A Geographical Survey for Iowa

OR a number of years, geograH phers have been advocating a new _ _ type of survey, one that would classify and map the major elements of the culture-physical landscape. So far, it has not been feasible to undertake such a project except in the form of local academic experiments. There has, however, recently come into existence a statewide survey of this character in Iowa. Under the direction of Professor G. B. MacDonald of Iowa State College, and under the leadership of Mr. E. D. Potter (superseded in March, 1934, by Mr. L. E. Hicks), seventy of the ninety-nine counties of the state are being studied and mapped, with the aid of Federal moneys. From a geographer's standpoint this survey, officially known as the Forest and Waste Land Survey for Iowa, leaves much to be desired in the way of completeness. In the end, however, it should prove to be of considerable value, and will almost certainly equal in utility the somewhat similar British Land Utilization Survey under the direction of Dr. L. Dudley Stamp of the London School of Economics

Geography · Regional science · American Environmental and Regional History · Land Use and Ecosystem Services

• George Renner, 1900–1955

  G Etzel Pearcy•Annals of the Association of…•1958

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