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Background for a Guide Plan for the Future Development of Rhode Island. 1955.

This overview of Rhode Island's natural resources, human resources, land use, and future development potential was published in 1955 in the heyday of rational planning. It contains some ideas that have yet to be implemented like the expansive "Woodland Reservation Zone" stretching the length of Western RI that would be used for, among other things, water supply. It is interesting to look back at planning history as we continue to look for policy frameworks to secure natural and cultural assets including fresh water supplies.

The Rhode Island Development Council ceased to exist before the RI Economic Policy Council was created in 1996.

download as 3 PDF documents (some pages are omitted)

Part 1 Introduction and Natural Resources (11,000KB)
Need for a Guide Plan
Location
Physical Factors
Geology
Part 2 Human Resources and (part of) Land Use (13,000KB)
Population
Employment
Urban-Industrial Development
Transportation
Recreation (first page)
Part 3 Land Use (continued), The Future (12,000KB)
Recreation (continued)
Water Supply
Woodland and Farms
Areas for Development
Patterns of Development

This document is from the collection of the RI Statewide Planning Program
 

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