Abstract

Lake and Golf Residential Deterministic Model for the Oconee Watershed
Track: Environmental Management
Author(s): Matias Nardi, Stephen Sperry, Todd Davis

Lake gentrification is a major issue confronting planning. With the boomers aging, there is pressure on water resources by retirement homes. In South Carolina, Lakes Jocassee, Keowee and Hartwell, are experiencing these issues. This paper demonstrates the development of a deterministic model to find the most suitable lake and golf areas for development in the Seneca Creek Watershed. The study framework follows Carl Steinitz's Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes. The model explores the criteria underlying land use location for high-end property in a fragile environmental region through a deterministic approach in which a set of criteria combine to produce a mapped index of priority based on different selected variables by the researcher and not randomly as in a probabilistic model. The display of the deterministic variables through tables, combined with the mapping capacity of ArcGIS, allow the region's stakeholders to assess the impact of future development decisions in the watershed.

Matias Nardi
Clemson University
262 Barre Hall
Applied Economics and Statistics
Clemson , South Carolina 29634
United States
Phone: (864) 650 3282
Fax: (864) 656 5776
E-mail: mnardi@clemson.edu

Stephen Sperry
Clemson University
121 Lee Hall Box 340511
Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture
Clemson , South Carolina 29634-0511
United States
Phone: (864) 656-3536
E-mail: sperrys@clemson.edu

Todd Davis
Clemson University
285 Barre Hall
Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
Clemson , South Carolina 29631
United States
Phone: (864) 656-5777
E-mail: tddavis@clemson.edu