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Mr. Poland is a part-time member of faculty in the Department of Geography at Central Connecticut State University. His teaching assignments include: Introduction to Geography (Geog. 110), Human Geography (Geog. 220), Introduction to Planning (Geog. 241), Urban Geography (Geog. 439), Rural Land Use Planning (Geog. 440), Environmental Planning (Geog. 445), and Design of Cities (Geog. 483 & 514). His research interests include: the remaking of urban space, the reimagining of urban theory and urban space, new forms of urban culture and lifestyle, suburban histories, utopian planning and theory, and popular culture.
Mr. Poland teaches Introduction to Planning.
A survey of the world's peoples and their culture. Topics studied may include population, religion, language, settlement, architecture, land tenure, ideologies, social problems, behavior, resource utilization and environmental change.
Introduction to the principles and practice of planning at various spatial scales -- regional, metropolitan, urban and neighborhood.
Form, function, and evolution of urban settlements with reference to attributes of place. Emphasis also placed on internal structure and regional relationships of cities. Provides a methodological basis for thought involving the planning process, including preservation planning, and systems analysis.
Land use patterns & the planning process in agriculture, transportation, recreation, industry, population and settlement in rural areas. Case studies and field work emphasizing the impact of urbanization of rural Connecticut.
Examines the environmental impacts of land development and natural constraints on planning and public policy decision-making. Case studies and field work will emphasize aspects of environmental planning in the Greater Hartford region.
The seminar explores the design of cities from a spatial, architectural, planning, and emergent perspective.
Donald Poland has been teaching Introduction to Geography at MCC since spring semester 2006 and started teaching Urban Geography spring semester 2009.
This course introduces some of the many topics geographers examine to explain the relationship between people and place. Topics include the physical earth, i.e. how mountains and lakes form, cultural patterns such as how languages in neighboring countries are related, population analysis, like human migration trends, and economic analysis including growth and decline of regions. Geographic factors that underlie current political, social and economic problems will also be explored.
The history, nature and function of urban settlements are considered, with attention to geographic problems of urban areas. Introduction to practical problems, using census data, interpretation of aerial photographs, G.I.S. and map construction.
This course introduces student to key concepts related to urban and community planning and the profession of planning.
Mr. Poland previously taught World Regional Geography at Saint Josephs College in West Hartford.
This course provides the student with a survey of the lands, peoples, and places in the world's major cultural regions. Students explore the interaction between the physical environment and cultural, political and economic conditions in regions such as South and Central America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This course provides a background for understanding world events.
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