UF Center for Landscape Conservation Planning
The Center conducts applied research on conservation, land use, and green infrastructure while provi
This week the Center's 2040/2070 research was featured in the Warrington College of Business' online publication, "Due Diligence." Take a look!
Thirty-Six-Million-Acre Balancing Act
warrington.ufl.edu
Long ago, Mark Twain supposedly said, “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” The witticism seems ever more apt today, particularly in Florida, where the state’s strong population growth an…
On Monday, November 5th we opened the exhibition "Sea Change: Celebrating 50 Years of the Sanibel Plan," with a documentary screening, a talk given by Anne Whiston Spirn, the plan's principal landscape architect, and a reception. Today Spirn is Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at MIT, and her talk was nothing short of an extraordinary testament to the significance of landscape conservation, but also to living a conscious human life on the planet. Please view our recording, and if you are short on time, start around the 50-minute mark to hear Spirn's insightful responses during the question segment. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYF0sljNm6k
Last week Mike Volk, Tricia Kyzar, and Dan Farrah from our own Center staff presented a panel titled, "Future Development and Water Resource Planning in Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties" at the Flooding Adaptation Symposium in Kissimmee. Check out the link for more information – and stay tuned for future related events!
conference.ifas.ufl.edu/flooding/