10th International
Interdisciplinary
Conference on the Environment
Boston / USA
64 Arlington Street, Boston, MA
021116-3912, USA
Telephone: 800-225-2008, Fax: 617-423-1708
2004 CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
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Session Time Allocations: Each session is 90
minutes long. Each presenter should take no more than 20 minutes and, for each
paper discussion, discussants should take no more than 5 minutes. The remaining
time should be available for open discussion.
Session Chairs: Assume
overall responsibility for your session. Make an effort to contact the session
participants before the meeting. Inform them that each presentation room will
be equipped with an overhead projector. Ask them if they have any special needs
relating to their presentation and/or discussion. Arrive at the session room 10
minutes in advance and make sure that it is properly equipped. Welcome and
introduce the participants. Start the session on time and adhere to the time
schedule. Discussants should follow presenters. Moderate the open discussion to
the best of your ability.
Presenters: Stay within the allotted time even
though it may not be enough! Be well prepared. For audio-visual equipment other than overhead
projectors, which will be provided in all meeting rooms, contact the Conference
Registration Desk. You must have your session number, day, and time before
equipment can be reserved. All arrangements and charges for such equipment are
your responsibility. Please do not just read your paper. Your presentation of
main points, methods, and conclusions should lead to a fruitful discussion
during and after the session. Make available copies of your paper.
Discussants: Be prepared to offer your
"positive" remarks first. Then offer any "negative" remarks
in a constructive way. Stay within the allotted time. If you cannot meet your
commitment, please make an effort to find a substitute discussant, and contact
the registration desk as well as the session chair immediately. Please
contribute as much as you can to the discussion of all papers. If the session's
chair is absent, the last discussant listed should take on the role of the
chair.
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WEDNESDAY: June 30, 2004:
Pre-Conference Reception, 7 PM
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REGISTRATION AND
CONTACT TIME/COFFEE/LIGHT FARE
8:00-8:45 AM Room: Cambridge
Room
Date: 7-1 Time: 8:45-10:00 AM Room: Cabot
Session [1]: Women’s Roles in
Environmental Policy
Panel A
Brenda Bushell1
Masashi Institute of Technology, Japan
“Perspectives on Women’s Roles
in the Environment: Voices from Nepal”
Linda Hadfield2
Greengauge Consultancy, England
“Women and the Environment in
the U.K.: The Women’s Environmental Network”
Chair: Ram Vemuri
Discussants: 1Dylan
McGee, 2Ram Vemuri
Contact Time/Coffee/Tea Break
10:00-10:30 AM Room: Cambridge
Room
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Date: 7-1 Time: 8:45-10:00 AM Room: Charles River
Session [2]: Radical Politics –
Could It Be A Green Legacy?
Panel B
Giorel Curran1
Griffith University, Australia
“21st Century
Dissent: Anarchism, Environmentalism and Anti-globalism”
Eric J. Fitch2
Marietta College, Ohio
“Right Action and the Extremism
Environment: A Common Environmental Catechism,
Fundamentalism and Political”
Chair: Peter Schultz
Discussants: 1Mahbub
Kabir, 2Beverly Kracher
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Date: 7-1 Time: 10:30-11:45
AM Room: Cabot
Session [3]: Making Use of
International Interdisciplinary Opportunities
Panel A
Kimberly Reiter1
Delaware State University,
Delaware
“The International Interaction
Initiative (I3): Discussion of Environmental and Other International
Issues among College Classes in
Different Countries”
Tracy Farrell2
School of Field Studies,
Massachusetts
“An Academic Model for
Interdisciplinary Environmental Education and Problem Solving in
Costa Rica: A Case Study of the
School of Field Studies”
Chair: Michael Reiter
Discussants: 1Linda
Hadfield, 2Michael Reiter
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Date: 7-1 Time: 10:30-NOON Room: Charles River
Session [4]: Assessing the
Environment: Physical, Political and Social Motivations
Panel B
Vishwanie Maharaj1
South Atlantic Fisheries
Management Council, South
Carolina
“Globalization Effects on the
Shrimp Industry in the South Atlantic”
C. Dylan McGee2
Assumption College,
Massachusetts
“Mercury Emissions and the
International Trade Debate”
Meenal Shrivastava3
Univ. of Witwatersrand, South
Africa
“Interest Groups and
Environmental Policy Making in South Africa and India: ‘Engendering
the Debate’”
Chair: C. Dylan McGee
Discussants: 1N.
Rajalakshmi, 2Mahbub Kabir, 3Giorel Curran
Lunch Break/Open Time
NOON - 1:30 PM
Attendees are encouraged
to explore and enjoy the local restaurants!
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Date: 7-1 Time: 1:30-2:45 PM Room: Charles River
Session [5]: Policy Considerations: Several International
Views
Panel A
M.L. Agrawal1
B. Maitra
Indian Institute of Technology,
India
M.K. Ghose
Regional Remote Sensing Service
Center, India
“GIS Based Highway Traffic Noise
Analysis for Land Use Planning”
Richard Hunt2
Worcester State College,
Massachusetts
“The Cleavage Model and Governor
Jane Swift”
Siva Ram Vemuri3
Charles Darwin University,
Australia
“Improving Environments through
People Management”
Chair: Ward Thomas
Discussants: 1Richard
Hunt, 2Laurence McGlinn, 3Ward Thomas
Contact Time/Coffee/Tea Break
3:00-3:25 PM Room: Cambridge
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Date: 7-1 Time: 1:30-2:45 PM Room: Cabot
Session [6]: Gender and the
Environment
Panel A
Vijaya Gupta1
Neelima Naik
National Institute of Industrial
Engineering, India
Meenal Shrivastava
Univ. of Witwatersrand, South
Africa
“Indian Women and Environment:
Vulnerability: Efforts and Opportunities”
Beverly Kracher2
Creighton University, Nebraska
“Women, Business, Government and
the Environment: A Voice from the Plains”
Chair: Rosalind Malcolm
Discussants: 1Brenda
Bushell, 2Ronald Sandler
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Date: 7-1 Time: 1:30-2:45 PM Room: Cambridge
Session [7]: Roundtable Discussion
Topic: Environmental Education and the World Job Market
Moderator: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Director
of Career Service
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts
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Date: 7-1 Time: 3:00 - 4:30 PM Room: Charles River
Session [8]: Keynote
Keynote
Barry Chernoff
Wesleyan University, Connecticut
“Challenges and Opportunities
for the Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems in the Neotropics”
Introduction: Demetri Kantarelis
The evening is open to enjoy Boston and especially our
nearby historic and theater districts!
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FRIDAY: July 2, 2004
REGISTRATION AND CONTACT
TIME/COFFEE/LIGHT FARE
8:00-8:45 AM Room: Cambridge
Room
Date: 7-2 Time: 8:45-10:15 AM Room: Cabot
Session [9]: Effects of Economic
Growth on the Environment: Some Considerations
Panel A
Temidayo Gabriel Apata1
M.A.Y Rhaj
University of Ibadan
O. Arowojolu
Univ. of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
“Factors Influencing Poverty in
Oil Producing Areas of Ondo State,
Nigeria”
Anthony Lumby2
Pranushka Naidoo
Univ. of Kwa Zulu-
Natal, South Africa
“Economic Growth and the
Environment: A Review of the Environmental Kuznets Curve”
Rosalind Malcolm3
University of Surrey, England
“Consumption and Production
Patterns: The Need for a New Regulatory Approach”
Bekir Parlak4
Uluda University, Turkey
Mustafa Ökmen
Celal Bayar University, Turkey
“An Agenda for Urban Air Pollution
of Environmental Problems and Policies: The Turkish Case”
Chair: John Trefry
Discussants: 1Brenda
Bushell, 2Eric Fitch, 3Peter
Schultz, 4Ward Thomas
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Date: 7-2 Time: 8:45-10:15 AM Room: Charles River
Session [10]: Presentation/Discussion
Panel B
Michael A. Reiter
Delaware State University,
Delaware
“Using Fuzzy Logic to Analyze
Integrated Interdisciplinary ‘Four Component’
Resource
Management Models”
Discussants: Ileana Espejel and
Mahbub Kabir
Contact Time/Coffee/Tea Break
10:00-10:30 AM Room: Cambridge
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Date: 7-2 Time: 10:30-Noon Room: Cabot
Session [11]: Science and History: Putting
Pollution in Context
Panel A
Emily Monosson1
Mt. Holyoke College,
Massachusetts
“Toxicology and Chemical
Mixtures: Can a Single Chemical Science Address this Complex Issue?”
Ileana M. Prejbeanu2
Florinel Badulescu
Ioan Berila
Daniel Georgescu
Petrica Badea
Michael Schenker
Univ. of Medicine and Pharmacy
of Craiova, Romania
“The Dynamics of Nitrogenous
Compounds in Environmental Factors and Their Influence
on Human Health in South-Western
Romania”
Ward F. Thomas3
California State University –
Northridge, California
“Air Pollution in Post-World War
II Los Angeles”
Chair: Gary O’Donovan
Discussants: 1Ileana
Prejbeanu, 2Emily Monosson, 3Carl
Herrgesell
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Date: 7-2 Time: 10:30-Noon Room: Charles River
Session [12]: Workshop [It is not necessary to have been present at Session 8]
Panel B
Michael A. Reiter
Delaware State University,
Delaware
Workshop:
“Using Fuzzy Logic to Analyze
Integrated Interdisciplinary ‘Four Component’ Resource
Management Models”
Lunch Break/Open Time
12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM
Attendees are encouraged
to explore and enjoy the local restaurants!
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Date: 7-2 Time: 1:30-3:00 PM
Room: Cabot
Session [13]: Messages in Nature: Interpretations
Panel B
Paul Bruno1
Providence College, Rhode Island
“Nature as Emergent Probability:
How Longergan Provides a Framework for the Integration
of Human and Non-Human”
Ronald Sandler2
Northeastern University,
Massachusetts
“Ethical Naturalism and Virtue or What Difference Does Our Rationality
Make?”
P.V. Viswanath3
Michael Szenberg
Pace University, New York
“Contemporary Environmental
Policy: Biblical Lessons”
Chair: P.V. Viswanath
Discussants: 1Beverly
Kracher, 2P.V. Viswanath, 3Patrick
Corrigan
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Date: 7-2 Time: 1:30-3:00 PM Room: Charles River
Session [14]: Perceptions of Nature: What We Think
We Know
Panel B
Temidayo G. Apata1
J. Lawoye
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
O. Arowojolu
Univ. of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
“Bitumen Exploitation on
Resource Use and Livelihood Activities of Rural Households in Nigeria”
Guanghwa A. Chang2
Youngstown University, Ohio
Yeong Nain Chi
Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries,
Louisiana
“An Examination of Public
Attitudes toward Forest Resources”
Linda Hadfield3
Greengauge Consultancy, England
“Modifying Perceptions: The U.K.
Public Debate on Genetic Modification”
Chair: Kimberly Reiter
Discussants: 1Meenal
Shrivastava, 2Robert Leverett, 3Emily Monosson
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Date: 7-2 Time: 1:30-3:00 PM Room: Cambridge
Session [15]: Roundtable Discussion
Topic: Information Technology and Globalization
Moderator: Carl
Herrgesell
Real
Time Enterprises, Inc., New York
Contact Time/Coffee/Tea Break
3:00-3:15 PM Room: Cambridge
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Date: 7-2 Time: 3:15-4:15 PM Room: Charles River
Session [16]: Keynote
Keynote
John H. Trefry
Dept. of Marine and
Environmental Systems
Florida Institute of Technology,
Florida
“Arctic Oil”
Introduction: Kevin Hickey
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Date: 7-2 Time: 4:30-6:00 PM
Room: Cambridge
Session [17]: IEA Annual Meeting Everyone Invited
Discussion: IEA Constitution/Bylaws
Election
of Officers
Committee
Selections
Site
Discussion for 2005
Session [18]: IEA Dinner 7:00-9:00 PM
Room: Arlington
Dinner Speaker
Robert T. Leverett
Executive Director
Friends of the Mohawk Trail
State Forest, Massachusetts
“A New Forest Paradigm for
Massachusetts”
Introduction: Demetri Kantarelis
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SATURDAY: July 3, 2004
REGISTRATION AND CONTACT
TIME/COFFEE/LIGHT FARE
8:00-8:45 AM Room: Cambridge
Room
Date: 7-3 Time: 8:45-10:15
AM Room: Cabot
Session [19]: Water: Seen and Unseen Environmental
Issues
Panel A
Bayan G. Balt1
RCAAP, Republic of the
Philippines
“The Angus HydroElectric Power
Plants and the Ecology and Environment of Lake Lanao
in Mindanao, Southern
Philippines”
Alfonso Blanco2
Foundan Salem
Richard Gomez
George Mason University,
Virginia
“Hyperspectral Imaging of
Chlorophyll in the Caballo Reservoir in New Mexico”
Foundan Salem3
Nenas Kafatos
George Mason University,
Virginia
“Spectral Analysis for Oil Spill
Identification Using Hyperspectral Data”
Chair: Michael Reiter
Discussants: 1Michael
Reiter, 2Foundan Salem, 3Alfonso Blanco
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Date: 7-3 Time: 8:45-10:15 AM Room: Charles River
Session [20]: Stewardship or Management: Getting
What We Need
Panel A
Giorel Curran1
Griffith University, Australia
“Regenerating the Urban/Nature
Relationship: Sustainability Groups in Australia”
Eric J. Fitch2
Marietta College, Ohio
“Coastal Zone Management Act at
30 Years: The Ideal, the Practical and the Practice in the
United States, Canada and
Oceania”
Vishwanie Maharaj3
South Atlantic Fisheries
Management Council, South
Carolina
“Ecosystem Based Approach to
Fisheries Management”
N. Rajalakshmi4
University of Madras, India
“Sustainable Organisations of
Aquaculture for Proper Resource Utilisation – Balancing
Water and Soil Conflicts”
Chair: Mahbub Kabir
Discussants: 1Kimberly
Reiter, 2Ward Thomas,
3N. Rajalakshmi, 4Vishwanie Maharaj
Contact Time/Coffee/Tea Break
10:15-10:30 AM Room: Cambridge
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Date: 7-3 Time: 10:30-11:45
AM Room: Cabot
Session [21]: Education’s Changing Role in
Promoting Environmental Issues
Panel A
Bridget Lyons1
Sacred Heart University,
Connecticut
“Integrating Environmentally
Focused Service Learning into the Business and Economics
Curriculum”
Gary O’Donovan2
Kathy Gibson
University of Tasmania,
Australia
“Social and Environmental
Accounting in Tasmania – Taking It to the World”
Ileana Espejel3
Claudia Leyva
Evarista Areilano
Guillermo Aramburo
Roberto Martinez
Jose Luis Ferman
Conception Arredondo
Cecilia Lopez
The School of Science, Mexico
“Evaluating Interdisciplinary
Teaching and Research in Developing Countries”
Chair: Peter Schultz
Discussants: 1Eric
Fitch, 2Beverly Kracher, 3Michael Szenberg
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