This essay is based on Paving Paradise by Pittman and Waite. In order to successfully craft this essay, you will need to read the entire book. The essay should be approximately 1000-1200 words in length, and focus specifically on one of the prompts below as it relates to the core environmental/sustainable/sense of place concepts we have reviewed in this course.
PROMPT: Respond to ONE of the questions below in a multiple paragraph essay, using short excerpts from the text (the book), and full MLA/APA style formatting.
How successful has “No Net Loss” been?
Developers continue to need space for the hundreds of people a day who are moving to Florida, but space is limited. How might this problem be solved? What is gained and what is lost?
A “sense of place” is important in our daily lives. Has the concept been preserved? Is there a way to preserve that with current development plans?
Wetlands have been shown to be critical to the environment in many ways. Expand on that concept. What current plans to retain wetlands appear the most sustainable?
Knowing the results of different approaches from accounts in the book, what would you, as a land developer, do to balance the demands of new housing with wetland retention? … as a landowner? … as a legislator? … as a government regulator? …as an educator?