Cultural Aesthetics Team

Conceptual Model Categories

culturalaesthetics — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:35:23 +0000

** Our final run-through meeting will be from 12:15-1pm Tuesday (10/13) in Coe Library group study room 340**

Please see PAGES (on the menu bar to the right) for the Graphic Models and Powerpoint

Conceptual Model Outline (as of 10/13/09)

Quality of Life (encompasses all)

Drivers

- Construction Phase of Transmission Line Project

- Staging Area Devel., Tower Construction, Substation Construction, Conductor Stringing, Right of Way*

- Staging Area Devel., Established Access, Tower Construction, Substation Construction, Right of Way*

Operation and Maintenance Phase of Transmission Line Project

* Right of Way is present during both phases of the project and thus will be classified separately in the model.

Cultural and Aesthetic Resource Categories:

Prehistoric Resources

- Archeological resources

- Paleontological resources

Historic Resources

- Buildings

- Sites

Ethnographic Resources

- Communities

- Land Use

- Native American Cultural Sites

- significant cultural and spiritual sites both archeological and contemporary

- Human Health and Safety

Aesthetic Resources

- Viewsheds

- Biodiversity

culturalaesthetics — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:20:42 +0000

Towns
- Residents
  - Demographic Changes
  - Permanent vs Transient population
- Small-town character
- Road development
Privately-owned Open Land (Ranches)
- Road development
- Viewscape
- Socio-economic impacts on landowner
  - Property value
  - Eminent domain
Recreation Areas & Public Use
- Public Lands (NPS, USFS, BLM)
- Hunting Access
- Tourism
- Trails (historic and hiking)
Historic / Cultural Sites
- Archeological finds
  - human
  - paleontological
- American Indian sites
  - religious
  - ceremonial
  - historically relevant
  - artifacts
- Buildings/Sites on National Register of Historic Sites
- Misc. Historical Areas (i.e. battlefields, Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail)
Quality of Life
- Human health impacts
- Pollution
  - air, noise, light
Socio-economic
- Jobs
  - industry-based immigration
  - demographic shifts
  - economic impact for region/town/community
- Future economic impacts
  - longevity/sustainability economically
  - precluding factors (i.e. mineral extraction, development)
Viewscapes / Viewsheds
- Aesthetic quality
  - tourism
  - quality of life impacts
  - likert scale rating for quality of viewshed (1-5)

culturalaesthetics — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:26:17 +0000

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