2017W LARC 444/553 Green Network Planning

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1 School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture University of British Columbia 2017W LARC 444/553 Green Network Planning If the underlying bones of the urban form were to be kept visible, if its natural assets were to be captured for recreation, green was the color to be applied liberally to the map. The green would run along the shores and ridges, touch hilltops and the steeper slopes, spill over into wetlands That evolution tended toward open spaces linked by corridors of green. August Heckscher, 1977, Open Spaces The Life of American Cities, Page 192 Vision for greenways and habitat areas Portland 2035 Comprehensive Plan (2016) This course introduces a comprehensive, landscape-based approach to long-range planning of the greenspace structure of cities to enhance both ecosystem and human purposes. Green Networks are an interconnected network of green patches and corridors incorporating parks, natural areas, remnant green spaces, streets and other vegetated spaces of the city. This course investigates a proactive, long-term planning approach enabling these green networks to be considered in conjunction with growth and development planning. The urban forest, including all urban vegetation, is the foundation of green networks. The urban forest is crucial to an ecologically integrated urban fabric and performs important ecosystem services. When well connected, the urban forest Increases habitat connectivity, sequesters carbon, helps to reduce the urban heat island effect, filters particulates from air helping the city to mitigate air pollution and climate change, and detains and reduces urban runoff. Trees in particular also play an important role in urban design, creating spatial structure to parks, streetscapes and the public realm. Urban greenery, in all of its manifestations, improves the aesthetic quality and sense of place of all communities and landscapes. This course will introduce the literature, theory and principles of green network planning, including introductions to urban biodiversity, green Infrastructure, and ecosystem services as approaches to systemic green space planning applied at both city and neighbourhood scales. Students will also be introduced to methods of measuring spatial distribution and accounting for ecosystem services. The course will also emphasize the important aesthetic and psychological role that vegetation and especially trees play in the urban environment. The instructor and guest lecturers will provide depth by presenting examples of green network planning at the scales of the city, the neighborhood and specific sites. Tuesdays, Thursdays 9:30-10:50 am Rm 160 Macmillan Cynthia Girling, cgirling@sala.ubc.ca Office: 3131 CIRS Building (2260 West Mall) Teaching Assistant: Marjam Ebneshahidi, mebneshahidi@sala.ubc.ca Graduate Academic Assistant: Ayishah Chui, ayishahchui@gmail.com OFFICE HOURS: Appointments will be made with teams of students.

2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will understand the core concepts and terminology of greenspace planning Students will understand basic terminology and concepts of urban forestry; green infrastructure, ecosystem services Students will know how to conduct background analysis of urban green systems Students will understand the foundational components of a green network plan Graduate students: will know the literature and relevant urban design precedents related to this course and the student projects will learn to lead a collaborative team project, including helping to define the team project, coordinating the team s work and presenting the team s project COURSE FORMAT: This will be a lecture-based course, which also employs in class discussion sessions intended to probe more deeply into questions raised in the readings or lecture. Prior to each class students will be expected to complete required reading and in some cases a related discussion paper. The class will meet twice each week for 1.5 hours each meeting. READINGS: Students are expected to have read the required readings prior to class. (Lectures and discussion sessions will be based on that assumption.) See the Calendar on the class blog for links to the readings for each class. Green networks across scales of hte city, Girling & Kellett, Skinny Streets and Green Neighborhoods, page 58 ASSIGNMENTS: Assignments will include: 1) periodic short discussion papers related to class discussion sessions, 2) two applied projects in which student teams study an area of UBC or Vancouver (the transects) and conduct both analytical exercises and planning propositions. LARC 553C graduate credit: Graduate students in the course will serve as team leaders and serve a coordinating role on the team projects. They will additionally be required to take a coordinating role for the final products of team work, including both a presentation and a document for submission.

3 EVALUATION: Undergraduate students: Discussion papers (individual- 10% each): 20% Short essay (individual): 10% Project 1 (team): 10% Project 2: Interim assignment 1 (team): 20% Project 2: Final presentation (team): 10% Project 2: Final report submission (team): 30% Graduate students: Discussion papers (individual- 10% each): 20% Project 1 (team): 10% Project 2: Interim assignment 1 (team): 20% Project 2: Final presentation (team, graduate students): 20% Project 2: Final report submission (team): 30% CLASS BLOG AND CONNECT: All course materials including the syllabus, up to date schedule, assignments, references and communications with the class will be found on the course blog. (You must be registered with UBC Blogs to access the course.) We will use the class Connect site ONLY for submitting required assignments. See the Connect site>assignments for where to upload your assignments. POLICIES: If you have a documented disability and anticipate needing accommodations in this course, please make arrangements to meet with me soon. Please request that the Counselor for Students with Disabilities send a letter verifying your disability. Plagiarism is not tolerated at UBC. Students should consult vpacademic.ubc.ca/academic-integrity/ubc-regulation-on-plagiarism/ if they are unclear what plagiarism is and the consequences of plagiarism.

4 LARC 444/553 Green Network Planning Schedule Tuesday & Thursday 9:30-10:50, Room 160 Mcml WEEK 1 September 5 September 7 Course introduction Project 1: Green Fabric: Defining the Urban Forest Green Networks Introduction: A short history Girling and Kellett, Chapters 1 & 3 WEEK 2 September 12 DISCUSSION/LAB re: Project 1 Condon, A Built Landscape Typology: The Language of the land we live in (PDF on Blog) DUE September 15, midnight: Individual paper #1 September 14 Biophilia: People and Nature Austin, Chapters 1 & 2; Beatley, Chapters 1 & 4 WEEK 3 September 19 September 21 WEEK 4 September 26 September 28 Biodiversity Planning- Vancouver- Nick Page, City of Vancouver Austin Chapter 6; City of Vancouver, Biodiversity Strategy (See blog) Valuing green networks: Ecosystem Services Austin, Chapters 3 and 4; Mooney: article on Ecosystem services (See blog) Perspectives of the Urban Forest- Project 1 Show *Will be in a different room- See blog for location (Project 1 due) FIELD TRIP/ASSIGNMENT- Documenting ecosystem services (Assign in classroom/walk there) (This is Individual paper #2) WEEK 5 October 3 October 5 Greenspace Planning in Switzerland- Yves Kazemi ASSIGN: Project 2 Green Networks & Fabric Girling and Kellett, Chapter 6 Urban Green Equity- Lorien Nesbitt TBD

5 WEEK 6 October 10 October 12 WEEK 7 October 17 October 19 WEEK 8 October 24 October 26 WEEK 9 October 31 November 2 WEEK 10 November 7 November 9 Measuring/evaluating Green Networks: Spatial Metrics Kellett: CMHC Indicators Vol 1 (PDF on blog) WORK SESSION (related to term project metrics) DUE: Individual paper #2 (on Ecosystem Services) Green Networks and Rainwater Management Girling & Kellett, Ch. 7; Austin, Chapter 7 & 8 Vancouver: Green Infrastructure Team (Cameron Owen) City of Vancouver, Integrated Rainwater Management Plan, Volume 1 Green Networks and Active Transportation Transport Canada, Active Transportation in Canada; City of Vancouver, Walking and Cycling in Vancouver 2016 Report Card (PDF on blog) PROGRESS REVIEW Project 2, Phase 1 review *Will be in a different room- See blog for location Designing the Urban Forest- Trees and Urban Design Arnold, Trees and Urban Design, Chapters 3 and 4 Designing the Urban Forest- Case Study East Fraserlands- Patrick Mooney and Margot Long East Fraserlands Public Realm Plan (PDF on blog). Planting healthy urban trees (latest on selection and planting) James Urban, Part 1, Ch 1, Part 2, Chapters 1 & 2 Planting healthy urban trees: Case study, Olympic Village - Guest TBD READING Urban, Part 2, Chapters 5, 6, 7

6 WEEK 11 November 14 November 16 WEEK 12 November 21 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS STUDENT PRESENTATIONS STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Week 13 November 28 November 30 Concluding Lecture- Planning Regional Green Networks- Jeff Fitzpatrick Erickson, Metro Green, Chapter 1 (PDF on blog) NO CLASS due to SALA reviews DEADLINE December 11, 2017 FINAL SUBMISSIONS DUE Term project final submissions + Short essay (undergraduate students)

7 REFERENCES: Textbooks: Austin, Gary D. (2014) Green Infrastructure for Landscape Planning: Integrating human and natural systems, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. (UBC online book) Girling, Cynthia and Ronald Kellett (2005) Skinny Streets and Green Neighborhoods: Design for environment and community, Washington DC: Island Press. (UBC online book) Greater Vancouver s Green Zone 1993 GVRD Creating Greater Vancouver s Green Zone Additional references: Arnold, Henry F. (1993) Trees in Urban Design, New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold. (UBC Library: On reserve) Beatley, Timothy (2010) Biophilic Cities: Integrating nature into urban design and planning, Washingon: island Press. (UBC online book) Benedict, Mark A.(2006) Green Infrastructure: Linking landscapes and communities, Washington DC: Island Press. Condon, Patrick (1994) A Built Landscape Typology: The Language of the land we live in, in Ordering Space: Types in Architecture and design, Karen A. Franck, Lynda H. Schneekloth, editors, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Fabos, Julius Gy, Jack Ahern, eds., Greenways The beginning of an international movement, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, Erickson, Donna L., Metrogreen: connecting open space in North American cities, Washingon DC: Island Press, Goodwin, Duncan (2017) The Urban Tree, New York: Routledge. (UBC online book) Heckscher, August (1977) Open Spaces: The life of American cities, New York: Harper and Row. Hung, Ying-Yu, Gerdo Aquino (2011) Landscape Infrastructure: Case Studies by SWA, Basil: Birkhauser GMBH. NOTE- The Hung essay is instructive as are some of the case studies as examples. Konijnendijk, Cecil C., Robert M. Ricard, Andy Kenney, Thomas B. Randrup (2006) Defining urban forestry A comparative perspective of North America and Europe, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 4. pp Metropolitan Service District (Oregon) (2002) Trees for Green Streets: An illustrated guide, Portland OR: Metro. (UBC Library: On reserve) Mooney, Patrick (2014) A Systematic Approach to Incorporating Multiple Ecosystem Services in Landscape Planning and Design, Landscape Journal, Volume 33, Number 2, pp Rouse, David C. (2013) Green infrastructure: a landscape approach, Chicago: American Planning Association. Rutherford, Susan (2007) Green Infrastructure: Guide Issues, Implementation Strategies, and Success Stories, West Coast Environ-

8 mental Law Research Foundation. (UBC online book) Schwab, James C. Ed. (2009) Planning the Urban Forest: Ecology, economy, and community, Chicago: American Planning Association. Steiner, Frederick, Armando Carbonell, George F. Thompson, editors (2016) Nature and Cities: The ecological imperative in urban design and planning, Cambridge, MA: The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. (UBC Library: On reserve) Trowbridge, Peter and Nina Bassuk (2004) Trees in the Urban Landscape: site assessment, design and installation, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. (UBC Library: On reserve) Urban, James (2008) Up by Roots: Healthy soils and trees in the built environment, Champaign, IL: International Society of Arboriculture. (UBC Library: On reserve) Wenk, William (2002) Toward an Inclusive Concept of Infrastructure, in Ecology and design: frameworks for learning, Johnson, B., Hill, K., Washington DC: Island Press, Web sites: Centre for Urban Forest Research, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: cufr/ City of Vancouver: Protection of Trees Bylaw- your-government/protection-of-trees-bylaw.aspx City of Vancouver: City of Vancouver: Developing Vancouver s Urban Forest Strategy City of Vancouver: Integrated Rainwater Management Plan vancouver.ca/home-property-development/city-wide-integrated-stormwater-management-plan.aspx Low Impact Development Center: SEEDS Sustainability Library: Transport Canada, Active Transportation in Canada fcm.ca/documents/tools/gmf/transport_canada/active- TranspoGuide_EN.pdf US EPA Green Infrastructure site: Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation: Biodiversity Strategy PORT-BiodiversityStrategy2016-FINAL.pdf