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16901
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With the dramatic demographic transformation facing the United States population, North Carolina is seeing a growing number of Hispanics in the State.
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16886
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In North Carolina the natural hazards which cause the greatest number of casualties and greatest dollar damage are atmosphere. One such type of atmospheric hazard is the nor'easter, an extratropical cyclone of high intensity and wind velocity.
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3.North Carolina's Birdseye Maps by Williams, Roberta North Carolina Geographer Vol. 16 Issue , 2008
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17005
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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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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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16919
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This article discusses the strengths of free-for-services versus managed cared in North Carolina, along with trends occurring in health management organizations (HMO) enrollment, and the distribution of physicians and HMO providers across the state.
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16890
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Most people would correctly guess that Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) originated somewhere in the Rocky Mountain region of the U.S. Even geographers, however, might be surprised to learn that the disease has long been insignificant in its region of origin, yet is increasingly prevalent in the southeast, particularly in North Carolina. This article examines the disease from a geographic perspective, looking at its history, cultural ecology, prevalence in North Carolina, and possible intervention.
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16947
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With a growing global economic environment and a shift toward healthier alternatives, North Carolina farmers are looking to organic farming as alternatives to traditional crops.
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16927
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The availability of corporate finance is of critical importance to local and regional development. Since equity finance is the only method of capital acquisition that is not collateralized, the firms that compete most effectively for it are thought to be stronger competitors in the current marketplace. It was found that equity investment in North Carolina is highly concentrated both spatially and sectorally.
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16892
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Albert discusses changing patterns of physician office locations in Asheville from a land-use context. In 1948, a thriving medical district existed within the central business district of Asheville, but in 1991, just a handful of physicians remained in this area. This article is concerned with the temporal and spatial sequences of this shift, and the role of land use planning on evolving patterns of medical land use.
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16951
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Carolina bays and pocosins are two distinct physiographic features found on the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. Confusion frequently still exists pertaining to the definitions of both as they are often incorrectly assumed to be synonymous. This article defines each term and illustrates how bays and pocosins differ.
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16991
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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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16898
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Many North Carolina citizens rely on ground water for their drinking water. Thus, the importance of preventing groundwater contamination is high. Harman and Smutko discuss the federal and state government's role in wellhead protection and highlight Gaston County in the process of developing a county-wide wellhead protection program.
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16931
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The emerging national controversy over the socio-economic and environmental impacts of corporate pork production on rural communities raises claims environmental injustice. The US swine industry has undergone a dramatic restructuring, expansion, and vertical integration of its pork production systems, locating in peripheral, rural locations like North Carolina. This article examines the relationships between key environmental injustice variables and the spatial concentration of swine waste in the Black Belt region of the state in order to assess the claims of environmental inequity central to this national issue.
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16893
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In addition to the natural forces at work on coastlines there is change being brought about by increasing populations. Where rates of development are rapid, we find that map revisions cannot keep pace and therefore we must rely on other information sources. Standard vertical aerial photography can provide very complete information about structures, vegetation, and coastal morphology.
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16894
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Industrialization in North Carolina quickened in the 1880s, led by the textile industry. Textile mills sprang up in rural areas and towns, thereby leading to the development of mill villages. In this article, Eyre traces the broad outlines of how the functions and character of former mill villages have been altered by the widening economic influences of part of the Piedmont crescent.
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