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| LSU professor honored with Fulbright Chair, extends LSU’s reach to Portugal Subsequently, that award—the 2003 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Landscape Architecture/Urban Planning—provides for him a three-month period during the fall 2003 semester at the University of Algarve’s School of Natural Resources Engineering in Portugal. There, he will join faculty from the University of Algarve to teach design studio and seminar classes in urban design and urban park planning for undergraduates. He will also advise students and consult with the faculty on curriculum development. With its tourist industry surging, the town is looking for a balance between protecting its history and preparing for its future. “The city is under intense pressure to expand tourism development, potentially erasing and wholly supplanting valuable coastal wetlands, cultural structures, and artifacts, including 2,000-year-old salt mining lagoons and historical structures dating back to times of Phoenician, Roman, and Moorish settlements,” Sharky said. During its occupation by the Moors, Tavira was considered of great importance because of its fishing industry. Its river was of considerable importance, shipping produce such as salt, dried fish, and wine. Then came the earthquake of 1755. In its wake, virtually every building in the town was destroyed. While Sharky and his students work to accommodate Tavira’s needs, they are also working on building a relationship between LSU’s School of Landscape Architecture and the University of Algarve. In making its recommendation for the chair award, the University of Algarve hopes to establish a relationship that would lead to long-term student and faculty exchanges. In addition, undergraduates of Algarve would be able to pursue a master’s in landscape architecture at LSU. Written by Josh Duplechain | University
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Recently,
LSU professor of 
Outside
of the classroom, Sharky, along with a group of LSU students, will
focus on protecting the cultural resources of Tavira, a small town
on the southern coast of Portugal. Together, Sharky and his LSU
students will develop comprehensive strategies for incorporating
the cultural and historical resources of Tavira’s coastal,
urban setting with its existing greenway and open-space systems.
Since
then, the town has been rebuilt with 18th-century buildings and
37 churches. Tavira’s reliance on the fishing industry decreased
and then disappeared after the migration patterns of tuna changed.
Today, the population of nearly 20,000 supports a military base,
and the once-rural surrounding areas are being developed into golf
courses and tourist attractions.
