A Message from the Editors
This volume of the Virginia Environmental Law Journal is something different: it presents the results of an exciting conference held at the University of Virginia School of Law in October 1999, “Managing Growth in the Twenty-first Century: Philosophies, Strategies, Institutions.” This conference was the first annual multidisciplinary conference to be hosted by the University of Virginia School of Law's Center for Environmental Studies. In this volume, you will find the latest scholarship in the legal and policy arenas regarding the nation's growth management strategies.
The Center for Environmental Studies at the University of Virginia School of Law promotes teaching, research, and policy development in environmental law. The Center is dedicated to interdisciplinary efforts to understand environmental problems at the local, regional, and global levels, and to devise effective solutions to those problems. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Center draws strength from a magnificent natural environment, the distinguished traditions of the Law School, and a range of quality environmental programs at both the graduate and undergraduate level across the University. Charlottesville also serves as the home to a number of distinguished environmental advocacy groups, including the Southern Environmental Law Center, giving students and faculty access to leading practitioners in the field.
The 1999 conference, “Managing Growth in the Twenty-first Century: Philosophies, Institutions, Strategies,” embodied the mission of the Center for Environmental Studies. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Center for Environmental Studies, the Virginia Environmental Law Journal, the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the Institute for Sustainable Design at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, and was attended by University students, academics and professionals from throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Anchored by the keynote address presented by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner, the two-day conference provided stimulating and provocative ideas and exchanges about our nation's urban growth issues. This volume presents many of those ideas and responses provided by presenters and commenters during the conference.
The second annual conference will be held this October, and will focus on public and private ownership of land as strategies in environmental protection. We hope that you enjoy these products of the first conference, and we cordially extend an invitation for you to join us for the second.
The Center for Environmental Studies at the University of Virginia School of Law promotes teaching, research, and policy development in environmental law. The Center is dedicated to interdisciplinary efforts to understand environmental problems at the local, regional, and global levels, and to devise effective solutions to those problems. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Center draws strength from a magnificent natural environment, the distinguished traditions of the Law School, and a range of quality environmental programs at both the graduate and undergraduate level across the University. Charlottesville also serves as the home to a number of distinguished environmental advocacy groups, including the Southern Environmental Law Center, giving students and faculty access to leading practitioners in the field.
The 1999 conference, “Managing Growth in the Twenty-first Century: Philosophies, Institutions, Strategies,” embodied the mission of the Center for Environmental Studies. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Center for Environmental Studies, the Virginia Environmental Law Journal, the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the Institute for Sustainable Design at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, and was attended by University students, academics and professionals from throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Anchored by the keynote address presented by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner, the two-day conference provided stimulating and provocative ideas and exchanges about our nation's urban growth issues. This volume presents many of those ideas and responses provided by presenters and commenters during the conference.
The second annual conference will be held this October, and will focus on public and private ownership of land as strategies in environmental protection. We hope that you enjoy these products of the first conference, and we cordially extend an invitation for you to join us for the second.
