| dc.contributor.author | Edwards, Jacob | |
| dc.description.abstract | Surface mines are a common sight in mineral-rich areas. One such area is the Mesabi Iron Range in northern
Minnesota. These mines will eventually become abandoned, as many in the eastern United States, as well as many
along the Mesabi Iron Range already have. Abandoned surface mines can be hazardous if they are allowed to
erode, settle, or even collapse. As the United States becomes increasingly environmentally aware, this research
may act as a partial solution to deforestation that occurs to expand our communities near these mines. The mines
have already taken out forests, so why not build within them rather than expand further into our wilderness? This
thesis will attempt to create a framework to reclaim these mines as symbiotic partner communities to the cities
nearby rather than allowing them to sit vacant and deteriorate. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Cleaning by Greening: Adaptive Reuse of America's Open-Pit Mines | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-04T15:58:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-04T15:58:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32923 | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Architecture (MArch) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Architecture | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Architecture | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Aly Ahmed, Bakr | en_US |
