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The 2010 Educator of the Year Award recipient was Professor Ronald Mitchelson of East Carolina University. In his 30 years as a professor, Dr. Mitchelson advised 166 graduate students and 56 undergraduates. Throughout his career he taught at The Ohio State University, University of Georgia, Morehead state university, and finally East Carolina University (1999-2009).
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During the last four decades of the 20th-century North and South Carolina experienced rapid population growth and significant development in metropolitan centers. Although the metropolitan population growth outstripped all other in both states, the distribution within these centers was strikingly different; this may be linked to different legislation provisions on annexation incorporation and special district formation in the two states.
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The most significant event in the political history of antebellum North Carolina was the convention that assembled at Raleigh 1835 to amend the North Carolina Constitution. Delegates prepared several amendments, but when the amendments were submitted for ratification, the vote reflected a stark contrast between the counties of the east and those of the Piedmont and Mountains regions.
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Tropospheric ozone, a key component of photochemical smog, is a significant hazard to biological systems. Ozone is of particular concern in highly populated urban regions where large numbers of people may be exposed to unsafe concentrations, resulting in impaired respiratory function and an increased risk of heart disease. This article explores the spatial and temporal distribution of tropospheric ozone within the Carolina Piedmont megapolitan area, and the influence of urban agglomerations over regional air quality.
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Monuments to North Carolina's Civil War dead became part of the state's human landscape soon after the war ended in 1865. The monuments vary in shape and size from the impressive statues in the grounds of the capitol in Raleigh to simple grave markers found in cemeteries across the state.
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6.North Carolina's Birdseye Maps by Williams, Roberta North Carolina Geographer Vol. 16 Issue , 2008
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The 19th-century was a time of tremendous change in the United States, characterized by war, immigration, and industrial revolution. The majority of the American bird's eye maps captured the growth of the nation during this period.
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16998
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Digital elevation models have been developed as a tool for flood extent mapping of floodplains. These maps provide information on the extent of areas potentially devastated by floods, and can be used as a tool to assess social and economic impacts of such natural hazards.
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Following the theoretical foundations of the Global Transpark concepts and the history of its implementation in North Carolina, Burke and Sulewski discuss the missteps, discord, and criticisms from a regional planning perspective.
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North Carolina's coastal region has a long history of development that is most concentrated in oceanfront regions such as the Outer Banks and other barrier island beach communities. As land becomes scarce in oceanfront regions, interior coastal zones have the potential to act as outlets to absorb development pressure related to amenity, retirement, and working-age in-migrants. With this inland coastal boom, North Carolina is seeing different types of land cover change.
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Whitewater boating has become an important part of the economy and has significantly changed the cultural landscape of numerous communities in the southeast. This article examines the flow duration of three southeastern streams to determine how often they typically flow at rate sufficient for kayaking and rafting.
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16996
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The southeastern United States has received numerous Asian and Hispanic migrants since the 1980s. Certain counties in North Carolina receive larger distributions of these two ethnic groups that other counties in the State. Ravuri examines why certain ethnic groups are drawn to certain counties.
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16997
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Rainwater chemistry is important because pollutants such as nitrate, sulfate, and ammonium can be carried in water released from the atmosphere. This article discusses the link between local weather patterns and rain water chemistry in Wilmington, N.C.
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Using archival research, map analysis, and field study, Burke attempts to determine the route used by the stagecoach line of the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road, to locate modern roads that closely approximate the state route, and compare the present landscape along the route with descriptions of that provided in historic documents.
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The population of the Charlotte metropolitan region has grown rapidly in recent decades. Typically, metropolitan population growth is accompanied by significant increases in the number of municipal governments and a corresponding increase in political fragmentation. However, compared to other rapidly growing areas, relatively few new municipal governments have been created in the Charlotte region. This article explores the impact of state annexation and incorporation policy and historical, economic and cultural legacy on the development of the municipal landscape in the Charlotte Urban Region.
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The concept that humans may be contributing to an atypical warming of Earth's atmosphere has received increasing attention in the scientific community in recent decades. Partially due to the increased focus on climate change or global warming, regional and urban climate change has also received attention. This article investigates the differences in temperature trends during a 40-year period in urbanized and urbanizing areas in North Carolina, examining maximum and minimum temperatures to show if urbanized areas exhibit significant increasing trends in temperatures.
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