Daniel Management Center
(located in the College of Business Administration
building)
March 26 – 27, 2001
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Monday, March 26, 2001
8:45 Registration,
Continental Breakfast
9:15 Welcome
Bruce C. Coull, Dean, USC School of
the Environment
Kirstin Dow, PhD, USC Department of
Geography |
9:30 Introductory
Remarks
| Rutherford H. Platt, PhD, Department
of Geography, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Director, Ecological
Cities Project |
9:45 Break
10:00 Session
I: Urban Landscapes and Environmental Ideals
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The Hitchcock Woods: An Urban Forest – Harry
E. Shealy, Jr. Department of Biology, USC-Aiken and Chair of the Woods
Management Committee for the Hitchcock Woods, and Gary O. Burger, Forest
Manager Hitchcock Woods
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The Sustainable Southern City as Villa - Joseph
Burton and Tim Dotson, Graduate Architecture Design and Theory, Clemson
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Tree Protection during Planning and Development:
Essential Approaches for Community Livability and Economy – Donald Ham
and Karl Pokorny, Principals, The Laurus Group
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Human-Wildlife Interfacing: When Raucous Raccoons
Meet Picky People – Candace Cummings, Wildlife Associate, Department
of Forest Resources, Clemson University
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Shaping The Urban Landscape For Energy Efficiency
- Mary Haque, Department of Horticulture, Lolly Tai, Department
of Landscape Architecture, and Don Ham, Clemson University
Noon Lunch
1:00 Session
II: Representing and Knowing the Urban Environment
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Lawson’s Fork: Literary Adventure and Community
Celebration – David Taylor, formerly of Converse College
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The “Real Work” of Urban Re-Inhabitation – Christopher
Preston, Department of Philosophy, USC-Columbia
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The Foodshed, Urban Agriculture, and Sustainable
Cities- Lance Howard, Department of History and Geography, Clemson
University
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Meanings and Objectives for South Carolina Home
Gardeners – Gail Wagner, Department of Anthropology, USC-Columbia
2:30 Break
2:45 Session
III: Ecological Processes and Urban Politics
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The Connection between Municipal Water Use, Water
Quality, and Regional Ecosytems – Marshall Lawson
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Urban rainfall, runoff, and water quality (working
title) – Greg Carbone, Department of Geography, USC -Columbia
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Tourism Development in Charleston – Rich
Harrill, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture and Thomas
D. Potts, Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University
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Implementing “Environmental Justice” in South
Carolina’s Cities: The Challenge of Turning Admirable Concepts into Meaningful
Change - Kim Diana Connolly, University of South Carolina, School
of Law, Environmental Law Clinic
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Race, Recreation, And Civic Identity – Daniel
Vivian, South Carolina History and Archives Center
5:00 Adjourn
to Reception
–
Top of Capstone Building overlooking Columbia
Tuesday, March 27, 2001
8:30 Continental
Breakfast
8:45 Paper
Sessions: Historical Development and Ecological Change
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Advocacy and Implementation of Landuse Programs
in South Carolina, Sam Passmore, Director of Landuse Programs for
The Coastal Conservation League
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Smart Growth Toolkits for Local and Regional Governments
– F. James Cumberland, Senior Research Associate, Center
for Environmental Policy, Institute of Public Affairs; University of South
Carolina
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Legal Regime of Landuse planning in South Carolina
– Randy Lowell and Mark Freeze, von Oppenfeld, Hiser, & Freeze
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Vacant land as an Urban Resource, Dr. Ann Bowman,
Department of Government and International Studies, USC- Columbia
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Local Elected Officials' Perceptions of Growth,
Growth Management Policies, and Quality of Life in South Carolina - Dr.
Angela Halfacre, Department of Political Science, College of Charleston
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Urban History and Social Policy (tentative title) - Dr. Scott Henderson,
Department of Education, Furman University
10:00 Break
10:15 Working
Sessions
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Historical Development and Ecological Change
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Ecological Processes and Urban Politics
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Urban Landscapes and Environmental Ideals
-
Representing and Knowing the Urban Environment
|
Noon: Lunch
1:30 Working
Group Summaries
2:45 Conference
Wrap-Up and Conclusions
| Kirstin Dow, Conference Convenor |
3:30 Colloquium
- Free and open to the public
"The Exploding Megalopolis: Urban Greenspace
Strategies of the 21st Century"
Rutherford H. Platt,
Ph.D. |
4:30 Adjourn |
