Dave Brown, Department of Tourism and Environment, Brock University Sustainable Transportation Introduction and Overview

TREN 3P18: Sustainable Transportation  Course outline available online at

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:

Expectations Understanding of policy:  description  analysis  linkages  implications  alternatives  formulation Review: See also: Middleton, John 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, 2002Middleton, John 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