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List of figures | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Foreword: rural design arising | p. xix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Rural change | p. 3 |
Rural design: a new way of design thinking | p. 3 |
The Center for Rural Design | p. 8 |
Global issues and impacts | p. 10 |
Rural heritage | p. 13 |
Ancient roots and European origins | p. 13 |
English landscapes and influence on America | p. 18 |
Immigrants' dream | p. 21 |
Farmsteads | p. 26 |
Buildings for agriculture | p. 34 |
Indigenous people and the land | p. 40 |
Rural character | p. 43 |
Geological forces | p. 43 |
Cultural forces | p. 44 |
Immigration to America | p. 45 |
Landscape patterns | p. 49 |
Rural character defined | p. 50 |
Rural policy | p. 54 |
Forces changing rural landscapes | p. 56 |
Managing forces of change through rural design | p. 57 |
Aesthetic issues | p. 58 |
Contemporary working buildings in rural landscapes | p. 63 |
Form follows function, climate, and place | p. 79 |
Regional vision | p. 81 |
Thinking regionally | p. 83 |
A regional vision | p. 86 |
Regional landscapes | p. 89 |
Regional thinking worldwide | p. 91 |
Regional thinking in Minnesota | p. 105 |
Looking ahead | p. 108 |
Research foundation | p. 111 |
Research issues | p. 112 |
Definitions | p. 114 |
Sustainability challenge | p. 117 |
A new approach to rural issues | p. 120 |
Evidence-based rural design | p. 122 |
Research opportunities | p. 123 |
Social capital | p. 126 |
Rural design strategies | p. 129 |
Strategies | p. 129 |
Building codes | p. 130 |
Rural outreach | p. 134 |
Case studies of the Center for Rural Design | p. 135 |
Interdisciplinary connections | p. 190 |
Rural design and design thinking | p. 191 |
Urban/rural synergy | p. 196 |
Land use and urban/rural edge | p. 198 |
Problems with animal agriculture | p. 199 |
Multifunctional agriculture and land use | p. 202 |
Designing for food supply, food security, and health | p. 205 |
Design economy | p. 206 |
Rural futures | p. 208 |
Connecting the dots | p. 211 |
New design technologies | p. 214 |
Rural design education | p. 215 |
Rural Design Certificate program | p. 216 |
Rural sustainability | p. 218 |
The International Organization for Rural Design | p. 219 |
Global challenges | p. 220 |
Epilogue | p. 223 |
Process of discovery | p. 224 |
Integrating buildings and landscapes | p. 227 |
Drawing and rural design | p. 229 |
Shaping rural futures | p. 235 |
References | p. 237 |
Illustration credits | p. 241 |
Index | p. 243 |
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