Lakeshore Design Intervention
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Abstract
This study will quantify the Minnesota
County's concerns with shoreline development and
private landowner's concerns with the unauthorized use of
purchased land due to regulations and wildlife
preservation. This study aims to determine what will satisfy
the needs of private interests versus the public good in
relation to the common Minnesotan lakeside real-estate development
problems. This study will investigate the county's
concerns with shoreline development on wetlands and bluffs.
The reason this study is being conducted is since
landowners who want to develop their shoreline cannot
do so since the state or county has all the jurisdiction in
what they can and cannot do, even though it is paid for
by the landowner. I want to incorporate the wildlife
concerns with private interests to create a design that
satisfies the needs of both. To be able to reduce the environmental
risks in protected habitats to create a more
sustainable, yet still visually pleasing design that will satisfy
the landowners and go by the laws of the protected areas.
A hidden fact about private lakeside owners is that
knowingly or not, they illegally develop in prohibited areas,
and most of the time they do not get caught, and even if
they do the county will most likely not make them remove it.
The methodology I will use to configure this
data will be done through several case studies, state and
county codes and laws, and possible online interviews
with county wildlife law enforcers. There will need to be
a study for how much land is private and public, and an
estimated study for the percentage of private owners can
develop down to their shoreline and how many cannot.
With this data I will develop a mitigation strategy to find
a private and public balance of shoreline development that
will provide and satisfy landowners with more development
options for their privately owned land but will also
satisfy the county’s environmental concerns, thus proposing
the perfect ratio for public and private estates, and if need
be, advocate for changing the existing wildlife restrictions.