The 2002 Environmental Design Practicum tasked Graduate Students to create a Future Land Use Plan for Flagler County Florida, a Coastal Development Scenario Plan, and a Redevelopment Plan for Downtown Flagler Beach.

Environmental Design Practicum is a collaborative research studio offered annually in the spring semester to graduate students from the Urban and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture Departments in the University of Florida's College of Design Construction and Planning. Professors are Tina Gurucharri of Landscape Architecture and Paul Zwick of Urban and Regional Planning. For this year's design practicum the Flagler County Study was conducted as an applied Geographic Information System (GIS) planning and design graduate studio integrating Urban and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture.

Objectives of the Environmental Design Practicum
 

To expose students to real-life environmental planning problems, placing emphasis on research, problem solving approaches, and processes.

To employ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in problem solving to expose students to its use within the design process.

Following is a list of graduate students in the Environmental Design Practicum from their respective departments:

 Landscape Architecture Department

 
Urban and Regional Planning Department

This year's project challenged the class to create a Coastal Development Scenario, a Flagler Beach Downtown Redevelopment plan and a Future Land Use Plan for Flagler County Florida. The project began with a target date for the future land use plan of 2050. However, during the course of the work it became evident that the resulting plan had the potential to serve as a destination plan for Flagler. This was due to the following: the resulting plan's capacity to accommodate population growth well in excess of that projected for 2050, and the discovered need to protect existing agricultural and conservation lands as non-renewable resources.

I.   Develop A Flagler County Future Land Use Plan
II.  Create Coastal Development Scenarios
III. Create A Flagler Beach Downtown Redevelopment Plan

County Presentation Slide Show (zipped) pdf format

County Poster Presentation

Our intent was to create a future land use plan that would accommodate 230,000 people by the year 2050, for a projected growth of 180,000 new residents.

Considerations for the Flagler County Future Land Use Plan
*Delineation of Conservation and Protected Areas
*Delineation of Agricultural Land Uses Areas
*Land Use and Density in Developable Areas
*Recreational Opportunities

The Goals of the Future Land Use Plan are:

Individual student projects include: 

* Mass Transit

* Bunnell Land Use Concepts

II. Create Coastal Development Scenarios

Coastal Presentation Slide Show (web) htm format

Coastal Presentation Slide Show (zipped) pdf format

Coastal Poster Presentation

Our intent was to evaluate and test the Corridor Management Plans (CMP) for Flagler County to determine potential enhancements, incorporating the projected growth for the year 2050.

The Goals of the Coastal Development Scenarios are:

Flagler Beach Presentation Slide Show (web) htm format

Flagler Beach Presentation Slide Show (zipped) pdf format

Flagler Beach Poster Presentation

Our intent was to mitigate stormwater problems in Flagler Beach while maintaining 'Old Florida' Character.

The Goals of the Flagler Beach Downtown Redevelopment Plan are:

Opportunity 1: Temporarily reroute traffic from A1A to one-way pairs for special occasions.

Opportunity 2: Beach front green space running entire length of Flagler Beach

Opportunity 3: Utilize the potential of the SR100 gateway into Flagler Beach.

Final Report
Final report describing in detail the Studio's Goals Objectives and Procedures.

Acknowledgments

The 2002 Environmental Design Practicum Students would like to thank the Florida Department of Transportation and the Florida Geographic Data Library, for providing accurate and up to date geographic information.