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Historical Patterns of Land Protection in North-Central Massachusetts: The Emergence of a Greenway

• HF-ID: HF1993-10
• Category: Research Files
• Creator: Golodetz, A.D.
• Date: 1993
• Location: Massachusetts
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • thesis. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.

• Keywords: economics, geographic information systems, land use history, mapping, petersham history, recreation and protection, harvard forest history, conservation
• Abstract:
  • In north-central Massachusetts, the patterns of protected lands suggest a possible circular greenway, or conservation corridor. The patterns of ownership, acquisition history, and landscape of the protected lands illustrate how greenways are mosaics of land-uses and landscapes. Exploration of these patterns reveals how the mosaic of protected lands developed, why creation of a greenway is useful, and what conflicts arise in creating an interconnected system.

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