The rural landscapes of Lane County, Oregon, then and now : a case study of thirty years of landscape change
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Date
2012-09
Authors
Shirkey, Nina
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University of Oregon
Abstract
Rural landscapes have been slow to gain recognition as an important historic and
cultural resource. In 1982 a pioneering study of rural landscapes took place in Lane
County, Oregon. Despite the groundbreaking nature of this study, it has largely been
ignored in the years since its completion. The case study presented here is a reexamination
of a small portion of Lane County that was documented in the original
survey in order to determine the ways in which the rural landscape has changed over the
last thirty years. The findings of the comparison illustrate a picture of a rural landscape
that is changing in some subtle and not so subtle ways. This case study provides a better
understanding of the conditions of the rural landscape in Lane County and illuminates the
necessity to recognize the rural landscape as an important cultural resource.
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423 pages