1. Supplemental Material for Chapter 20 Location, Location, Location! Analyzing Residential Development in Environmentally-Fragile Areas This chapter is published as: Morin EA. 2016. Location, Location, Location! Analyzing Residential Development in Environmentally-Fragile Areas. In: Byrne L (ed) Learner-Centered Teaching Activities for Environmental and Sustainability Studies. Springer, New York. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28543-6_20 Erica A. Morin Department of History, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA USA emorin@westfield.ma.edu This file contains the following supplemental material:  C: Presentation Slides This chapter also has the following supplemental material, available on the chapter’s website:  A: Instructor’s Guide Materials  B: Examples of towns in environmentally-fragile areas  D: In-Class Activity Worksheet  E: Diagram of Brainstorming Activity

2. Note to instructors: Due to copyright issues, images are not reproduced on many slides. Suggested images to add are indicated with links to online content. Sources for images from the creative commons are provided in the notes area underneath the slides and in a bibliography on the last slide.

3. What are the steps involved in building a house? Image suggestion Search: “home construction clip art” Ex: http://images.clipartpanda.com/house- construction-clipart-house-under-construction-clip- art.gifhttp://images.clipartpanda.com/house- construction-clipart-house-under-construction-clip- art.gif

4. This slide is for a youtube video entitled “Modern Home Construction Technique” available at this link (accessed February 12, 2016): http://youtu.be/FQvFzdFIp08.http://youtu.be/FQvFzdFIp08 Instructors may wish to embed this video into the slide through the Powerpoint macro function or by downloading and then inserting it. If the video is removed from the link, please contact the author (emorin@westfield.ma.edu) or editor (lbyrne@rwu.edu) to obtain the video file.emorin@westfield.ma.edulbyrne@rwu.edu

5. What environmental factors should be considered when building a house? Image suggestions Search: “home construction collage” Ex: http://blog.sndimg.com/hgtv/dreamhome/20 14_Construction_Photos.jpg http://blog.sndimg.com/hgtv/dreamhome/20 14_Construction_Photos.jpg

6. Image suggestion Search: “sustainable home construction” or “home construction cross section” Ex: http://media.except.nl/media/cache/uploaded_images/asset_image/Building_Scale_-_Sketch- only_med_pure_image.jpghttp://media.except.nl/media/cache/uploaded_images/asset_image/Building_Scale_-_Sketch- only_med_pure_image.jpg Site selection

7. Image suggestion Search: “home energy consumption” Ex: http://gmdoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/21.jpghttp://gmdoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/21.jpg Home Energy Consumption

8. Septic tanks and ground water

9. What are the environmental considerations of residential development?

10. Loss of open space

11. Loss of farmland

12. Image suggestions Search: “residential development and wetlands” “home construction and wetlands” Ex: http://www.nenevalleynia.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/07/Northampton- Washlands-credit-RNRP.jpghttp://www.nenevalleynia.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/07/Northampton- Washlands-credit-RNRP.jpg http://www.e2landuse.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/03/LaCenterWetlandsHousi ng.600x357.jpg http://www.geekygirlengineer.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/08/swamp.jpg Destruction of wetlands

13. Image suggestions Search: “golf course and wetlands or swamp” Ex: http://www.northforknativeplants.com/images/p hotoApp_golf.jpg http://www.northforknativeplants.com/images/p hotoApp_golf.jpg http://classic.cybergolf.com/global/newsImages/ 9209_2.jpg Image suggestions Search: “golf course and wetlands or swamp” Ex: http://www.kooindahwatersgolf.com.au/cms/wp- content/uploads/2015/04/Kooindah_16TeeSuns et_0236-1600x1067.jpg http://www.lasvegasgolf.com/cgi- bin/common_cgi/xphoto.php?a=pv&p=34650 Golf courses near wetlands

14. Why do wetlands matter? Image suggestion Search: “how do wetlands work” Ex: https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/images/5/58/How-wetlands-work.jpghttps://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/images/5/58/How-wetlands-work.jpg

15. Hillsides and slopes Image suggestions Search: “homes and hillsides” and “house built on hills/slope” Ex: https://ashmeadcourt.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/outside- closeup1.jpg?w=300&h=173 https://ashmeadcourt.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/outside- closeup1.jpg?w=300&h=173 https://www.flickr.com/photos/java1888/4599808799/in/poo l-829983@N22/ http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ798Zlz04UwRk Puaq6Vf_iE5PzkMRanUXCjmGv-MKY-j3xoOej\

16. Hillsides and slopes Image suggestions Search: “slope, home, floorplan” and “hillside construction” Ex: Slide 15 http://kdarchitects.com/kda/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/subdivision-1.png http://4.bp.blogspot.com/- 0mXB8S3wYPs/Uv93YnIeKYI/AAAAAAAANfQ/NJm2PDxubAg/s640/hillside+h ouse+plans_3.jpg

17. Image suggestion Search: “retaining walls” Ex. http://www.cuttingedgelandscapeinc.com/ima ges/2.jpg http://randrirrigation.com/images_template1 /retaining-wall-1.jpg

18. Landslides Image suggestions Search: “house or home and landslide” Ex: http://www.city-data.com/forum/ attachments/san-antonio/57052d1264 470996-slope-failure-saga-hills- rivermist-subdivision-img_2673.jpg http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/.a/ 6a00d834519bec69e20133f11ba394970 b-400wi http://www.hobb.org/images/stories/ MSNBC_widec.jpg

19. Transportation and accessibility Image suggestions Search: “graded road” or “mountainside road” Ex. http://proview.thebluebook.com/inc/img/qp/2 014235/grading-services1.jpg https://theflyingarrow.files.wordpress.com/2014 /08/p1150069.jpg

20. Transportation and accessibility Image suggestions Search: “steep road” or “mountainside road” and “switchbacks” Ex. http://static.wixstatic.com/media/00255 9_c0a080319ec3cba74526923c3275d1dc. png_srz_p_396_231_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_png_srz http://www.azdot.gov/images/default- source/news/sr-89a- switchbacks44157F24710F.jpg?sfvrsn=3

21. Landslides

22. Image suggestion Search: “landslides or mudslides” and “damage or hazard” Ex: http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/files/2010/10/09_09-shiaolin-2.jpg

23. Washouts Image suggestions Search: “road and washout” and “Hurricane Irene and washouts” Ex. http://www.dewattoport.com/_images/Road%20 Washout2%20Medium%20Web%20view.jpg http://country1053.ca/sites/default/files/styles/la rge/public/imported/filezJvwxo?itok=uHSZ_qg1 http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/blo g_full/public/forest-service-road-washout- USFS.jpg?itok=pCp0zzCA

24. Floodplains Image suggestion Search: “floodplain diagram” “floodplain before and after” or “floodplain normal” Ex. http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2011/05/floodplain1-660x189.jpg

25. Floodplains

26. Image suggestion Search: “river and floodplain” or “river and flooding” Ex. http://media.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest- news/photo/galenajpg-0f8df3152f2252d2.jpg http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64480000 /jpg/_64480270_8221391794_25b9604642_b.jpg

27. Effective use of floodplain Trinity River Corridor, Dallas, TX Image suggestions Search: “Trinity River Corridor Project” or “Trinity River Dallas” or “Trinity River flood or flooding” Ex. http://www.trinityriverdallas.org/images/t rcp-dallas.jpg http://www.dallassouthnews.org/wp- content/uploads/2011/06/trinity-bridge- and-skyline1.jpg http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm- /1eae765af80f887f83bc0becf3b535f2cca3 8e12/c=255-0-1687- 1077&r=x404&c=534x401/local/- /media/2015/05/29/WFAA/WFAA/635 685291164308809-trinity.JPG

29. Instructions: Imagine you are a team of residential housing developers and contractors. Your job is to evaluate potential construction sites and determine their suitability for residential development. You must consider a wide range of environmental factors, including groundwater availability/excess, slope/terrain, soil composition, bedrock, vegetation, and natural hazards, especially potential natural disasters in the given region. Use your personal electronic devices to research your group’s town or city and answer the questions below. Based on your findings, your group must decide why your location is well-suited or ill-suited for a housing development.

30. Beaufort, NC.

31. Image suggestions Search: “Beaufort, NC” and “North Carolina outer banks” Ex. https://s-media-cache- ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/58/06/8158068cf 2314a09aa23bfc14eebebb1.jpghttps://s-media-cache- ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/58/06/8158068cf 2314a09aa23bfc14eebebb1.jpg http://www.greatamericanthings.net/wp- content/uploads/2013/07/Outer-by- outerbanksdotorg.jpg

32. Mears, MI.

33. Image suggestions Search: “Mears, MI,” “Lake Michigan dunes,” “Silver Lake dunes,” “Mears dune cruising” Ex. http://www.travelandleisure.com/sites/default/files/ styles/tnl_redesign_article_landing_page/public/200 906-beach-sand-dunes-ss.jpg?itok=o5nrWyde http://www.travelandleisure.com/sites/default/files/ styles/tnl_redesign_article_landing_page/public/200 906-beach-sand-dunes-ss.jpg?itok=o5nrWyde http://www.duneguide.com/images/SilverLake-1.jpg http://www.indiana.edu/~g103/theinteractiveearth/ 10%20-Deserts%20and%20Glaciers/dune1.jpg

34. La Conchita, CA.

35. Image suggestions Search: “LaConchita landslide” Ex. http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/landslide_ hazards/LaConchita%20Slide%20Mar%2 095.jpg https://encrypted- tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9Gc SMnU939ohcH7s8OHaGC9Bl1cEWKO7 1qjc-r8i3u9ljJttZ4k_fcg https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/3/4833279_ f98f551bf4.jpg

36. Homestead, FL.

37. Image suggestions Search: “Hurricane Andrew,” “Homestead, Florida and Everglades” Ex. https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q= tbn:ANd9GcR9MZYDlmTwdeHojuhH5hpkqPIZ5vr3MW1lAxGRo_x yt9wCQU5lkg http://cd777cc8972c519c5a77-16a60f337953f8c8dd5fba71a5f9c67 e.r54.cf1.rackcdn.com/28/4/large.jpg ://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather- gang/files/2013/07/andrew.jpg&w=1484

38. Yerington, NV.

39. Image suggestions Search: “Nevada and precipitation,” “Nevada and desert” Ex. http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/pcpn/nv.gif https://walkoverstates.files.wordpress.com/2 010/10/100916-elko-to-carlin-008.jpg http://www.ece.rice.edu/~jpr/pics/roadtrip_ dec07/images/nevada_desert2.JPG

40. Cascade, CO.

41. Image suggestions Search: “Waldo Canyon wildfire” “Cascade Colorado wildfire” Ex. http://appraisalforensicsinc.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/07/waldo-canyon- fire-1.jpghttp://appraisalforensicsinc.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/07/waldo-canyon- fire-1.jpg http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/1 20627102817-colorado-fire-2-horizontal- gallery.jpg https://liberalironist.files.wordpress.com/20 12/06/waldo-canyon-fire-1.jpg http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media /site36/2012/0624/20120624_111642_CD0 625STATEFIRES.gif

42. Cairo, IL.

43. Image suggestions Search: “Cairo Illinois flooding” “Cairo Illinois confluence” “Mississippi River flooding” Ex. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos- illinois/BirdeyeViewCairo.jpg http://media.salon.com/2011/05/could_flooding_in_the_sou th_move_the_mississippi.jpg http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/2011/may1_ms_fl ood.jpg

44. Greensburg, KS.

45. Image suggestions Search: “Greensburg tornado damage” and “Kansas tornado” Ex. http://blogs.pioneerlocal.com/entertainme nt/greensburg.jpg https://cameronredwine.files.wordpress.co m/2012/04/041412tornadoblog1.jpg

46. Hollister, CA.

48. Mead, CO.

51. Image bibliography Slide 7 USGS. (2006) Septic tank. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landpeople_s_cc8.PNG. Accessed 5 August 2015 Tilley, E., Ulrich, L., Lüthi, C., Reymond, Ph., and Zurbrügg, C. (2014) Schematic of septic tank. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASchematic_of_a_septic_tank_2.png. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 9 Betts, L. (2011) Urban sprawl, Las Vegas, Clark County, NV. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: NRCSNV00019_-_Nevada_%285521%29%28NRCS_Photo_Gallery%29.tif. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 10 Nichols, Bob. (2011) Agriculture and homeowners are neighbors in PA. https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:NRCSPA00004_-_Pennsylvania_%285897%29%28NRCS_Photo_Gallery%29.tif. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 11 Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. (2011) Results of the FHWA Domestic Scan of Successful Wetland Mitigation Programs. https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ ecosystems/scanrpt/images/mnhousebywetland.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 16 Ingolfson. (2007) Retaining wall type function. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retaining_ Wall_Type_Function.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Marleyguy1. (2008) Precast concrete retaining wall. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Precastconcreteretainingwall-2.tif. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 17 Thatotherperson. (2014) House destroyed by landlslide. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: House_destroyed_by_landslide.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 18 O’Quin, C. (2008) Road along U.S. border. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-06753.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 19 Arizona Department of Transportation. (2014) State Route 89A switchbacks to close for up to five weeks after Memorial Day. http://www.azdot.gov/images/default-source/news/sr-89a-switchbacks44157F24710F.jpg?sfvrsn=3. Accessed 5 August 2015 Selvage, M. (2014) The Salang Pass. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Switchback_140715-A-CA521-0111.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 20 Schuster, R.L. (1983) Thistle landslide. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Thistlelandslideusgs.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 22 Case. D. (2011) Forge Hill Road bridge washout after Hurricane Irene, New Windsor, NY. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forge_Hill_Road_bridge_washout_after_Hurricane_Irene,_New_Windsor,_NY.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Case. D. (2011) Deep gorge created in road after Hurricane Irene flooding, Oliverea, NY. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_gorge_created_in_road_after_Hurricane_Irene_flooding,_Oliverea,_NY.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 24 Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. (2013) Floodplain protection regulations. http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/dam_safety_and_floodplains/images/fpregs_fpm07.gif. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slides 29-47 (odd numbers) Kaboom 88. (2007). Blank map of the states. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blank_US_ map_borders.svg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 30 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2011) Event Reviews, Hurricane Irene. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/ EventReviews/ 20100903/20100903_files/image010.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 34 Gallessich, G. (2005) La Conchita slide part of much larger landslide. http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/93106_ archived/2005/December5/Images/3_slide.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 44 Henshall, G. (2007) Greensburg Kansas tornado. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greensburg_kansas_tornado.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 National Weather Service – Goodland. (2008) A tornado in Kansas on May 22, 2008. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/May_22_2008_Kansas_tornado.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 46 USGS. San Andreas Fault Index Map. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 5/5c/San_Andreas_Fault_Index_Map.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Wilshire, H.G. (1989) Collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct in Oakland, from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:022srUSGSCyprusVia.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 USGS. (1989) Collapsed Cyprus Street Viaduct. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cypress_collapsed.jpg. Accessed 5 August 2015 Slide 48 Mikenorton. (2013) Hydro frac 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HydroFrac2.svg. Accessed 5 August 2015