UFOR 477B UFOR Res Policy, Ethics & Law
UFOR 477B. Urban Forest Resource Policy, Ethics, and Law. (3 Credit Hours)
This course is designed to introduce students to policy, theics and law. The student will experience an intensive study of urban tree law and management conceptions with a focus on basic urban forestry governance through the lens of social-ecological systems (SESs) of linked human and natural components. Students will be provided a broad but reasonably detailed examination of the central issues of moral philosphy of polices and how they can be applied to contemporary environmental problems. Students will also be introduced to standard duty of care, torts law, principle of negligence, right of way issues and boundary line conflict resolution will be studied with practical application in legal based decision making.