A study of the effects of business activity diversity on economic growth in small towns, as a consideration to landscape architectural site programming

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dc.contributor.authorWoods, John D.en
dc.contributor.departmentLandscape Architectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:31:28Zen
dc.date.adate2009-03-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:31:28Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2009-03-12en
dc.date.sdate2009-03-12en
dc.description.abstractDuring the past 40 years, landscape architects and other designers have used many approaches for economic revitalization of deteriorating commercial centers. Examples of projects designed to revive sluggish downtown economies have shown varied, and often uninspiring, results in stimulating downtown economies. This problem is most pronounced in rural communities. The ineffectiveness of these designs stems, in part, from the failure of landscape architects to apply economic theory to the design of physical space. This study explores the role that business activity diversity plays in the maintenance of economic stability and growth, as a means to find clues to possible revitalization strategies. This analysis of business activity patterns in Virginia cities and counties, indicates that diversity among a community's businesses contributes to that community's economic health and resistance to obsolescence induced by changing economic patterns. Site programming must be conducted to support intended business activities in a way that improves their survivability and growth potential. Through this, and future research, the field of landscape architecture must move toward the design of space that supports diversity in economic activities. Landscape architects must respond with the same sensitivity to economic environments that they have shown toward aesthetic, ecological and social environments in the past.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Landscape Architectureen
dc.format.extentviii, 189 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03122009-041845en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122009-041845/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41529en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.W679.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22649921en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.W679en
dc.subject.lcshCentral business districtsen
dc.subject.lcshLandscape architectureen
dc.subject.lcshUrban renewalen
dc.titleA study of the effects of business activity diversity on economic growth in small towns, as a consideration to landscape architectural site programmingen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineLandscape Architectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Landscape Architectureen

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