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Monday, September 3, 2012

Readings list for quiz one.


FINISH FOR TUTORIAL IN WEEKTWO

1.    Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities. Chapters 1 - 4. 

2.    100 Cities Ranked in Accordance with Greenhouse Gas Emissions http://sageinsight.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/100-cities-ranked-according-to-greenhouse-gas-emissions/  (use this link as a pathway to downloading from library. As student you have right to this article for free using library portal but direct link cannot be provided here)

http://www.jtc.sala.ubc.ca/bulletins/TB_issue_11_Transportation_edit.pdf


FINISH FOR TUTORIAL IN WEEK THREE

4.  No. 6 - The Case for the Tram: Learning from Portland 
Patrick M. Condon, Sigrid Gruenberger, Marta Klaptocz  



8.   Sustainability by Design: A Vision for a Region of 4 Million
Design Centre for SustainabilityThe University of British Columbia. Entire, including appendix. 

9.   World Poplulation to 2300. Executive summary and Introduction. Pages 1 - 9. Also review charts.  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B0WWDAVvOPcoNDY5YTk0MjktYmZlOC00NmEyLThiYzYtMzk3ZDdiODIzY2Q3&hl=en_US. Note, this is a dense but fascinating and crucial look into our future on this planet. You should retain the main points and familiarize yourself with the projections so you can recount them in general terms. You are not responsible for remembering all the detailed data contained. 

FINISH FOR TUTORIAL IN WEEK FIVE.

10.  A Convenience Truth. Entire book. http://www.urbanstudio.sala.ubc.ca/2010/book%20templates.html

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