Resource-based Regional Planning
The Big Picture: identifying and characterizing natural resources for protection
through regional planning
Richard Lathrop (moderator), Professor and Director, Grant F. Walton Center
for Remote Sensing and Spacial Analysis, Rutgers University
Robert Allen, Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy New
Jersey Chapter
Robert Zampella, Chief Scientist, New Jersey Pinelands Commission
Knowing what you have, where your resources are, and what state they are
in is a critical early step in regional land use planning for natural resource
protection. This seminar will examine methods of identifying natural resources
in a proposed planning area, and ways to characterize these resources that
will both guide rational planning and provide defensible justifications for
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Liquid Assets: water resource protection through
regional planning
Carol Collier (moderator), Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission
Janet Bowers, Executive Director, Chester County (Pennsylvania) Water Resources Authority
Anthony S. Navoy, Assistant Center Director, New Jersey Science Center, United States Geological Survey
Maintaining the quantity and quality of ground and surface waters is one
of the primary motivations for regional land use planning. This seminar will
explore strategies for using regional planning to protect water from excessive
exploitation and contamination arising from development and other human activities. Back
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Feathering
the Nest: protecting biodiversity and rare species habitats through regional
planning
Emile D. DeVito, Director of Science & Stewardship,
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
Elizabeth Hertz, Senior Planner, Maine Coastal Program, Maine State Planning
Office
Many urbanizing and suburbanizing areas still have valuable biodiversity
and threatened and endangered species habitats.
Several regional planning efforts in America have been sparked by mandates
to protect threatened or
endangered species. This seminar will discuss ways to use regional land use
planning to protect these resources in the context of pressure from development
and population growth.
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Every Landscape Tells a Story: cultural and scenic resource protection through
regional planning
Chris Miller, President, Piedmont Environmental Council
J. Jeffrey Anzevino, Senior Regional Planner, Scenic Hudson
Cultural and scenic resources of a region tell the story of a region and
serve as a bridge between the natural environment and the people who inhabit
it. Regional planning can and should incorporate these resources as a central
value. This seminar will explore strategies and examples of planning for
cultural and scenic resource protection. Back
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Other Seminar Topics:
Regional Focus
Regional Planning Tools
Strategies for Regional Planning
Impacts of Regional planning