Dave Brown, Department of Tourism and Environment, Brock University

Sustainable Transportation

Introduction and Overview

TREN 3P18: Sustainable Transportation

Course outline available online at www.brocku.ca/tren/courses/tren3p18

TREN 3P18: Sustainable Transportation

Interdisciplinary survey of the environmental, cultural, social and economic effects of our use of automobiles, airplanes,

trains and watercraft in built and natural environments.

Impacts of tourist mobility. Principles, policies, and planning for

sustainable transportation.

Course Highlights

Comparative overview of transportation modes and options, including:

environmental impacts sociocultural expectations economic dimensions international aspects tourism implications transportation alternatives

Course Highlights

wide-ranging and interdisciplinary many types of literature

(academic, popular, advocacy, corporate) extensive use of multimedia

(photos, video, online sources) peer evaluation component

Expectations

Familiarity with principles of sustainability (review: http://www.brocku.ca/tren/courses/tren1f90/2006/TREN%20Intro_to_Sustainability.ppt)

Expectations

Understanding of policy: description analysis linkages implications alternatives formulation

Review: http://www.brocku.ca/tren/courses/tren3p14/2006/POLICY.ppt )

See also: Middleton, John. 2002. Sustainable Development Policy. Pp 422–426 in Tolba, Mostafa K. Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Volume 4, Responding to global environmental change, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, 2002

Expectations

Accountability: attendance participation preparation: readings, synthesis sessions thoughtful peer review high quality written assignments timely electronic submission of

assignments note rigorous TREN late policy!

TREN 3P18: Sustainable Transportation

Course outline available online at www.brocku.ca/tren/courses/tren3p18