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<br />fiOH1S <br /> <br />Like all parks, historical areas are closely related to their <br />surroundings. For this reason, planning for a historical area must <br />consider the related environment. large or small. Particularly, it <br />takes cognizance of related Federal, State. and local governmental <br />parks and development plans, facilities provided by private <br />enterprise for the transportation and accommodation of visitors, <br />and historic preservation and educational activities of private <br />institutions. The Master Plan analyzes the environment in which <br />the historical area is located and the many factors that may <br />influence its management, <br /> <br />When a historical area adjoins or is close to other resources of a <br />similar nature, a joint effort to analyze the total resource base and <br />visitor needs is desirable. This may lead to cooperative plans that <br />insure complementary and mutually compatible development, <br />management, and interpretation of the areas, Such cooperative <br />planning is exemplified at Independence National Historical Park in <br />Philadelphia and at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National <br />Historic Site in Hyde Park. New York. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Adequate research data is essential to sound planning. Planning <br />teams must have studies accurately identifying and locating historic <br />sites and features, assessing their comparative significance, and <br />summarizing the history of the events and persons that give the <br />area national significance. Without such data, proper boundaries <br />cannot be proposed, and proper development cannot be planned, <br />Moreover, a multi-disciplinary approach is necessary to insure the <br />identification, preservation, interpretation, and highest visitor use <br />of all the area's important resources by means of a plan that is <br />economically, aesthetically, and administratively sound. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />A sound Master Plan carries out the mandates of Congress and the <br />administrative policies of the Service by providing criteria, controls, <br />and guidance for management, use, and development. This is done <br />in terms of a unified planning concept for each area, consistent <br />with and complementary to other programs of historical use, <br />visitor accommodations, and resource planning in the surrounding <br />district or region. It covers all programs of resource management. <br />resource use, and physical development. It classifies land and water <br />areas for various kinds and intensities of use. <br /> <br />Master Plans are revised from time to time to reflect changing <br />conditions and utilize the results of resource studies. <br /> <br />5 <br />