Abstract
The contemporary American rural landscape reflects a mix of ongoing economic changes in agricultural land use, population change, and built environments. The mix depends on past and recent change which represent landscapes of memory and silence to those experiencing economic and demographic renaissance. We develop a typology of five stages that reflect the contemporary rural scene and conduct field transects in Northwest Iowa and Central Maine. Features of the dynamics in rural America are evident in photographs of residences, land use changes, and commercial structure. The study calls for additional studies on rural settlement populations, economies, and society in different environmental settings.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-23-2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/land9030094
Repository Citation
Holcomb, Jason P.; Frederic, Paul; and Brunn, Stanley D., "A Visual Typology of Abandonment in Rural America: From End-of-Life to Treading Water, Recycling, Renaissance, and Revival" (2020). Geography Faculty Publications. 23.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/geography_facpub/23
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Land, v. 9, issue 3, 94.
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