NDLI: Reclamation and reconciliation: land-use history, ecosystem services, and the Providence River

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Martin, Laura Jane
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Throughout time, American cities have been consciously or unconsciously designed to provide efficient access to ecosystem services. The land-use history of the Providence River serves to illustrate this point. Transformed through land-filling in the nineteenth century, the construction of a hurricane barrier in the twentieth century, and a civic renaissance in the twenty-first century, the shifting landscape of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, reflects a shifting relationship with the land. The area that was once the Great Salt Cove has undergone numerous iterations in the past 400 years—each of these transformations based upon which ecosystem services were most-valued at the time. In this sense, land-use history can serve as a valuable tool in evaluating the societal relationship between nature and culture.
Starting Page	243
Ending Page	253
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10838155
Journal	Urban Ecosystems
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15731642
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-08-18
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Ecosystem services Environmental history Providence Rhode Island Urban planning Nature Conservation Ecology Environmental Management Urban Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Urban Studies

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Reclamation and reconciliation: land-use history, ecosystem services, and the Providence River