ESRM 200

Society and Sustainable Forest Environments

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Landsat Image, September 25, 2000

Spring Term 2008

 

Instructor

 

Gordon Bradley                                

Professor and Chair                           

Winkenwerder 104 B                        

(206) 685-0881                                   

gbradley@u.washington.edu          

 

 

Teaching Assistant

 

Jim Lutz

Winkenwerder 208

(206) 543-7940

jlutz@u.washington.edu

 

Course email address: esrm200a_sp08@u.washington.edu

Use this address for communication you wish to share with the entire class.

 

Time: Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30—11:20

 

Room: Winkenwerder 201

 

Format

The class meets for two hours, twice a week.  On Tuesday, the format will be two “standard” 50-minute lectures with a break in between.  On Thursday, there will be one 50-minute lecture and then either a lecture, a guest lecture, or a 50-minute lab/discussion section.

 

Course Purpose

To explore the contributions that forested environments make to human settlements along the urban to wild-land gradient.

 

Description

This course provides an introduction to management of urban, urbanizing and wild land landscapes.  Of particular interest are the social and economic forces that shape these landscapes and the benefits that flow from them.  Social and economic forces include human population, markets, policy and social choice.  Students will be exposed to a variety of landscapes across the urban to wild land gradient.  Examination of each landscape will include the reasons for their establishment including the institutions and legal authority underlying the administration of the landscapes, the benefits that flow from the landscapes and the challenges of managing the landscapes in a sustainable manner.

 

Objectives

The class objectives are:

· To identify the range and type of forested environments

· To understand the social and political context in which landscapes exist

· To understand the drivers of land use and landscape change.

· To understand the range of benefits that accrues to society from various land use patterns

· To understand the challenges of managing landscapes in a sustainable manner

 

After taking this class students should be able to understand the forces acting on a landscape, those that influenced the development to its present condition and make informed speculations about the range of plausible future changes.

 

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The Pacific Crest Trail south of Steven’s Pass, September 2006

Trees as culture and inspiration

Cherry blossoms at Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1990