My job has given me a unique opportunity to teach an array of courses at a variety of levels – from college freshmen to Ph.D students. I also get the opportunity to advise some incredibly talented graduate students in turning ideas and questions into meaningful, substantive, and applied research.
Current Courses
PLAN 055: First Year (Freshman) Seminar – Sustainable Cities. Taught Fall 2008, Spring 2009 | SYLLABUS
PLAN 721: Advanced Planning Methods. Taught Spring 2008-2009 | SYLLABUS
PLAN 745: Development Impact Assessment. Taught Spring 2008 -2009 | SYLLABUS
PLAN 641: Ecology and Land Use Planning. Taught Fall 2010 | SYLLABUS
Past Courses
PLAN 799(2): Planning Seminar: Urban Modeling Workshop. Taught Spring 2008 | SYLLABUS
UP 116: Analytical Planning Research Methods (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Taught Spring 2006 | SYLLABUS
Advising
2010
Lyle Leitelt – “Developing a Solar Energy Potential Map for Chapel Hill, NC” (to be published as Planning Advisory Service Memo)
- Published as: Leitelt, Lyle and Todd BenDor. 2010. Developing a Solar Energy Potential Map for Chapel Hill, NC. Planning Advisory Service Memo. (November/December 2010: http://www.planning.org/pas/memo/2010/nov/)
Katherine Hebert – “Keeping it Green: A Study of open Space Conservation Efforts in the Triangle”
Aaron Bland – “Review of University Policies for Sustainability at UNC-Chapel Hill”
Megan Culler – “Recreation, Tourism Development, and Watershed Protection in the Dan River Basin”
2009
Hannah Berg – “Retrofitting Solutions for Urban Stormwater Runoff: A case study of the Jordan Nutrient Strategy”
- Published as: Berg, Hannah and Todd K. BenDor. A Case Study of Form-Based Solutions for Watershed Protection. Environmental Management 46(3):436-51. | LINK.
Nora Lenahan – “Evaluation of Studies Related to Urban Growth and Land Use Models to Incorporate into the Development of a Sustainable Eastern North Carolina”
Chandler Van Schaack – “Can Town and Country Both be Green? A Comparative Study of Green Building Policies and Regulations in Rural Versus Urban Counties in North Carolina.”
Audrey Stewart – “Examining North Carolina’s Environmental Enhancement Program from the Perspectives of Land Use Planning and Social Equity”
- Published as: BenDor, Todd K. and Audrey May Stewart. Land Use Planning and Social Equity in North Carolina’s Compensatory Wetland and Stream Mitigation Programs. Environmental Management (In Press – Not Yet Online)
2008
Zoe Hamstead – “Water Quality Trading in the Neuse River Basin: A Case Study of the Neuse River Compliance Association”
- Published as: Hamstead, Zoe and Todd K. BenDor. Nutrient Trading for Enhanced Water Quality: A Case Study of North Carolina’s Neuse River Compliance Association. Environment and Planning: C 28(1):1-17. | LINK.