Past Events

Fall 2003

November 7, 2003

• Mathias Ruth, University of Maryland. Urban Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and Adaptation

November 21, 2003

• Michael Jerrett, McMaster University, School of Geography & Geology

December 5, 2003

• Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute

September 26, 2003

• Hartmut S. Walter, University of California, Los Angeles. The Role of Place in Biogeography: A Progressive Perspective

October 10, 2003

• May Yuan, University of Oklahoma. Geographic Intelligence: From Representation to Discovery of Geographic Dynamics in GIS Databases

October 24, 2003

• Leland Saito, University of Southern California. Race, Economic Redevelopment and Historic Preservation in San Diego: The Case of Chinese Americans and African Americans
  

Spring 2003

April 10, 2003

• Diana Liverman talks on Globalization, Global Change, & the Mexican Environment in Leavey Library Auditorium.

February 24-28, 2003

• Dr. Roberto Segre, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. USC Provost's Distinguished Visitor Program: Cities and Architecture in Latin America: Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Havana.

February 12, 2003

• Dr. Michael Overcash, Professor of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University. Life Cycles and Industrial Ecology in Complex Urban Industrial Systems.
  
  The quantifications of complex systems typically envisioned for industrial ecology has led to a better understanding of how products can flow in an end-of-life phase. Life cycle is a tool for such quantification. In addition, it is necessary to explore the extent of reuse in the industrial sectors as a means to understand current behavior and viable economics. This seminar will provide examples of both fields of research.

Fall 2002

October 25 at 1pm - SGM 101

• Dr. V.L. Holland and Dr. Raul Cano of California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo will present results of their collaborative efforts to remediate hyrdocarbon contaminated groundwater through the restoration of a native dune plant community. This research at the Guadaloupe dunes in Central California combines phytoremediation with ecosystem restoration to produce what the presenters call "ecoremediation."
  
  For more information see: http://www.guaddunes.com/pilot.html

October 18, 2002

• Fiona Nagle, Conservation Biology Program, University of Minnesota. Conservation land use laws in island landscapes: planning and decision-making for conflicting land uses.