Transcript Architecture & Urban Design

Architecture & Urban Design
Designing Regional Parks for Civic Vitality and Sustainability
•Parks and open space planning for the public good (comentors: Judy Tjiong, Patrick McDonough)
Greening of Buildings
•Green Building: Design Innovation and Implementation
(mentor: Paul Linden)
Urban Design Master Planning
•Mike Stepner, New School of Architecture (application
required)
Community & Economic Development
Greening of Industry and Economic Development
•Greening of Business: Socio-economic and regulatory challenges
(mentor: Patti Krebbs; research team supporters: Al Hurt, John
Grosskopf)
Quality of Life in Community and Economic Development
•Quality of Life metrics and improvement strategies (mentor: TBD)
Equitable Redevelopment and Public Policy
•Inequality and public policy (mentor: Isaac Martin)
•Sustainable Development : Policy and planning challenges aimed at
integrating social justice/equity, economic efficiency and
environmental stewardship (co-mentors: Murtaza Baxamusa, Corinne
Wilson, Donald Cohen)
Environment
Environmental Justice
There are no 2008-2009 Research Teams
Greening the University and Sustainability Science
•UCSD's carbon footprint and climate change: Initiatives involving renewable energy, energy
efficiency and conservation (co-mentors: John Dilliot, Julie Hampel).
Climate Change: Responding at the local level
•Costs/Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Measures (mentor: Linda Pratt)
Sustainability of Urban-Nature Ecosystems
•Nature Reserves and the city: Socio-technical challenges in the stewardship of urbanecological systems (Mentor: Isabelle Kay; Research Team Supporter: Paul Dayton)
Regional Integrated Watershed Management
•Chollas Creek Watershed: New approaches to integrated ecological planning and decisionmaking (mentors: Hiram Sarabia, John Robertus)
•Regionalizing urban watershed management planning (mentors: Hiram Sarabia, John
Robertus)
Coastal Zones and Ocean Management
•Ocean Management in Coastal Zones: Socio-Technical and Legal-Institutional Challenges
(mentor: Carl Nettleton)
Housing
Affordable Housing
•Housing , Smart Growth and Regional Development (mentor: Ken
Grimes, research team supporter: Jeff Tayman)
•Housing Affordability: Policy and Planning Methods (mentor: Ken
Grimes, research team supporter: Nico Calavita)
Infrastructure and Public Facilities
Green Infrastructure for Sustainable City-Regions
•Green Infrastructure: Balancing design, technical challenges and
cost/benefits at a regional scale (mentor: Rob Hutzel)
•San Diego River Park: A case study in valuing green infrastructure
(mentor: Rob Hutzel)
Sustainable Energy and Environmental Monitoring
•Greening of energy production and policy (mentors: Rich Caputo, Jake
King)
Cyberinfrastructure
•Information and communication technology: The 4th wave in use of
computers and the internet for urban and regional planning (mentors:
Jeff Tayman, Ilya Zaslavsky; research team supporter: David Schkade)
Public Health, Safety and Welfare
Crime and the City
•Crime and the City: New approaches in theory and practice
(mentor: Julie Wartell)
Education and Equity
•Innovation in educational policy and planning: Case studies
(mentor: TBD)
Quality of Life, Public Health and Welfare
•Public health policy and practice: Toward whole systems and
integrated approaches (mentor: TBD, research team supporter:
David Cleveland)
Transportation Planning
Transportation Equity
•Inequalities in Transportation Planning (mentor: Connery
Cepeda; research team supporter: Carolyn Chase)
Promoting Bicycling and Walking
•Colina Park Mobility Planning (mentor: Kerry Sheldon,
research team supporter: Andy Hamilton)
Tribal Policy and Planning
Improving Tribal Environmental Health Through
Collaboration
•Empowering Tribes Through Collaboration:
Environmental Health Policies and Ordinances (mentor:
Paula Stigler)
Tribal Environmental Health Science and Technology
•Tribal Environmental Health Assessment for the San
Diego Region (mentor: Hiram Sarabia)
Urban and Regional Planning
Climate Change and Natural Disasters
•Low-lying coastal zones and risks posed by climate change (mentor: TBD)
Regional Comprehensive Planning
•The Regional Comprehensive Plan: Barriers and Bridges to Implementation
(mentor: Bob Leiter)
Community and Regional Food Planning
•Foodshed Mapping (co-mentors: Julie Osborn, Jonathan Reinbold, Elle Igoe;
research team supporter: Mary Lydon)
Multiculturalism and the City
•Ethnic diversity and social change (mentor: TBD, research team supporter:
April Linton)
Community Mapping and Comparative City Planning Analysis
•The science of land use planning: Using data to craft and evaluate alternate
versions of projects and plans and to monitor implementation (co-mentors: Toni
Dillon, Samir Hajjiri, Jacques Chirazi) .
US-Mexico Border Planning
Transborder City-Region Planning and Development
•New Regionalism and Global Environmental Health: Challenges posed by
transboundary flows of material, energy and knowledge (mentor: Hiram
Sarabia, Carlos Graizbord)
Planning for Sustainable Human Settlements
•Environmental health and the built environment: An analysis of low-income
housing development along the US-Mexico border (mentors: Oscar Romo,
Hiram Sarabia)
•Laureles Canyon, Tijuana: A case study focused on alternative communitybased solutions to urban and environmental health problems (mentors:
Hiram Sarabia, Oscar Romo)
186 Assignment #1 : Proposal Abstract/Evidence/Feedback
Grade Value 20%
Due Date
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008 (turn in printed copy at the beginning of class)
This assignment has three parts: (1) Proposal Abstract, (2) Sources of Evidence, and (3)
Feedback from Mentor plus two Experts.
1: Proposal Abstract
Write the first draft of your proposal abstract (150 words). Begin by looking over the requirements
for a complete proposal (jump ahead and review what will be required in A#2). The abstract is
part of a larger whole; so you need to know where it fits in the context of a complete proposal.
Examples of a complete proposal (written by students) are in the course reader on reserve and
posted on our class web site: http://seniorsequence.net/?page_id=211
Your abstract should succinctly state the issue you will be addressing in your Senior Thesis and
how you will do the research. The abstract should be no longer than 150 words, and it should
address these specific questions:
1. Opening sentences: What is the research question or problem?
2.Middle section: Why is your topic significant? How is the study to be conducted? What methods
will you use to answer your questions?
3. Ending sentences: What is the scholarly context and how will your investigation add value to
the literature in this area? What is the objective of the research?
If you get stuck trying to write your abstract, try
using this template (fill in the blanks)
This proposal outlines a research strategy to examine [1] in [2]. Current research on [1] suggests that
[3]. This raises three fundamental problems: [4]. This proposal outlines a research strategy aimed at
addressing these three problems. Specifically, the study will [5] . The research will contribute to the
literature on [6], but it will also be shared with [7] in the hope that [8].
[1]. Fill in this blank with your object of study: e.g., watershed-based approaches to pollution
prevention, the affordable housing crisis, digital divide, economic redevelopment, environmental
planning.
[2]. Fill in this blank with your target area or unit of analysis: e.g., San Diego, a neighborhood, a school
district, the San Diego-Tijuana crossborder region, network, association.
[3]. Fill in this blank with highlights that underscore the significance of your topic: e.g., Recent studies
suggest that watershed initiatives offer a more proactive and whole-systems approach to pollution
prevention, yet current regulatory arrangements thwart progress.
[4]. Fill in this blank with the three specific questions/issues/problems/concerns that drive your study.
[5]. Fill in this blank by listing your methods: e.g., I will do a case study of San Diego County's Project
Clean Water. I will also rely on archival research, interview data, and participant observation as a
research intern for the City of San Diego.
[6]. Fill in this blank by identifying the field of literature to which your study aims to add value: e.g.,This
research will contribute to the literature on environmental policy and regulatory innovation.
[7]. and [8]. Here you can add other objectives of your research outside the scholarly dimension (that is,
if you have other objectives). For example, The results of this study will also be shared with public
sector officials in the hope that the findings will help improve water quality management.
II: Sources of Evidence
The objective of this assignment is to get you thinking about the empirical
content of your SRP (i.e., what data will you actually analyze in your SRP).
Create a table (like the one shown below) that includes your sources of
evidence (data), the strengths and weaknesses of your sources of data, info
on what the data adds to your story (anticipated findings), and provide a brief
one-page narrative summary (~250 words) of your table telling us what
sources of evidence you think are the most important for your study and why.
III: Feedback from Your Mentor
Plus Two Additional Experts
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This part of the assignment forces you to seek out and get input from experts or
specialists (individuals willing to give you feedback on your initial research topic in
the form of suggestions, contacts, academic sources, insights, etc.). Specifically, we
want you to check in with your mentor and two additional experts.
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Solicit their feedback on your ideas and strategy (as described by you in Parts I and
II above). Record this feedback in the form of a brief report that includes:
(a) the name and affiliation of your mentor and two more experts,
(b) the time and place of your contact/communication with said mentor/experts, and
(c) the highlights of what they shared with you in the form of suggestions, contacts, academic
sources, insights, etc.
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Part (c) should highlight what each expert said, and what you learned from the
interaction. Part (c) can be written as one integrated narrative (weaving together
into one overarching summary the feedback you get from all three experts) or it
can be written as three separate summaries (one for each expert). Regardless of
how you format the report, the total length should be no longer than three pages
of double-spaced text.