Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
California State Publications
Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America
Author: James D. KornwolfPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801859861
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.
Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture
Author: Open-file Report
Author: The DIVAD Archaeological Project
Author: Raymond P. MauldinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Living with Farm Creek and the Reconciliation of a Laden Landscape
Author: Irene Estelle MillerPublisher: Irene Estelle Miller
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Recent trends in East Peoria, Illinois have seen new commercial developments replacing former industrial and manufacturing properties as well as naturalized floodplains. New development pressures have consumed properties located more inland, creeping toward the historic town center. Meanwhile, a former manufacturing site adjacent to the historic downtown has been developed into a large-lot shopping center and declared East Peoria’s ‘new downtown,’ sucking many businesses out of the historic downtown, which, as a result, has been left compromised in the midst of the new developments. Following construction of major highway infrastructure in the 1950s, housing availability in and near downtown has continued to shrink, quality has plummeted, and the increased attention given to roadway infrastructure has eroded pedestrian connections near the city center. The lack of housing in the city center has contributed to increased numbers of personal vehicles on the roads, causing congestion, wider streets, larger parking lots, and fewer pedestrians and cyclists. Unfortunately, the recent increase in large-lot development has been compromising Farm Creek as well. Frequent flash flooding in the past led to damming, channelizing, and leveeing of the creek, causing the unwanted side-effects of increased sedimentation and water loads to the Illinois River, loss of floodplain habitats, and an eyesore that characterizes East Peoria as a whole. Despite this, Farm Creek is an under-utilized, under-recognized, and almost unknown asset in East Peoria. With its proximity to the historic and new downtowns, recent commercial developments, Illinois Riverfront, parks, schools, and neighborhoods, Farm Creek sits in a prime location to become an important artery that connects the community. Not only does the creek represent the geological and cultural history of East Peoria, but it has the potential to become a starting point that initiates sustainable development in the city’s future. Through green infrastructure and ecological urbanist principles, this project aims to restore Farm Creek to a naturalized floodplain as much as possible, and to preserve and rehabilitate the historic downtown while introducing a dense, walkable, well-connected, mixed-use development that includes housing, open space, and recreation in order to address issues with sprawl, congestion, inequality, and poor public transportation infrastructure.
Resources in Education
Author: American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas
Author: Veronica E. Velarde TillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian reservations
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Foreign assistance and related programs appropriations for 1987
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related ProgramsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1706
Book Description
Bibliography of United States Landslide Maps and Reports
Author: Christopher S. AlgerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landslides
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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