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Charlottesville, Commonwealth of Virginia
population 40,745
Posted in Transitional Landscapes
Tagged Charlottesville, city, country, landscape, landuse, Monticello, rural, town, transitional, United States, University of Virginia, Virginia
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Kweneng, Botswana
Cattle raising is traditional in Botswana, and the National Herd numbers in the millions. Corn and sorghum are widely grown, as are millet, beans and pulses. However, Botswana has to import a majority of its food due to several environmental … Continue reading
Posted in Rural Landscapes
Tagged Africa, agriculture, Botswana, Kweneng, landscape, landuse, rural
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Plocki, Mazowieckie, Poland
A typical rural European landscape characterized by mixed agricultural practice and the open field system, also known as strip farming. This field system has its origins in the Medieval period, when it was a direct product of the collective ownership … Continue reading
Posted in Rural Landscapes
Tagged agriculture, Europe, landscape, landuse, Mozowieckie, Plocki, Poland, rural
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Colonial Heritage III: Soviet Central Asia
In its long and colorful history, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics became infamous for doing things with such intensity and on such a grand scale that it proved difficult for them to achieve their ultimate aims. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Rural Landscapes
Tagged agriculture, Amu Darya, Aral Sea, Boldumsaz, Central Asia, colonization, Dashoguz, Kazakhstan, landscape, landuse, Pavlodar, rural, Soviet Union, Turkmenistan
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Perspective
Luray, Page County, Virginia, United Sates of America, photographed from Massanutten Mountain, at an elevation of 2,800 feet. The same landscape as photographed by satellite, from an elevation of 32,705 feet.
Posted in Rural Landscapes
Tagged agriculutre, elevation, landscape, landuse, Luray, Page, perspective, River, rural, Shenandoah, United States, Valley, Virginia
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Breadbaskets
Each of the above images is taken of locations thought of as ‘breadbaskets’ for the regions in which they are located. What this means is essentially that they produce a significant portion of the grain/foodstuffs consumed by the people of … Continue reading
Posted in Rural Landscapes
Tagged agriculture, breadbasket, Bung Bon, Colonia Agricola Independencia, Dobrovelychkivs'kyi, food, grain, Haveli Lakha, Kansas, Kirovohrad, landscape, landuse, McPherson, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Pathum Thani, production, Punjab, rural, Sinaloa, Thailand, Ukraine, United Mexican States, United States, Yangoji
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Colonial Heritage I: the English Atlantic
When people move to another land, they carry their landuse traditions with them. The images above illustrate the results of this process as acted out by generations of English people on either side of the Atlantic. The image on the … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Camden, Colonial, England, English, heritage, landscape, landuse, North Carolina, rural, Shropshire, United Kingdom, United States
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By way of Introduction
During the middle years of the nineteenth century, the two most agriculturally productive counties in the United States were Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Rockingham, Virginia. Although both were highly productive, the former significantly outperformed the latter. This raises two related questions: … Continue reading
Posted in Rural Landscapes
Tagged 1800s, agriculture, economy, GLPS, history, introduction, Lancaster, landscape, landuse, Rockingham, rural, United States
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Global Landuse Pattern Survey 