Collegeville in Transition: A Look at Landscape Change on the Ursinus College Campus and Beyond
Faculty Mentor
Patrick Hurley
Course
ENV-366 Ecological Change in Historical Perspective
Files
Link to Story Map
Description
In the years since the Borough of Collegeville was first established in the late-1700s, it has undergone a transformation from predominantly rainfed agricultural land to a mixed settlement landscape of residential development with open space. These transformations of suburbanization have recreated themselves both throughout the borough and on the Ursinus College campus. This Story Map utilizes oral histories, archival documents and geospatial data to examine these changes in the local community.
Publication Date
Spring 2019
Keywords
Collegeville, rainfed agriculture, suburban development, Ursinus College, terraforming, Hunsberger Woods, residential development, open space, Perkiomen Trail, landscaping, trees
Disciplines
Agriculture | Environmental Studies | Forest Management | Geographic Information Sciences | Urban Studies and Planning
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Becker, Sarah; Klein, Emily; Meikrantz, Cody; Paradis, Alfredo Negron; Parrotta, Sam; Bennett, Dave; and Jaroff, Rebecca, "Collegeville in Transition: A Look at Landscape Change on the Ursinus College Campus and Beyond" (2019). Landscape Ethnographies of Southeastern Pennsylvania. 1.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/landscape_ethnographies/1
