Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways

Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways
Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2018
Genre: Automobile travel
ISBN: 1426219059

Describes the scenery, history, and points of interest along three hundred scenic routes across the United States

Scenic Byways Study Act of 1989

Scenic Byways Study Act of 1989
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1989
Genre: Highway law
ISBN:

The Protected Vista

The Protected Vista
Author: Tom Brigden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-05-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 135138404X

The Protected Vista draws a historical lineage from the eighteenth-century picturesque to present-day planning policy, highlighting how the values embedded within familiar views have developed over time through appropriation by diverse groups for cultural and political purposes. The book examines the intellectual construction of the protected vista, questioning the values entrenched within the view, by whom, and how they are observed and disseminated, to reveal how these views have been, and continue to be, part of a changing historical and political narrative. With a deeper knowledge and understanding of the shifting values in urban views, we will be better equipped to make decisions surrounding their protection in our urban centres. The book identifies the origins of current view protection policy in the aesthetic convention of the picturesque, drawing on a range of illustrated examples in the UK, the US, Australia, Canada and South Africa, to serve as a useful reference for students, researchers and academics in architecture, architectural conservation, landscape and urban planning.

The Most Scenic Drives in America, Newly Revised and Updated

The Most Scenic Drives in America, Newly Revised and Updated
Author: Editors of Reader's Digest
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 1911
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1606523902

The all-in-one trip planner and travel guide-now totally revised and updated-will steer you down the most scenic road every time. From Florida's Road to Flamingo to Hawaii's Oahu Coastal Loop . . . from British Columbia's Sea to Sky Highway to Cape Cod's Sandy Shores . . . each featured road trip is pictured in stunning full color and described in vivid text, keyed to an easy-to-follow newly revised map. Whether you choose a drive in a far corner of the continent or a back road in your own state, this book is your ticket to North America's most beautiful byways. Drives are grouped in four pictured-packed sections-Western, Mountain, Central, and Eastern states and provinces-and are accompanied by detailed, easy-to-use maps. New drives featuring some of Canada's most stunning destinations have been added. As a bonus, handy Trip Tip sidebars include: Mileage best season to travel nearby attractions special events "learn more" contact information including website addresses A special feature called Star Routes offers thumbnail sketches of shorter but especially scenic roads located in the same region as the main tours. Additional boxes highlight distinctive characteristics of the areas, including local plants, animals, customs, foods, and a variety of historical events. Whether on the road or in the comfort of your easy chair, this newly revised Reader's Digest travel guide will be a welcome companion.

Per Mollerup

Per Mollerup
Author: Per Mollerup
Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9783037780558

Riffing on the techie term 'wayfinding', which designers and manufacturers use when talking about the function of signs and signage systems as they are used by the viewer, this book seeks to find a more precise visual language for what sign designers actually do, which is to show the way. Unfortunately, as Mollerup points out, many designers never master the art of wayshowing themselves. For wayshowing relates to wayfinding as writing relates to reading and as talking relates to hearing - The purpose of wayshowing is to facilitate wayfinding. In this accessible but invigorating investigation, Mollerup examines international sign systems and architectural landmarks in detail with his trademark candor and good humor. His analysis is at once pithy, scholarly, and historical.

Saving America's Countryside

Saving America's Countryside
Author: Samuel N. Stokes
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1997-08-13
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780801855481

A new edition of the 1989 classic that received the American Society for Landscape Architects' Honor Award and the Historic Preservation Book Prize. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition reports on changes in conservation over the last eight years. It includes new case studies, more than 50 new illustrations, a section on heritage tourism, and much more. 235 illustrations.

Scenic Byways

Scenic Byways
Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1988
Genre: Parkways
ISBN:

This handbook was prepared for Scenic Byways '88, A National Conference to Map the Future of America's Scenic Roads and Highways. It was designed as a conference guide and reference for participants. The handbook provides an overview of the Nation's scenic road programs.

National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States 9th Edition

National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States 9th Edition
Author: National Geographic
Publisher:
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781426221668

There's simply no better getaway in the United States than a visit to one of the country's 62 national parks from Alaska to the Virgin Islands, from Maine to America Samoa. Profiled in this all-new ninth edition of National Geographic's enduring and informative guide, you'll find expert travel advice, candid tips for hiking and wildlife spotting, and detailed maps to help navigate your way through America's great outdoors. Updated throughout with the latest information from park rangers and National Geographic's own acclaimed travel writers, this fully revised and comprehensive guidebook includes the newest additions to the United States park system-Indiana Dunes, White Sands, and Gateway Arch national parks. Whether you're looking to explore the underground world of Mammoth Caves or make your way through the mangroves of Everglades National Park, you'll find a destination that suits your needs, and inspiration to plan your next wild adventure. In addition to park details and descriptions, this sparkling new edition features week-long regional road trip itineraries s so you can visit multiple parks in one vacation. Filled with more than 300 dazzling photographs and 80 full-color maps, this inspiring book reveals the best the United States has to offer-right in its own backyard.

National Scenic Byways Study

National Scenic Byways Study
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1991
Genre: Automobile travel
ISBN:

To ensure a comprehensive review of scenic byway programs and issues and to get the broadest possible range of public opinions and suggestions, the study also included the following: An inventory of current Federal, State, local, and private sector scenic byway programs; An announcement in the "Federal Register" seeking views on the study approach and guidelines for a national program; A national workshop to discuss options for a national scenic byway program; and Case studies investigating tourism impacts, safety and environmental issues, scenic and historic protection techniques, and successful Federal, State, and regional byways and byway programs. This report summarizes these various activities.