Readings

Readings for class on 1/29:

• Futures conference workplan/schedule
  • 2018 conference presentations
    • Subway Flooding Final Presentation
    • Tram Transportation Final Presentation
    • Congestion Pricing Final Presentation
    • Green Roofing Final Presentation
• Last Week Today assignment guidelines
  • LWT presentation schedule
  • DM’s LWT illustration:
    • Neil Irwin, “Climate Change’s Giant Impact on the Economy: 4 Key Issues” NYT, Jan17, 2019 www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/upshot/how-to-think-about-the-costs-of-climate-change.html
• Criteria of assessment/rules of good writing

Readings for class on 2/5:

• Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers, 8^th ed, chaps 1&2
• Glaeser, E. “Urban Colossus: Why Is New York America’s Largest City,” FRBNY Economic Policy Review, Dec, 2005, pp. 7-24.
• “Inconvenient Truth, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth
• DM Notes:
  • Nature of Cities/Definition of City
  • Geographic/Political history of NYC
  • 100 largest cities in America 2017

UPDATED Readings for class on 2/19:

• From Readings Class 2:
  • Geographical/political history of NYC
  • 100 largest US cities
• Ryerson/Structuring questions
  • Ryerson, “Population,” Post-Carbon Reader, pp. 153-174 (*students required to purchase text for course)
• Current population/Structuring questions
  • NYC population July 2017: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/nyc-population/current-future-populations.page
• Population projections/Structuring questions
  • NYC population projections

Readings for class on 2/26:

• Sanderson, Mannahatta, excerpts
• Sanderson, TED Talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z1cCT2NP4k
• Heinberg, “What is Sustainability?”, Post-Carbon Reader, chap 2
  • Muzzio’s notes on Heinberg
• Cohen, S. 2018. The Sustainable City, chap 1 What is Resiliency (*students required to purchase text for course)
• Rees, “Thinking ‘Resilience’”, Post-Carbon Reader, pp. 25-42
  • Muzzio’s notes on Rees
• “City of Rising Waters,’ 26:12-30:23: 32:40-35:30 www.mcny.org/event/past-event-city-rising-waters-symposium
• Schwartz, “The Ten Cities That Are Leading the Way in Urban Sustainability,” International Association for Climate Change, Sept 2013. http://urban-climate.org/newsletters/IAUC049.pdfhttp://urban-climate.org/newsletters/IAUC049.pdf

Readings for class on 3/5:

• https://onenyc.cityofnewyork.us/
• nyc.gov/html/onenyc/downloads/pdf/publications/OneNYC.pdf
  • OneNYC sustainability –Vision 3 goals 1&2
  • One NYC resiliency –Vision 4 goals 3&4
• PlaNYC: A Stronger and More Resilient New York – Transportation (pp. 174-188) & Climate Change (pp 20-36)

Readings for class on 3/12:

• One NYC Zero Waste
• PlaNYC, A Stronger and More Resilient New York “Sandy and Its Impacts.” 

Readings for class on 3/19:

• Paris Agreement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement
• Beckett, S. 2018. “U.S. Withdraws from Paris Agreement,” June, 6. <www. cbsnews.com>
• IPPC. 2018. “Global Warming of 1.5℃.” Nov. <www.ipcc.ch>
  • Summary for Policymakers,” pp. 6-13
• Kormann, C. 2018. “The Dire Warnings of the United Nations’ Latest Climate-Change Report,” New Yorker, Oct. 8
• Davenport, C. 2018. “Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040,” New York Times, Oct 7
• Fourth National Climate Assessment. 2018.
  • Summary Findings https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/
  • Our Changing Climate https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/
  • Davenport, C and K, Pierre-Louis. 2018. “U.S. Climate Report Warns of damaged Environment and Shrinking economy,” New York Times, Nov. 23.

Readings for class on 3/26:

• Cohen, S. Sustainable City, Chaps 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11
• Cohen, Sustainability Management: Lessons from and For New York City, America, and the Planet, chap 6.

Readings for class on 4/2:

• game model
• New York City political game
• Politics, Power, Authority Powerpoint
• NYC organization chart: http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/org-chart.page

Readings for class on 4/9:

• NYC organization chart: http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/org-chart.page
• Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Recovery: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/orr/index.page
• “About the City Council: Legislative Process” http://councilyc.gov/html/about/legislative.shtml

Readings for class on 4/16:

• • CUNYTV, interview with Joshua David and Robert Hammond www.cuny.tv/show/citytalk/PR2000424
  • David and R. Hammond. 2011. High Line: The Inside Story of New York’s Park in the Sky, excerpts

Readings for class on 4/30:

Readings for class on 5/7:

Readings for class on 5/14: