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Understanding Tourism At Heritage Religious Sites, Daniel Levi, Sara Kocher

Focus

No abstract provided.

Note From The Editor, Vicente Del Rio

Focus

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Orizaba Urban Design Plan, Timothy J. Kelly

Master's Theses

The site area for the Orizaba Design District is located in central Long Beach, California. Historically the physical development of the area has been heavily influenced by the existence of the Pacific Electric Railroad, which has a right-of-way running diagonally through the site. With the existence of the railroads, as well as the Districts proximity to the Port of Long Beach and major thoroughfares, the area has developed as an industrial site.

Despite the industrial nature of the area, starting in 2007 a small group of creative business owners, including architects, graphic designers, interior designers, and others, started to locate …

City Of Patterson Sustainability Plan, Colin Brian Clarke

Master's Theses

This Master’s Thesis / Professional Project is a Sustainability Plan developed for the City of Patterson, California. The Patterson Sustainability Plan (PSP) was developed concurrently with the General Plan Update, and will be presented to the City for adoption within a year. The Sustainability Plan will help inform decision-making by way of its Goals and Actions for implementation to improve community sustainability. Before the plan was developed, background research was conducted that included a Best Practices Review to assess what other cities are doing to address sustainability, a Needs Assessment to evaluate existing conditions in Patterson and determine its unique …

City Of Guadalupe: Community Plan, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Jeffrey W. Hook, Cal Poly Graduate Planning Studio

City and Regional Planning

The Guadalupe Community Plan contains long‐term goals, objectives, policies, and programs to provide a basis for decision‐making and guide development. Designed to create optimum levels of services, economic activity, and quality of life for residents and visitors, these statements are based on comprehensive research into existing community characteristics, anticipated opportunities, and public input. Guadalupe must be prepared to respond to the challenges and changes that projected population growth will bring, and this Plan can help guide that response. This Plan is both a statement of purpose and a decision‐making tool. As a statement of purpose, the Plan consists of the …

Focus: Journal Of The City And Regional Planning Department, Volume 6

Focus

No abstract provided.

Alumni Newsletter, 2008-2009, Political Science Department

Political Science Department Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Laguna Entrada Conceptual Specific Plan, Crp 341 Urban Design Studio

CRP 341 Urban Design Studio III

No abstract provided.

Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (Stars): A Tool For Evaluating Campus Sustainability, Laura Matson

Sustainability Conference

STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System), is a comprehensive, voluntary, self-administered campus sustainability performance measurement tool. STARS strives to translate disparate sustainability indicators into a single metric that will enable benchmarking within institutions as well as comparisons across campuses. In this interactive panel discussion, representatives from diverse California colleges and universities will share their experiences using the pilot version of STARS.

Portfolio Pilot Program, Mark Maxwell

Sustainability Conference

The U.S. Green Building Council is transforming the LEED™ certification process to allow organizations with many buildings, like college/university campuses, to reduce the paperwork and cost of certification. UCSB, UCM, and CSULA are all involved in piloting these new approaches.

Creating A Better And More Sustainable Future: Key Directions And Actions, Debra Rowe

Sustainability Conference

Keynote Speaker - Closing Plenary

Making California Safer: Crp Prepares The 2007 State Hazard Mitigation Plan, Kenneth Topping, William Siembieda, Michael R. Boswell

Focus

For a little over a year, a Cal Poly team--led by these featured authors--was engaged in preparing California’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, which was officially adopted in December 2007. This important work proves the capacity of Cal Poly and, specifically, the CRP Department in engaging in community outreach. The plan will facilitate mitigation planning and actions by the various federal, state, and local agencies and stakeholders, leading the way towards a safer California.

Green Neighborhood Standards From A Planning Perspective: The Leed For Neighborhood Development (Leed-Nd), Elissa Black

Focus

The US Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) national system became the country’s prominent promoter of green design practices. In expanding their approach towards environmental sustainability, the GBC is now developing standards for neighborhood development. In this essay, Elissa Black discusses these important issues and their implications for planning practice, giving us a hint of the master’s project she is currently developing.

Cal Poly Slo Plays Major Role In California Disaster Planning, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Alumni Newsletter, Fall 2007, Political Science Department

Political Science Department Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Invited Review: Role Of Livestock In Human Nutrition And Health For Poverty Reduction In Developing Countries, T. F. Randolph, E. Schelling, D. Grace, Charles F. Nicholson, J. L. Leroy, D. C. Cole, M. W. Demment, A. Omore, J. Zinsstag, M. Ruel

Agribusiness

Livestock keeping is critical for many of the poor in the developing world, often contributing to multiple livelihood objectives and offering pathways out of poverty. Livestock keeping also affects an indispensable asset of the poor, their human capital, through its impact on their own nutrition and health. This paper outlines the linkages between livestock keeping and the physical well-being of the poor, and examines a number of commonly held beliefs that misrepresent livestock development issues related to these linkages. These beliefs limit the scope of intervention programs to promote livestock and limit their potential contribution to poverty reduction. Recognition of …

Interdisciplinary Team Teaching: Lessons For Engineering Instructors From A Capstone Course In Environmental Studies, David Braun, Emmit B. Evans, Randall Knight, Thomas Ruehr

Electrical Engineering

The capstone course teaches students to analyze global environmental issues, resources, and human activities with a systems approach based on scientific, economic, political, social and ethical perspectives. Such an intrinsically multifaceted subject demands interdisciplinary treatment. To deliver the interdisciplinary treatment, the course uses diverse faculty teams comprised of faculty from fields in the natural and social sciences, engineering, and business. This work describes the interdisciplinary team teaching strategies adopted for the course and how they evolved with subsequent offerings of the course. We present assessment data measuring how well students achieve course objectives. Finally, experience gleaned from this course for …

Steps Towards A New Suburbia: The Benefits Of Comprehensive Planning, Colin Drukker, Lisa Jabuka

Focus

As noted by The Planning Center in the presentation to CRP design studios in 2006, because most residential growth in the US will continue to happen in the suburbs, we must concentrate our efforts in planning for better suburban development. The authors write about The Planning Center’s philosophy towards providing for better communities and for sense of place in the suburbia, and they illustrate their discussion with three recent case-studies.

Toward Safer, More Sustainable California Communities, Kenneth Topping

Focus

The CRP Department has been a leader in research and education in the areas of urban disaster risk reduction, prevention, mitigation, and post-recovery. The international symposium held in 2005 and its proceedings published by FOCUS are examples of that. Lecturer Ken Topping writes about the revision of the California State Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, a major applied research project undertaken by the CRP Department.

Mustang Daily, November 29, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Mustang Daily, November 28, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Cal Poly Plan For Templeton Development Wins Award From American Planning Association, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, November 3, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Essential Elements Of Sustainable Fire Management In The Wildland-Urban Interface, Christopher Dicus

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

Fire and fuels management in the wildland-urban interface is a multifaceted aggregation of biophysical and sociopolitical components. To best insure sustainable communities in the wildland-urban interface, stakeholders from a diversity of disciplines and worldviews must collaborate to develop a management plan for a given area that minimizes fire risk while simultaneously maximizing the benefits that distinct vegetation types and structures provide. This paper discusses critical elements that must be considered in order to maintain sustainable communities in the wildland-urban interface. These factors include fuels treatments, suppression forces, enforceable infrastructure and construction standards, and community education, each of which will vary …

Alumni Newsletter, Fall 2006, Political Science Department

Political Science Department Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, May 2, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Sustainability And Interdisciplinary Education: Planning And The Caed Sustainable Environments Program, Paul Wack

City and Regional Planning

For the past fifteen years, through an interdepartmental effort, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been offering an interdisciplinary minor on Sustainable Environments. CRP professor Paul Wack, a devoted co-founder and one of its most popular instructors, writes about this unique and popular initiative which recently received a national educational award from the American Institute of Architects.

Sustainability And Interdisciplinary Education: Planning And The Caed Sustainable Environments Program, Paul Wack

Focus

For the past fifteen years, through an interdepartmental effort, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been offering an interdisciplinary minor on Sustainable Environments. CRP professor Paul Wack, a devoted co-founder and one of its most popular instructors, writes about this unique and popular initiative which recently received a national educational award from the American Institute of Architects.

Management Strategies In The Wildland-Urban Interface Of Southern California And Their Effect On Fire Behavior And Environmental Impacts, Christopher Dicus

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

This paper discusses varying management strategies in wildland-urban interface communities of southern California in terms of their effects on potential fire behavior and residual environmental impacts. A century of fire exclusion policies there and throughout the United States has led to immense fuel loading and declining ecosystem health, which coupled with a burgeoning population relocating to wildland areas, has annually heightened the threat of devastating wildfires. Successful management strategies must consider elements of suppression needs, community education, construction and development standards, and vegetation manipulation, each of which will vary dependant on the ecosystem and socioeconomic conditions of the area considered. …

Cal Poly Organizes International Symposium On Building Disaster-Resistant Communities Nov. 3-5, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.