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The greenway planning process designed for New England took
into consideration the following information.
- The New England states, especially Connecticut, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, have made great strides in greenway and green
space planning during the past 100 to 120 years.
- The same three southern states are involved in statewide
greenway planning of various kinds, while the northern states,
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are designing innovative approaches
to greenway and related planning.
- Each of the states has spatial information available in digital
form for use in advanced geographic information systems. The
majority of this spatial information is available free of charge
on the World Wide Web.
- Greenway and green space planning activities in New England
states are based on a comprehensive definition of greenways,
including nature protection, recreation planning and the restoration
and reuse of significant historic and cultural resources.
- In New England the time has arrived to take a regional look
by creating a New England wide vision plan. This plan could:
- Make the important connections to achieve our stated goal;
- Serve as a framework for implementation during the next century;
- Revive the role of landscape architects in this region; and
- May be the first step on the road to a national system of
greenways.
Given the above situation in New England, the study team designed
a simple five step greenway planning process that could be accomplished
during an academic semester primarily by the faculty and students
at the Universities of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and helped
by professional advisors throughout New England.
Step One: Map Existing Greenways
Step Two: Current Planning Proposals
Step Three: Identify Connections
between States
Step Four: Create Single Purpose
Plans
Step Five: Create Composite Greenways
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