Sustainable campuses and campus planning: Experiences from a classroom case study at the University of Kansas

Abstract

This article explores the possibilities of teaching environmental planning by focusing on the sustainability of the campus and the campus master planning process. It describes the development of an urban planning course centered on campus master planning and its environmental impacts at the University of Kansas. Drawing on existing knowledge of campus planning and campus ecology, the article presents a tentative framework for assessing issues that can affect the structure of a campus environmental planning class, discusses the structure of the University of Kansas course, and outlines the lessons and reflections that have emerged from that course.

Citation

Swearingen White, S. (2003), "Sustainable campuses and campus planning: Experiences from a classroom case study at the University of Kansas", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 344-356. https://doi.org/10.1108/14676370310497561