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Literature Review
Julia M. Wondolleck and Steven L. Yaffee. 2000. Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resources Management. Washington: Island Press. •MCW gave me an idea of positive collaborative efforts throughout the country. Throughout my research I saw collaborative work similar to some of the examples outlined in the book. As I saw these similarities I was able to better analyze the current Northfield development situation. Frank Fischer. 2000. Citizens, Experts, and the Environment: The Politics of Local Knowledge. Durham: Duke University Press. •CEE helped me to organize my process. I found better understanding of local political and social networks was beneficial to my research. In conversations with local experts I found that I could more easily understand the complexities of the local political situation because of reading the book. Scott Russel Sanders. 1993. Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World. Boston, Beacon Press •Staying Put is about laying down roots in a place and investing time and energy into a community. Understanding my own proclivities towards community and finding place helped me to understand the desire of citizens to maintain a vibrant Northfield Community. It also leads me to understand why so many people want to move to Northfield. The consequence of this growth is expanding sprawl. Kirkpatrick Sale. 1985. Dwellers in the Land: The Bioregional Vision. San Francisco. Sierra Club Books •Dwellers in the Land is based on the concept of shaping community commerce, agriculture, industry, recreation, and politics on the biome in which the community is located. This “bioregionalism” explores how these factors can best be dictated by the ecology of place, rather than the other way around. I found this book intriguing, and helpful. In my conversations with landowners and conservations I felt a better connection because I had read this book. Northfield City Comprehensive Plan 2001 •The Plan outlines the city’s plans for future management of development. I cited the comprehensive plan many times because it outlines for me what Northfield would likely become. I do think it has the potential to shape development in an ecologically friendly manner, but in its current state it will allow unwanted sprawl. Environmental Impact Worksheet: St. Olaf College Property Mixed Use Development. 2000. •The EIW was a review of the proposed Hospital Development and the subsequent roadbuilding. I found it useful in both a historical sense, and as a means of understanding the forces encouraging development in Northfield. |