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Date of this Version
11-6-1987
Event Type
Lecture
Abstract
Miami: Where we are, where we are going Lecture Series
The Physical Environment
Friday, November 6, 1987 10:30AM – 12 noon
Speaker: Jack Parker
Miami is located in a unique natural environment, surrounded by water resources. Professor Jack Parker will explore the crisis South Florida faces as the Everglades suffer and the environment is threatened with overpopulation and pollution. Will there be sufficient drinking water and an enjoyable native habitat in the future?.
FIU Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies During the Fall of 1987 the Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies offered a lecture series titled, “Miami: Where we are, where we are going”, as part of the International Student Orientation Program. The pilot program was designed to give the students an introduction to Dade County and Miami from a variety of perspectives and was used to develop a liberal studies honors course, “Miami: an Urban Laboratory” (PUP3991) offered in the Fall of 1988. The lectures were presented by faculty scholars on the “State of Dade County and Miami” past, present, and future.
Recommended Citation
Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies, Florida International University and Parker, Jack, "Miami: Where we are, where we are going Lecture Series, The Physical Environment" (1987). University Videos. 434.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/fiu_video/434
Identifier
FIUA009677
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