Sample Discussion Questions, Vacant to Vibrant
10-Hour Course
Vacant to Vibrant Sample Discussion Questions (10-Hour Course) Textbook Albro, Sandra L. 2019. Vacant to Vibrant: Creating Successful Green Infrastructure Networks. Washington, DC: Island Press. 190 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-900-5 Relationship Between Learning Objectives and Discussion Questions The list below shows the relationship between learning objectives and discussion questions, organized by class hour. Lesson 1 1.1. Explain the goals, student expectations, and schedule for this course. 1.2. Compare and contrast different types of green infrastructure. 1.2.1. What are some benefits and challenges that both urban agriculture and rain gardens share? 1.2.2. What benefits does urban agriculture provide that rain gardens cannot? 1.2.3. What benefits do rain gardens provide that urban agriculture cannot? 1.2.4. What advantages and disadvantages might other types of green infrastructure have to offer? 1.3. Describe historical and ongoing dynamics leading to urban land vacancy. 1.3.1. How has population loss from U.S. cities in the Great Lakes region during the past 50 years translated into urban land vacancy? 1.3.2. During the last 20th century, what factors made Canadian cities in the Great Lakes region more robust to changes in population than their U.S. counterparts? 1.3.3. What are some reasons that cities with declining populations do not always have increases in urban vacant land? 1.3.4. What are some reasons that rapidly growing cities can still have high levels of urban vacant land? Lesson 2 2.1. Describe changing approaches to managing urban vacant land. 2.1.1. Why have urban planners historically treated urban vacant land as a temporary problem? 1