What is rural design? decentralized & community-driven approaches for the Green New Deal that value existing rural land and community

In contemporary design conversations, rural areas are discussed less than urban ones, and yet rural communities are in need of good design, and a new rural pattern language could hold the keys to a healthier human relationship with our environment. If the United States were to enact a Federal Green New Deal, rural landscapes stand to see big changes. Not only would landscape architects have new funded opportunities to design in rural places, but bolstered support of ecological urbanism would have broader repercussions in the rural landscape. By exploring the changing meaning of rurality, translating urban design theory for rural contexts, and examining past approaches to rural design in middle Tennessee, this project aspires to discover how Green New Deal interventions might be placed in one rural landscape, according to a revised definition of the rural, to achieve the best possible outcomes for local community and larger planet