Geography, zoning, photo 2

This image shows an employee of Appalachian State University (1967-current) standing on the side of a hill in Boone, NC, measuring the depth of cracks in the dirt to determine the suitability of the tract of land for development. The Department of Geography and Community Planning at Appalachian State offered a Bachelor of Science in community and regional planning that included classes in regional and urban planning, history, political science, rural and urban economics analysis, and sociology. Appalachian State also worked with the town of Boone to develop zoning policies during the University's and the general area's development in the 1970s and 1980s.

Geography

Planning

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 15, Zoning Education, C14.2.3.3.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Photographs

English

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Appalachian State University. Department of Geography and Planning

1970-1979

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.