Part I
1. What constitutionally stated roles and responsibilities does the U.S. Federal Government have pertaining to environmental land use management?
2. What constitutionally-stated roles and responsibilities do U.S. State Governments have in environmental land use management and planning?
3. Are there constraints on Federal powers and authorities when it comes to environmental land use management?
4. What powers do local communities have as provided for in the U.S. Federal Constitution?
5. What is "Dillon's Rule" in the United States?
6. What is "Home Rule" in the United States?
7. Are local governments in the United States more democratic, representative, and responsive to citizen needs and interests (in the areas of environmental planning and management) when compared to State and Federal levels of government?
8. Identify two democratic countries that have federal forms of governance similar to the United States and two democratic countries that have forms of governance quite unlike the United States? Take a look at Brazil, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Nigeria, etc.
9. Do you think democracies have a greater chance of establishing "sustainable" communities than countries that have authoritarian regimes?
Part II
1. Define environmental aspects and environmental impacts in your own words.
2. Give three examples of environmental aspects and related environmental impacts from your own experience.