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<title>Department of Urban and Regional Planning</title><link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/</link><description>News from the University of Florida's Department of Urban and Regional Planning</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:14:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pelham lecture will focus on impacts of Florida’s growth management legislation</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/thomas-pelham-lecture</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thomas G. Pelham, secretary of the Florida Department of Community Affairs, will speak about the real and potential impacts of Florida’s new growth management legislation on Thursday at the University of Florida.

The annual Ernest R. Bartley Memorial Lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. in Bless Auditorium at 100 Williamson Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/thomas-pelham-lecture</guid>
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<title>Community Service and Education: Mapping Poverty in Alachua County</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/alachua-poverty</link>
<description><![CDATA[In support of the mission of the Alachua County’s Poverty Reduction Advisory Board, the students of URP4273 Survey of Planning Information Systems Spring 2009 Class used Geographic Information Science (GIS) to identify areas of highest levels of poverty in Alachua County.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/alachua-poverty</guid>
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<title>URP Awarded Grant for a National Childhood Obesity Prevention GIS</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/obesity-prevention-gis-grant</link>
<description><![CDATA[This past February several faculty members of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning began work on a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to plan a Childhood Obesity Prevention Geographic Information System.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/obesity-prevention-gis-grant</guid>
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<title>Message from the Planning Advisory Council Chair - May 2009</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/urp-advisory-council-chair-message-may-2009</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Advisory Council just completed a very successful 2008-2009 year as did the URP Program. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/urp-advisory-council-chair-message-may-2009</guid>
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<title>DCA’s Secretary Thomas G. Pelham Visits UF Department of Urban and Regional Planning</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/pelham</link>
<description><![CDATA[On January 23, 2009, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning welcomed the State of Florida’s Department of Community Affairs Secretary, Thomas G. Pelham and Charles Gauthier, Director of the Division of Community Planning.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/pelham</guid>
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<title>Chair's Message - May 2009</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/may-09-chair-message</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Department continues its growth and expansion.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/may-09-chair-message</guid>
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<title>UF hosts symposium debating costs of sustainable development in Fla.</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/planning-day-symposium-2009</link>
<description><![CDATA[The department of urban and regional planning in the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida hosted the symposium “Sustainable Development: Is Going Green Worth the Green?” on April 15 in the Reitz Union as part of the department's annual Planning Day.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/planning-day-symposium-2009</guid>
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<title>DCP-led team to exhibit at EPA sustainable design expo</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/2009-national-sustainable-design-expo1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host the 2009 National Sustainable Design Expo April 18 to 20 on the National Mall in Washington D.C., featuring student teams from the EPA's P3 Award competition. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/2009-national-sustainable-design-expo1</guid>
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<title>Talking water in Florida</title>
<link>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/talking-water-in-florida1</link>
<description><![CDATA[The College hosted the National Academy of Environmental Design’s Water and Sustainability Symposium Feb. 16 to 17, bringing academics and professionals in the design field together with scientists and engineers to identify needed legislation and other action for reducing water demand and improving water flow and quality.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/news/talking-water-in-florida1</guid>
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<title>Conference on urban issues in Latin America to be hosted by UF</title>
<link>http://news.ufl.edu/2009/01/16/conference-on-urban-issues-in-latin-america-to-be-hosted-by-uf/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The title of the 58th Annual Conference of the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies is “The Urban Divide in Latin America: Challenges and Strategies for Social Inclusion.” The conference will take place Jan. 28-30, 2009 at the Reitz Student Union on the UF campus. The conference is co-sponsored by the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://news.ufl.edu/2009/01/16/conference-on-urban-issues-in-latin-america-to-be-hosted-by-uf/</guid>
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<title>Two UF student teams win $10,000 EPA grants</title>
<link>http://insideuf.ufl.edu/2008/12/03/epa-grants/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two University of Florida teams received $10,000 grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop sustainability projects at opposite ends of the Earth: improving a reservoir that purifies stored rainfall for the village of Sissene, Burkina Faso, in Western Africa and measuring cellulosic ethanol production made from Florida pine forests.
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://insideuf.ufl.edu/2008/12/03/epa-grants/</guid>
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