I would like to thank the Colloquia Committee of Loyola University College of Law for inviting me to give this year’s Brendan Brown Lecture. I am honored to join a very distinguished list of prior lecturers. My lecture was inspired by my visit to the South Pacific on a United Nations mission in the summer of 2010. I travelled to Fiji, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. Each of these countries co...

The happiest teacher should have married ‘three wives’, namely: teaching, research and social service. I did so for the sake of mangroves: sites of ecological wonder and scenic splendor. Boat rides through the sun-dappled waterways in the mangrove forests attracted me. The breath-taking beauty of the coastal forest, with its arching roots, breathing roots, salt-vomiting leaves and ‘mud dancing’...

Scenic beauty is one of the most-commonly used indicators in inventory and assessment geosites for geoconservation, geoheritage management geotourism development. It an important driver tourists to visit natural areas it also provides support protection heritage. Previous studies on scenic mainly focused landscape preference physical characteristics that affect appreciation. The relationships b...

Planning frequently fails to include the valuation of public goods and services. This can have long-term negative economic consequences for a region. This is especially the case in mountainous regions such as the Alps, which depend on tourism and where land-use changes can negatively impact key ecosystem services and hence the economy. In this study, we develop a semi-automatic procedure to val...

The aesthetic design of mountain stream facilities has not received much attention in Taiwan. In recent years, addition to safety concerns, the focus increasingly been on landscape assessment or sense integration with environment. This research is first attempt use visual language translation qualitative analysis for facilities. method different from a traditional narrative analysis. It also ad...

Evaluation of the Greening Function at Lowered Road Median on Jalan Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Mantra, Bali. Mantra highway is one bypass roads in Bali that was created to avoid congestion southern side island This study aims evaluate function greening lowered median road and make recommendations as a solution. The method used observation with guidance assessment criteria obtain data shade, glare barr...