Cultural landscapes : balancing nature and heritage in preservation practice / Richard Longstreth, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Longstreth, Richard W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape assessment.

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Landscape protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Preservation has traditionally focused on saving prominent buildings of historical or architectural significance. Preserving cultural landscapes-the combined fabric of the natural and man-made environments-is a relatively new and often misunderstood idea among preservationists, but it is of increasing importance. The essays collected in this volume-case studies that include the Little Tokyo neighborhood in Los Angeles, the Cross Bronx Expressway, and a rural island in Puget Sound-underscore how this approach can be fruitfully applied. Together, they make clear that a cultural landscape perspec

Contents:

Landscape preservation and cultural geography / Julie Riesenweber

The politics of preservation : power, memory, and identity in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo / Hillary Jenks

Cross-Bronx : the urban expressway as cultural landscape / Michael Caratzas

The American summer youth camp as a cultural landscape / Courtney P. Fint

Wild lands and wonders : preserving nature and culture in national parks / Bonnie Stepenoff

Mediating ecology and history : rehabilitation of vegetation in Oklahoma's Platt Historic District / Heidi Hohmann

A continuum and process framework for rural historic landscape preservation : revisiting Ebey's Landing on Whidby Island, Washington / Nancy D. Rottle

Natural and cultural resources : the protection of vernacular landscapes / Susan Calafate Boyle

Cultural landscapes : venues for community-based conservation / Susan Buggey and Nora Mitchell

Management for cultural landscape preservation : insights from Australia / Randall Mason

Are we there yet? : travels and tribulations in the cultural landscape / Robert Z. Melnick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780816656486

0816656487

OCLC:

476156650