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Neo-Homesteading in the Adirondack North Country: Crafting a Durable Landscape
Author Info
McLeod, Brett R.
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4133-263X
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1440152751
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, Ph.D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Environmental Studies.
Abstract
This study uses action research as a tool to present an alternative model for reconstructing and promoting a resilient and durable rural landscape in the Adirondack-North Country of northern New York State. Standing in sharp contrast to traditional rural sustainability strategies that repeatedly focus on economic development or capital infusion as the sole means of revitalization, this research suggests a nested, bottom-up approach that capitalizes on the region’s diverse and burgeoning population of neo-homesteaders. This dissertation argues that, collectively, neo-homesteaders serve as an important catalyst in the construction of durable communities, and the promotion of working landscapes at the bioregional level. This study concludes by linking the durable community paradigm with practice through the establishment of the Adirondack Center for Working Landscapes, an institute developed by the author using Participatory Action Research (PAR) to promote working landscape policies, teach practical skills related to neo-homesteading, and serve as an innovation and dialogue hub for bioregionally significant topics and initiatives.
Committee
Alesia Maltz, PhD (Committee Chair)
Joy Ackerman, PhD (Committee Member)
Tatiana Abatemarco, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
224 p.
Subject Headings
Conservation
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Environmental Studies
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Home Economics Education
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Land Use Planning
Keywords
homesteading
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Adirondack Park
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cooperative extension
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working landscapes
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resilience
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sustainability
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sustainable development
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environment
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McLeod, B. R. (2015).
Neo-Homesteading in the Adirondack North Country: Crafting a Durable Landscape
[Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1440152751
APA Style (7th edition)
McLeod, Brett.
Neo-Homesteading in the Adirondack North Country: Crafting a Durable Landscape.
2015. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1440152751.
MLA Style (8th edition)
McLeod, Brett. "Neo-Homesteading in the Adirondack North Country: Crafting a Durable Landscape." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1440152751
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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