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School of Natural Resources and Environment

Land Use Activities

Jim Cato

SNRE Senior Associate Dean and Director

Website:snre.ufl.edu

School of Natural Resources and Environment

• Campus-wide

• Involves faculty from 11 colleges and units

• Hosted by CALS/IFAS

SNRE Programs

• Academic degrees– Environmental Science– Interdisciplinary Ecology

• Research and Outreach/Extension– Grants and contracts– Organized outreach (NRLI, NATA, PREC)

People and Land Use Strategies (PLUS) Faculty Workgroup

• Organized to provide interdisciplinary research and education

• About 70 faculty across nine colleges

Linking science, policy, and business for creative land management solutions

• http://snre.ufl.edu/research/plus.htm

• Some key areas of interest– Land use ecology– Planning, design, construction of built environment– Policy, institutional and legal aspects– Land use planning and training

• Almost all PLUS projects require funding

People and Land Use Strategies (PLUS) Faculty Workgroup

Current Project Example

Hamilton County • Donor funded• Three-year project

– Economic development– Community involvement– Planning for the future

Socioeconomic, Agricultural, Natural Resource Indicators and Trends

• Visual presentation through maps• Affordable housing• Poverty levels• Housing values• Demographic indicators• Recreational opportunities• Household incomes• Employment• Wildlife habitat• Extension workshops

Citizen and Local Government Perceptions and Attitudes

• Assessment of needs– Conditions affecting local citizen well-being

• Extension workshops• Extension Business

Retention and Expansion Program

Economic Impact Analysis

• Defines role of agriculture and natural resource based industries

• Measure income change potential from new (or lost) industries

Land Use Scenarios• Up to 10 alternative future land use scenarios from potential development

• Plan concepts for most preferred scenarios

• Detailed concept plans for three towns in the county

Participants

• SNRE– Jim Cato, Nancy Peterson

• IFAS– Allen Tyree (HCED), Mark Brennan (FYCS), Laila Racevskis, Hank Cothran, David Mulkey

(FRE)• College of Design, Construction and Planning

– Peggy Carr, Paul Zwick, Tina Gurucharri (GEOPlan Center)

Questions and Discussion