Resources and the Equine Industry |
Economic Impact of Agriculture |
Cultural Identity of the Region |
Impact of Future Development |
Risks to the Region |
Proposals for Future Growth |
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Resources and the Equine Industry |
Economic Impact of Agriculture |
Cultural Identity of the Region |
Impact of Future Development |
Risks to the Region |
Proposals for Future Growth |
| This report was conducted by the 1999 Fifth Year Landscape
Architecture Advanced Studio at the University of Kentucky. The study
focus area is a seven county region comprised of Bourbon, Clark, Fayette,
Jessamine, Madison, Scott, and Woodford counties. The goal is to
determine the impact future growth and development may have on agriculture,
particularly the equine industry, and the rural landscape of the region.
This study identifies critical resources in the Bluegrass Region which
support the equine industry of central Kentucky, determines the risks to
these resources by development, and explores potential resolutions to promote
more efficiently planned growth for the future.
The initial process to develop this study was to inventory those resources critical to the equine industry and the Bluegrass Region’s cultural landscape using both Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and traditional mapping techniques. Resources identified include soils, forest concentrations, geology, topography, watersheds, natural and cultural features, road corridors, and horse farm concentrations. Population and development trends were then studied to project how the region might grow. Each county’s comprehensive plans for growth, zoning, and infrastructure were used to determine the probable growth patterns. By overlaying the inventory of critical resources with the projected development, zones critical to the future of the agriculture industry and character of the region were identified. Based on this information several methods for preserving the resources of the Bluegrass Region while maintaining the area’s economic viability were identified and are described in this report. The Department of Landscape Architecture would like to thank the Kentucky
Thoroughbred Association for their support by providing information and
funding for materials necessary to complete this project. We also
would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Bluegrass Area Development
District and Bluegrass Tomorrow in providing data and information utilized
to develop this study.
This project was conducted by the Fifth Year Landscape Architecture Advanced Studio, Spring, 1999, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Kentucky: |
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| Mark Bazzell
Bill Estes Ramona Henderson Robert Hutcheson Clayton Nichols Jeff Rosiak Studio Professor: Horst Schach
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Julia Brown
Greg Heck David Hunt Vonda Ingram Scott Rief Brian Terry Ben Wieseman |
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