Landscape Lines 3: Landscape Characteristics
Landscape Lines 3: Landscape Characteristics. Cultural Landscape Guidance Documents. Landscape Lines 3. NPS Park Cultural Landscapes Program. Washington, D.C.
A guide to Landscape Characteristics, part of the Landscape Lines series from the Park Cultural Landscapes Program. As cultural landscape preservation has evolved, so has the method to describe the tangible and intangible characteristics of historically significant landscapes. Individually and collectively, the characteristics give a landscape its distinctive character and aid in understanding its cultural value. Various classification systems have been used to describe the processes and forms that define a landscape. These classification systems provide a method for descibing landscape character and quality, as well as introducing new terminology. This guidance document aims to provide a recommended classification system for describing the character of cultural landscapes in the national park system for use in research, inventory, documentation, analysis and evaluation, and treatment. This will increase consistency of how terms are used in the program, and specifically in the Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) and Cultural Landscape Reports (CLR).
- Type
- Published Report
- Publisher
- NPS Park Cultural Landscapes Program
- Units
- CRPS
- Keywords
- character, Classification, CLI, CLR, CRSS, Definition, standards, Terminology, vocabulary