The ‘Environmental Problem-Solving - A Video-Enhanced Self-Instructional e-Book from MIT’ e-book presents short-excerpts from carefully selected readings, expert commentaries on those readings, interactive assignments, short videos of the best MIT student responses to the assignments, exam questions with excellent student responses and additional video excerpts of MIT faculty discussing the four main elements of the curriculum: models of environmental policy-making; competing theories of environmental ethics; tools for environmental assessment and environmental decision-making; and techniques for public engagement and group decision-making. The e-book covers the material presented in the semester-long course required of all students enrolled in MIT’s Environmental Policy and Planning Specialization. It includes the actual assignments the MIT students are expected to complete each week as well as videos of the real-time oral presentations they are required to make to visiting practitioners. The final exam is accompanied by the best student answers.
About the Author :
Dr. Lawrence Susskind is Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning and Head of the Environmental Policy and Planning Group at MIT. One of the founders of the field of environmental dispute resolution, he has been teaching at MIT and Harvard for 45 years.
Dr. Bruno Verdini is Director of the MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program and Lecturer in Urban Planning and Negotiation at MIT. He teaches MIT’s popular course the ‘Art and Science of Negotiation’.
Jessica Gordon is completing a PhD in Environmental Policy and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Gordon has worked on environmental issues including climate change, natural resource management and food security.
Yasmin Zaerpoor is a doctoral candidate in Environmental Policy and Planning within the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Review :
"Developed in the classroom of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the e-book is the long-awaited textbook for introductory environmental policy courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels. It includes a number of essential reading materials authored by leading scholars that will provide a framework for analyzing the substance and processes of environmental policy. It also comes with scenario-based exercises, suggested assignments, exam questions and even sample answers. It is a must-have volume for all instructors around the world."
--Masahiro Matsuura, Professor, Meiji University, Graduate School of Governance Studies, Tokyo, Japan
"This remarkable e-book contains everything you need to teach a rich, dynamic course on the practical and theoretical dimensions of environmental policy as well as to evaluate your students' work. It integrates classic readings, commentaries, scenarios and assignments, along with videos of talks by faculty and presentations by students."
--Judith E. Innes, Professor Emerita, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California Berkeley, USA
