This project is a test of the recurring dilemma of preparing a small town plan within a larger planning jurisdiction. The other specific issue raised in this paper is who establishes the desires or preferences of a small community. My theory was that education about planning could increase the community residents' understanding of the relationship between their various interest groups as well as the community and the county. The product of this project consists of a land use plan for Harrodsburg in Monroe County Indiana. When the project was finished little additional understanding of the basic principles was achieved. Additionally, the various interest groups in the community had difficulty relating to each others concerns when establishing the desires or preferences of a small community. / Department of Urban Planning

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Turnpike building in Greenbrier and Monroe counties coincided with the period of their springs' greatest development and prosperity. The development of both the springs and the turnpikes in this region reflected the cyclical nature of the national economy. The springs of Greenbrier and Monroe counties at the heart of the antebellum Virginia Springs Tour provided a seasonal internal marketplace for the region. Turnpikes were built primarily to connect these springs with each other and with the state's major road arteries through southwestern Virginia. Without other internal improvements prior to the Civil War, this region fared comparably with the rest of western Virginia and the state as a whole in their bid for state assistance for turnpikes. Generally turnpike investments at both the local and the state level provided better access to the springs. Though inextricably connected through the springs tour, Greenbrier and Monroe Counties fared differently in their struggle for internal improvements. / Master of Arts

The natural reefs of the world are experiencing higher use and pressures, resulting in anthropogenic impacts that are deteriorating many coral stands and creating poor water quality. The Florida Keys rely primarily on the reef system that surrounds the archipelago for their socioeconomic health and successful future. The Florida Keys shares the symbiotic relationship of the terrestrial and marine realms with many other states and countries and the experience of higher demand on the resource. Artificial reefs could provide a substitute to the natural reefs for commercial and recreational users. An increased demand for derelict vessels of the U.S. Navy and Maritime Administration has illustrated the popularity of their use as artificial reefs.Local decision-makers do not have the experience to apply to an artificial reef proposal and many rely on existing anecdotal data and "expert" testimony. A lack of evaluation criteria adds to the difficulties of determining if an artificial reef proposal is appropriate for their community. With little empirical data available in the literature and a lack of comprehensive pre and post deployment data completed, how does the decision-maker decide? This study seeks to determine if a method exists that provides criteria and best practices for evaluation of artificial reef projects. Although the study's focus is on artificial reefs, this matrix could be modified to apply to any project where similar dynamics apply. The matrix uses a disaggregate method modeled after the Goeller scorecard. The model provides a best practice's matrix developed through a meta-analysis of three existing artificial reef projects, a comprehensive literature review, and interviews with three decision-makers at different levels of participation. The matrix applies identified best practices and provides a scoring method that can assist the decision-making process. This study acknowledges the limitations of a research project such as this and realizes that many decisions in a political realm have variables not covered in a study of this scope. However, an identified lack of decision-making continuity demonstrates the need for such a study and the research provided within this study is an important first step.

"The author will be making use of a relatively new experimental technique of geographical analysis. Answers will be sought to such questions as--What has influenced the county to become what it is? Is it different from other counies in the same region? If so, why? Is the county utilizing its resources? And finally, what is the general level of living in this county and what factors have determined it?"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Sciences under Plan II." / "August, 1949."

This thesis describes the archaeological investigation of the Warehouse Complex on Indian Key (8MO15), Monroe County, Florida, through the study of the ceramics recovered from excavations conducted there by the State of Florida from 1972 to 1973 and by the University of South Florida from 1998 to 2002. The Warehouse Complex is composed of two distinct architectural areas, referred to as Feature A and Feature C. This complex lies on the north shore of Indian Key, located in the Atlantic Ocean in the Middle Keys near Islamorada, Florida. The town of Indian Key was founded in the early 1820s, and was burned by a group of Spanish Indians in 1840, during the Second Seminole War. Despite the disbanding of the main community at Indian Key following the 1840 attack, the island and its remaining structures experienced re-use throughout the 1800s and into the early 1900s by various groups, including the United States Navy, farmers, shipbuilders, and fishers. Despite its relatively populated history, little historical documentation exists detailing the occupation of Indian Key throughout the nineteenth century. This study used current historical archaeological methods to examine the ceramics left behind in archaeological deposits in the warehouse. This examination had several goals: to add to the known history of the island, to re-construct the lifeways of the people who lived at Indian Key, to determine the use (and re-use) of this specific area on the island, and to identify specific functional areas within the warehouse.

Title from PDF of title page. / Document formatted into pages; contains 309 pages. / Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. / Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. / ABSTRACT: This thesis describes the archaeological investigation of the Warehouse Complex on Indian Key (8MO15), Monroe County, Florida, through the study of the ceramics recovered from excavations conducted there by the State of Florida from 1972 to 1973 and by the University of South Florida from 1998 to 2002. The Warehouse Complex is composed of two distinct architectural areas, referred to as Feature A and Feature C. This complex lies on the north shore of Indian Key, located in the Atlantic Ocean in the Middle Keys near Islamorada, Florida. The town of Indian Key was founded in the early 1820s, and was burned by a group of Spanish Indians in 1840, during the Second Seminole War. Despite the disbanding of the main community at Indian Key following the 1840 attack, the island and its remaining structures experienced re-use throughout the 1800s and into the early 1900s by various groups, including the United States Navy, farmers, shipbuilders, and fishers. / ABSTRACT: Despite its relatively populated history, little historical documentation exists detailing the occupation of Indian Key throughout the nineteenth century. This study used current historical archaeological methods to examine the ceramics left behind in archaeological deposits in the warehouse. This examination had several goals: to add to the known history of the island, to re-construct the lifeways of the people who lived at Indian Key, to determine the use (and re-use) of this specific area on the island, and to identify specific functional areas within the warehouse. / System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 1963. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77).

Geologic mapping along the northeasternmost 25 miles of the St. Clair fault, which traverses the Central and Southern Appalachian juncture at about the middle of this segment, was accomplished to observe the changes in geologic style and structural trend that occur across the juncture in this northwesterly Valley and Ridge strike belt. The study area is an excellent smale scale area for observations on the nature of the juncture over the larger scale as it includes most of the features that characterize this juncture such as change of physiographic and structural trend and transition from thrust fault-dominated deformation to fold-dominated deformation. The juncture or recess is prominent in the study area as a sharp bend in Gap-Moss Mountains and is in fact one of the sharpest bends occurring at the junction. Southwest of this recess, the stratigraphic units on the northwest of the St. Clair fault are overturned and a broad syncline is formed on the northwest, known as the Hurricane Ridge. The axis of this fold closely parallels the strike of the St. Clair fault. As the junction is approached the Hurricane Ridge syncline changes axial strike to the north and passes northwest of the Browns Mountain anticlinorium which is plunging out into the junction. Just northeast of the recess the St. Clair fault bifurcates and its strike is slightly changed when the segments rejoin. Northeast of this point, the St. Clair fault loses stratigraphic displacement and instead of a single broad fold northwest of the fault and parallel to it, there are numerous small folds developed that strike 20-30° more northerly than the fault. The fault does not, however, truncate any of the folds. The St. Clair fault extends 13 miles into the Central Appalachians where it dies out down the plunge of an anticline at Morning Knob in Alleghany County, Virginia. A strong shear zone is evident in the core of the structure at Morning Knob but is lost as the competent Silurian units plunge under Devonian shales. Integrating this information with other recent work on the juncture it may be concluded that: 1. The change of topographic and structural trend across the Central and Southern Appalachian juncture does not require any significant difference in timing of deformation. 2. There is probably no significant difference in orientation of principal stress across the juncture but rather the change of trend and differences of geologic "style" reflect contrasts in thickness and facies within the sedimentary column and contrasts involving basement topography which indirectly influence cover structure. Thus the changes evident across the juncture are seen to be the result of differential physical response to the applied stress. / Master of Science

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