Course Description

The Green Cities course is part of the curriculum for the University of Oregon School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management. The course examines the history and future of the interface between urban growth and environmental concerns, and the technological, social, and political forces that continue to shape it.

Course Theme

Tourism is developed for various reasons. The main purpose is to generate economic benefits of foreign exchange earnings (for international tourism), income, employment, and government revenues, to serve as a catalyst for the development of other economic sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and manufacturing, and to help pay for and justify infrastructure that also serves the general community and economic needs. Tourism can also justify applying measures for environmental and cultural heritage conservation for which resources otherwise might not be available. Socially, tourism in its best form provides recreational, cultural, and commercial facilities and services for use both by tourists and also by residents that may not have been developed without tourism. It provides the opportunity for education of people about other cultures and environments as well as their own national heritage, often circumventing ideological and political differences and reducing prejudicial attitudes, that is, achieving cross-cultural exchange. (Edward Inskeep)

Syllabus

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