary projects that relate to, and demonstrate how sustainability and resilience policies are manifest in the built environment.

Weekly homework will include readings, individual research projects and sketching.  Course fee for Study Tour.