Clinton Township A Regional Approach to the Study of Land Utilization

Abstract

This work involves not only a study of the mode and pattern of land utilization as it exists in Clinton Township in 1953 but also a consideration of the reasons why man is making use of the land in the manner that he is. It has been found that even in a micro-study of this nature, positive correlations can be made between the various ways that man is making use of the land and the diverse factors of his environment. In some cases he has overcome adverse physical conditions by artificial means and so altered the physical environment to suit his needs. In other cases the physical conditions have been unalterable and man has been forced, therefore, to adapt his activity to conform to them. As regards the human environment, it has become evident that man himself creates difficulties which are almost as serious as those of the physical sphere and which, in some instances, may curtail freedom of economic activity considerably.