Emerging Issues Along Urban-Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society (405 pages)

March 13-16, 2005. Atlanta, GA. The following papers and abstracts represent the tangible outputs from an international conference on natural resource issues at the urban/rural interface that was held in Atlanta during March, 2005. The reasons for holding the conference were threefold. Given the immense potential for degradation of natural resources by urban sprawl at local, regional, and global scales, an urgent need exists to (1) identify the most critical facets of the urban sprawl phenomenon and (2) design new research approaches with the capability to embrace the very complex nature of urban/rural interactions. Finally, it was obvious that any progress toward needs (1) and (2) was heavily dependent on success with (3), i.e. bringing together representatives of the many disciplines involved with urban sprawl issues.

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