Altered environments : the Outer Banks of North Carolina / text by Jeffrey Pompe ; photographs by Kathleen Pompe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pompe, Jeffrey J., 1951-

Contributor:

Pompe, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape changes--North Carolina--Outer Banks--History.

Landscape changes.

Natural history--North Carolina--Outer Banks.

Natural history.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--North Carolina--Outer Banks--History.

Nature.

Coastal ecology--North Carolina--Outer Banks--History.

Coastal ecology.

Human ecology--North Carolina--Outer Banks--History.

Human ecology.

Social change--North Carolina--Outer Banks--History.

Social change.

Outer Banks (N.C.)--Environmental conditions.

Outer Banks (N.C.).

Outer Banks (N.C.)--History.

Outer Banks (N.C.)--Pictorial works.

Outer Banks (N.C.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using the Outer Banks as a case study to frame a host of environmental challenges faced along the Atlantic seaboard today, the Pompes provide a valuable commentary on the historical context of these concerns and offer some insightful solutions that allow for sustainable communities.

Contents:

A place created by change

Change by nature

Change by humankind

Understanding the "sea of troubles" facing coastal communities

Attempts at controlling change by nature

Living with change in coastal communities

Time and change

An apprenticeship with change.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781283855334

128385533X

9781611172140

1611172144

OCLC:

826660125