San Francisco Bay

Nature in the City
Week 8 Reading 
Water: Ocean & Bay
Beatley, Tim. ¡°Blue Urbanism: City and Ocean,¡± in Places, April 2011
Walker, Richard. ¡°The Green and The Blue: Saving the Bay and the Coast,¡± in The Country in the City. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007. pp. 110-129.
Readings:
Beatley¡¯s article is a call to action, asking cities to adopt what he calls ¡°blue urbanism¡± in the face of the multiple negative impacts of human activities, especially urban activities, on oceans and the marine environment. 
Walker¡¯s chapter provides an overview of human use and impacts on the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Coast and associated efforts to reclaim and restore their ecology.
Reading Instructions:
ALL STUDENTS:
Using issues mentioned in the articles (such as shipping and ports, fisheries, dead zones, plastic waste, citizen education, energy policy, land fills, water development, etc.) or a topic of your own, choose one aspect of marine ecosystems or marine related activity in the Bay Area to investigate.
Come to class prepared to discuss your chosen topic using the questions below as a guide.
Reading Response Students
For those students turning in a reading response, answer the following questions about your topic:
1. What is the human activity and how is it affecting the ocean or bay ecosystem?
2. What actions are being taken or have been taken to change the activity or lessen its impact?
3. What further efforts or actions could be employed?