@article {Melnick85, author = {Robert Z. Melnick}, title = {Protecting Rural Cultural Landscapes: Finding Value in the Countryside}, volume = {2}, number = {2}, pages = {85--96}, year = {1983}, doi = {10.3368/lj.2.2.85}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {Cultural landscapes are a significant portion of this country{\textquoteright}s landscape heritage. As the federal government{\textquoteright}s principal agency charged with the preservation and management of historic and cultural resources, the National Park Service has implicit responsibility for a variety of cultural landscapes. This paper suggests a method for analyzing and evaluating those landscapes within the framework of existing NPS management policies. Of primary importance is the understanding that cultural landscapes exist within a larger natural setting, are part of that natural landscape, and embody many components. It is the interrelationship of these components, as a set, which defines and characterizes any single cultural landscape.}, issn = {0277-2426}, URL = {https://lj.uwpress.org/content/2/2/85}, eprint = {https://lj.uwpress.org/content/2/2/85.full.pdf}, journal = {Landscape Journal} }