The Appalachian cultural landscape along the New River

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dc.contributor.authorMellen, E. Garnetten
dc.contributor.departmentLandscape Architectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:37:26Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:37:26Zen
dc.date.issued1994en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-10en
dc.date.sdate2009-06-10en
dc.description.abstractThe regional landscape of Appalachian was a testing ground for a method to define cultural landscape. Landscape Architects and land planners can learn from the existing landscape about the aesthetics and environmental constraints of an area to design and plan in such a way as to complement and strengthen regional character. This document describes in seven chapters the study undertaken to identify patterns in the cultural landscape along the New River. Chapter one introduces the study. Chapter Two explains the physical setting of the four physiographic provinces through which the New River flows. Chapter Three briefly gives an overview of the historical social context of the New River Corridor. Chapter Four describes the eleven sites surveyed as part of this research. The methods of the study are described in Chapter Five. The results of the research survey and statistical analysis are reported in Chapter Six. Lastly, Chapter Seven describes the current land uses within the four provinces, identifies the similarities between the landscape of the Blue Ridge and Great Valley Provinces and the dissimilarity of the Ridge and Valley and Allegheny Plateau Provinces. This chapter discusses how land planning profession could work to strengthen the Appalachian region along the New River and other regions with a unique cultural landscape.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Landscape Architectureen
dc.format.extentvii, 103 leaves (1 folded)en
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06102009-063233en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102009-063233/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42997en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.M455.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 30832031en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.M455en
dc.subject.lcshDwellings -- Appalachian Region, Southernen
dc.subject.lcshNew River (NC-W Va) -- Description and travelen
dc.subject.lcshNew River Watershed (NC-W Va) – Historyen
dc.titleThe Appalachian cultural landscape along the New Riveren
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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