LITERATURE REVIEW

DEFINING LANDSCAPE TERMINOLOG

COMPONENT LANDSCAPE
A discrete portion of the landscape which can be furt
subdivided into individual features.
The landscape unit may contribute to the significanc
National Register property, such as a farmstead in a
district.
In some cases, the landscape unit may be individuall
the National Register of Historic Places, such as a ros
large urban park.
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
A geographic area (including both cultural and natura
and the wildlife or domestic animals therein), associa
historic event, activity, or person or exhibiting other
aesthetic values.

There are four general types of cultural landscapes, n

exclusive: historic sites, historic designed landscapes
vernacular landscapes, and ethnographic landscapes

HISTORIC CHARACTER
the sum of all visual aspects, features, materials, and
associated with a cultural landscape’s history, i.e. the
configuration together with losses and later changes
qualities are often referred to as character-defining.

HISTORIC SITE

A landscape significant for its association with a histo

activity or person. Examples include battlefields and
homes and properties.

HISTORIC VERNACULAR LANDSCAPES

A landscape that evolved through use by the people
activities or occupancy shaped it.
Through social or cultural attitudes of an individual, a
community, the landscape reflects the physical, biolo
cultural character of everyday lives.
Function plays a significant role in vernacular landsca
This can be a farm complex or a district of historic fa
along a river valley.
Examples include rural historic districts and agricultu
landscapes.
ETHNOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE
A landscape containing a variety of natural and cultu
that associated people define as heritage resources
Examples are contemporary settlements, sacred relig
and massive geological structures.
Small plant communities, animals, subsistence and c
grounds are often components.
KONKAN, entire stretch of 720 km froms
varied small landscapes within
Unique pattern of homesteads/ wadi forms
the distinct settlement

Chaul to Rajpuri - phansad sanctuary which

was a hunting forest of Nawab
Bio-geographical and Cultural region of
Chaul to Rajpuri

Historic Sites, Historic vernacular landscape

and Ethnographic landscape