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Strom Thurmond Institute Documents: Recent submissions

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    • Status of tree ordinances in South Carolina 

      London, Donna; Duffy, Eileen.; Strom Thurmond Institute; South Carolina State Commission of Forestry. (South Carolina State Library, 2003-10)
      In order to support citizens’ efforts to move closer to healthy, stable, and tree-canopied surroundings, it is helpful to know which communities have ordinances and what they are regulating. A number of local governments ...

    • State pension funds : assets and obligations 

      Lewis, Bryan E.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1997-10-23)
      This paper examines the fiscal sustainability of the South Carolina Retirement Systems through fiscal year 2009-10. The trust funds of the South Carolina Retirement Systems are separate from the state general fund, the ...

    • State expenditures : projections to 2010 

      Strom Thurmond Institute; Hite, James C. (South Carolina State Library, 1997-10-23)
      What is offered here are not expenditure forecasts, which require forecasts of political decisions that no one can make with reliability. Rather, expenditure projections are offered given certain basic and plausible ...

    • A GIS-based analysis and prediction of parcel land-use change in a coastal tourism destination area 

      Allen, Jeffery S.; Lu, Kang Shou; Potts, Thomas D,; Strom Thurmond Institute; World Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism (South Carolina State Library, 1999-10-13)
      As an integrated part of the NASA/SC-EPSCoR Wetland Research Project involving three institutions in South Carolina, this study focuses on the land-use change and its impacts. The overall purpose is to better understand ...

    • Land use conflicts on the urban fringe : causes and potential resolution 

      Hite, Jim; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1998)
      The outline of the paper is as follows: We begin with a brief section defining the main terms. We will then examine globalization in history, its causes and its consequences for urban land uses. We will then turn to ...

    • Land cover classification in the Upstate South Carolina and the Saluda-Reedy Watershed 

      Allen, Jeffery; Sperry, Stephen; Pasula, Arvind; Patki, Vrunda; Lu, Kang Shou; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2006-08)
      The study addressed land use and land cover changes in the Upstate region of South Carolina over a 15-year period. This region consists of the following counties: Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, ...

    • Modeling growth and predicting future developed land in the upstate of South Carolina 

      Campbell, Craig E.; Allen, Jeffery; Lu, Kang Shou; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2007-11)
      For this study a comparable model, with some improvements, was developed to predict where the growth is most likely to occur through the year 2030 for eight counties in the Upstate region of South Carolina. A geographic ...

    • Planning for college : a comprehensive guide for South Carolina families 

      Watt, Catherine E.; Strom Thurmond Institute. Alliance for Research on Higher Education (South Carolina State Library, 2008-10-22)
      This resource by the Alliance for Research on Higher Education is for families seeking information about accessing higher education opportunities in South Carolina. This incisive and objective publication targets South ...

    • The impact of Alcoa Mt. Holly on Berkeley County, the Trident Region, and the remainder of South Carolina 

      Strom Thurmond Institute.; Clemson University. Regional Dynamics & Economic Modeling Laboratory (South Carolina State Library, 2011-06-20)
      The Alcoa Mt. Holly plant, located in Goose Creek in Berkeley County, South Carolina, generated an estimated impact of 996 jobs in Berkeley County during 2010, accounting for 2.7 percent of the county’s total employment ...

    • An economic analysis of low water levels in Hartwell Lake : final report 

      Allen, Jeffery S.; Carey, Robert T.; Dickes, Lori A.; Saltzman, Ellen Weeks; Allen, Corey N.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2010-11-08)
      This study examines the regional economic impacts of low lake levels on the six county region bordering Hartwell Lake.

    • Analysis of the S.C. Accountability Act & No Child Left Behind 

      Nielsen, Barbara Stock,1942-; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2003-08-28)
      This paper gives the particulars of the S.C. Accountability Act and the No Child Left Behind Act.

    • Fiscal sustainability in South Carolina : trends and issues 

      Saltzman, Ellen Weeks; Jim Self Center on the Future (South Carolina State Library, 2008-11)
      This report examines trends in state revenue and expenditures, especially during the last recession, and identifies current challenges to revenue and spending. The report also examines whether or not the state’s revenue ...

    • The fiscal sustainability of the South Carolina revenue and expenditure system, 1998-2010 

      Ulbrich, Holley H.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1999-03-15)
      In 1997, a team of researchers from the Strom Thurmond Institute generated projections of South Carolina General fund revenues and expenditures through fiscal year 2009-10, based on plausible assumptions about inflation, ...

    • The fiscal sustainability of the South Carolina revenue and expenditure system, 1997-2010 

      Ulbrich, Holley H.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1997-11-17)
      This fiscal sustainability project was undertaken in order to offer a basis for assessing the budgetary impact of recent and proposed legislative policy actions that might affect either state revenue or state expenditures. ...

    • The case of amending the U.S. Constitution to define rules for fighting global terrorism 

      Whitehurst, Clinton H.,1927-; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2006-11)
      This highlights reasons for changing the Constitution with regards to terrorism.

    • Ensuring a competitive revenue system for South Carolina : findings and conclusions from an evaluation of the South Carolina revenue system 

      Ulbrich, Holley H.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2005-11-18)
      The Strom Thurmond Institute explored government revenue in South Carolina from multiple perspectives: theoretical, historical, institutional, economic, political, and statistical. The research compared levels and distribution ...

    • Economic variables that influence plantation sustainability in South Carolinas’ coastal zone 

      Reynolds, Carolyn; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1999-12-09)
      The main focus of this study is to identify the key factors that have a significant impact on plantation land conversion in South Carolina. There are many factors that are influential in determining land conversion: land ...

    • Planning for the community forest in South Carolina 

      London, Donna S.; Ham, Donald L.; Strom Thurmond Institute; Jim Self Center on the Future (South Carolina State Library, 2006-07)
      South Carolina’s cities and counties are authorized to prepare and implement a comprehensive plan within their jurisdiction under the SC Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act. The comprehensive plan ...

    • South Carolina revenues and expenditures, historical trends and projections to 2010-11 

      Lanier, Louis R.; Saltzman, Ellen Weeks; Jim Self Center on the Future (South Carolina State Library, 2001-08-29)
      This report looks at South Carolina’s general fund revenues and expenditures— past, present, and future. It examines historical trends in the major components of state general fund revenues and expenditures and how the ...

    • South Carolina's state revenue sources 

      Ulbrich, Holley H.; Strom Thurmond Institute; Saltzman, Ellen Weeks (South Carolina State Library, 2006-05)
      The state of South Carolina relies on a diverse group of own-source revenue instruments, including individual and corporate income taxes, a retail sales tax, excise taxes, and other taxes, fees, and service charges, to ...