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Course Info for URST - 370 - 01, Spring 2026
Class number: 2923 Title: Planning for Climate Justice Department: Urban Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 15 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 End date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: T: 1:30PM-4:10PM, MC - 205 Instructor(s): Goldstein, Shoshana
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences and Global Requirements
Course Description:
This course focuses on the role of planners and the cities, towns, and regions they serve in addressing climate change, examining how core principles of environmental justice influence-or fail to influence-their practices. Students will explore social movements and community-led activism advocating for more equitable responses to the climate emergency. The course also delves into the relationship between disaster and environmental planning, current methods of adaptation, mitigation, and resilience planning, the politics of managed retreat, as well as alternative frameworks and perspectives from abroad, particularly from the Global South.