The North Carolina Shore And Its Barrier Islands

Author : Orrin H. Pilkey
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0822322242

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The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands by Orrin H. Pilkey Pdf

The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands is the latest volume in the series, Living with the Shore. Replacing an earlier volume, this thoroughly new book provides a diverse guide to one of America's most popular shorelines. As is true for all books in the series, it is based on the premise that understanding the changing nature of beaches and barrier islands is essential if we are to preserve them for future generations. Evidence that the North Carolina shore is changing is never hard to find, but recently the devastation wrought by Hurricane Fran and the perilous situation of the historic lighthouse at Cape Hatteras have reminded all concerned of the fragility of this coast. Arguing for a policy of intelligent development, one in which residential and commercial structures meet rather than confront the changing nature of the shore, the authors have included practical information on hazards of many kinds--storms, tides, floods, erosion, island migration, and earthquakes. Diagrams and photographs clearly illustrate coastal processes and aid in understanding the impact of hurricanes and northeasters, wave and current dynamics, as well as pollution and other environmental destruction due to overdevelopment. A chapter on estuaries provides related information on the shores of back barrier areas that are growing in popularity for recreational residences. Risk maps focus on the natural hazards of each island and together with construction guidelines provide a basis for informed island management. Lastly, the dynamics of coastal politics and management are reviewed through an analysis of the controversies over the decision to move the Cape Hatteras lighthouse and a proposed effort to stabilize Oregon Inlet. From the natural and historic perspective of the opening chapters to the regional discussions of individual barrier islands, this book is both a primer on coastal processes for the first time visitor as well as a guide to hazard identification for property owners.

Author : Stanley R. Riggs,Dorothea V. Ames,Stephen J. Culver,David J. Mallinson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780807878071

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The Battle for North Carolina's Coast by Stanley R. Riggs,Dorothea V. Ames,Stephen J. Culver,David J. Mallinson Pdf

The North Carolina barrier islands, a 325-mile-long string of narrow sand islands that forms the coast of North Carolina, are one of the most beloved areas to live and visit in the United States. However, extensive barrier island segments and their associated wetlands are in jeopardy. In The Battle for North Carolina's Coast, four experts on coastal dynamics examine issues that threaten this national treasure. According to the authors, the North Carolina barrier islands are not permanent. Rather, they are highly mobile piles of sand that are impacted by sea-level rise and major storms and hurricanes. Our present development and management policies for these changing islands are in direct conflict with their natural dynamics. Revealing the urgency of the environmental and economic problems facing coastal North Carolina, this essential book offers a hopeful vision for the coast's future if we are willing to adapt to the barriers' ongoing and natural processes. This will require a radical change in our thinking about development and new approaches to the way we visit and use the coast. Ultimately, we cannot afford to lose these unique and valuable islands of opportunity. This book is an urgent call to protect our coastal resources and preserve our coastal economy.

Author : Dirk Frankenberg
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0807846554

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The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast by Dirk Frankenberg Pdf

With The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast, Dirk Frankenberg's effort to provide a comprehensive field guide to the state's dynamic shoreline is complete. Picking up where his 1995 book The Nature of the Outer Banks left off, this bo

Author : David Blevins
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781469632506

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North Carolina's Barrier Islands by David Blevins Pdf

In this stunning book, nature photographer and ecologist David Blevins offers an inspiring visual journey to North Carolina's barrier islands as you have never seen them before. These islands are unique and ever-changing places with epic origins, surprising plants and animals, and an uncertain future. From snow geese midflight to breathtaking vistas along otherworldly dunes, Blevins has captured the incredible natural diversity of North Carolina's coast in singular detail. His photographs and words reveal the natural character of these islands, the forces that shape them, and the sense of wonder they inspire. Featuring over 150 full-color images from Currituck Banks, the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores, and the islands of the southern coast, North Carolina's Barrier Islands is not only a collection of beautiful images of landscapes, plants, and animals but also an appeal for their conservation.

Author : Dirk Frankenberg
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780807872369

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The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast by Dirk Frankenberg Pdf

For some years, The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast has stood as an essential resource for all who treasure our coastal environment. In this book, Dirk Frankenberg describes the southern coast's beaches, inlets, and estuaries and instructs readers in the responsible exploration and enjoyment of some of North Carolina's most precious natural areas. From Ocracoke Inlet to the South Carolina border, this field guide provides a close-up look at a complex ecosystem, highlighting the processes that have shaped, and continue to shape, North Carolina's southern coast. Frankenberg identifies over 50 different areas of interest along 180 miles of coastline and presents images to help identify natural processes, plants, and plant communities. In addition, he addresses threats to these fragile coastal areas and possible solutions for these threats. Tom Earnhart's new foreword brings the book up to date, helping us appreciate why a deeper understanding of this environment is crucial to its continued enjoyment. Southern Gateways Guide is a registered trademark of the University of North Carolina Press

Author : David Blevins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1469632497

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North Carolina's Barrier Islands by David Blevins Pdf

In this stunning book, nature photographer and ecologist David Blevins offers an inspiring visual journey to North Carolina's barrier islands as you have never seen them before. These islands are unique and ever-changing places with epic origins, surprising plants and animals, and an uncertain future. From snow geese midflight to breathtaking vistas along otherworldly dunes, Blevins has captured the incredible natural diversity of North Carolina's coast in singular detail. His photographs and words reveal the natural character of these islands, the forces that shape them, and the sense of wonder they inspire. Featuring over 150 full-color images from Currituck Banks, the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores, and the islands of the southern coast, North Carolina's Barrier Islands is not only a collection of beautiful images of landscapes, plants, and animals but also an appeal for their conservation.

Author : Robert Dolan,Harry F. Lins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Coast changes
ISBN : UVA:35007000855530

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The Outer Banks of North Carolina by Robert Dolan,Harry F. Lins Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Barrier islands
ISBN : UFL:31262052551180

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Alternative Policies for Protecting Barrier Islands Along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States and Draft Environmental Statement by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard A. Jr. Davis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642783609

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Geology of Holocene Barrier Island Systems by Richard A. Jr. Davis Pdf

Barrier islands represent a complex coastal system that includes a number of different sedimentary depositional environments; nearshore zone, beach, dunes, washover fans, marshes, tidal flats, estuaries, lagoons, and tidal inlets. The morphodynamics of these fragile coastal systems provide a further complication to this coastal type. Although barrier islands comprise only 15% of the world's coastline, they have received a far greater proportion of attention from the scientific and engineering community, and more recently, from coastal managers and environmentalists. Modern barrier islands are arguably the most expensive and most vulnerable of all coastal environments. Pressure from developers for residential, industrial, and recreational development has caused most of our barriers to become significantly impacted by human activity, especially over the past few decades. These pres sures have led to extensive preservation of natural barriers through efforts from all levels of government and also by private organizations. Governments have also formed coastal management programs that help to control any future de velopment with the intent being to keep human activity compatible with barrier island morphodynamics. In order to devise appropriate coastal zone management programs, it is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the morpho dynamics of barrier island systems. This volume provides comprehensive details on barrier island morphology, sediment distribution, and the process-response mechanisms that cause changes to both. These are the important aspects of barrier systems that can provide important input into the development and implementation of coastal management programs.

Author : Orrin H. Pilkey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:35007001115538

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From Currituck to Calabash by Orrin H. Pilkey Pdf

Author : Michael L. Hoel
Publisher : Thomas Allen Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Barrier island ecology
ISBN : UCAL:B4497726

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Land's Edge by Michael L. Hoel Pdf

Author : John Alexander,James D. Lazell
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0807848743

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Ribbon of Sand by John Alexander,James D. Lazell Pdf

This rich and beautiful exploration of the natural history and romantic past of the Outer Banks--the fragile barrier islands that stretch nearly 200 miles down the North Carolina coast--has been updated from its 1992 version to include up-to-date developments. 27 illustrations. 2 maps. Index.

Author : David Stick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004210887

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An Outer Banks Reader by David Stick Pdf

Edited by the author of "Graveyard of the Atlantic" and "The Outer Banks of North Carolina", and spanning the course of more than four and a half centuries, this book presents 64 accounts of life on the Outer Banks.

Author : Orrin H. Pilkey,Tracy Monegan Rice,William J. Neal
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781469619675

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How to Read a North Carolina Beach by Orrin H. Pilkey,Tracy Monegan Rice,William J. Neal Pdf

Take a walk on the beach with three coastal experts who reveal the secrets and the science of the North Carolina shoreline. What makes sea foam? What are those tiny sand volcanoes along the waterline? You'll find the answers to these questions and dozens more in this comprehensive field guide to the state's beaches, which shows visitors how to decipher the mysteries of the beach and interpret clues to an ever-changing geological story. Orrin Pilkey, Tracy Monegan Rice, and William Neal explore large-scale processes, such as the composition and interaction of wind, waves, and sand, as well as smaller features, such as bubble holes, drift lines, and black sands. In addition, coastal life forms large and small--from crabs and turtles to microscopic animals--are all discussed here. The concluding chapter contemplates the future of North Carolina beaches, considering the threats to their survival and assessing strategies for conservation. This indispensable beach book offers vacationers and naturalists a single source for learning to appreciate and preserve the natural features of a genuine state treasure. Southern Gateways Guide is a registered trademark of the University of North Carolina Press

Author : Thomas J. Schoenbaum
Publisher : Blair
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Travel
ISBN : UVA:X000352140

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Islands, Capes, and Sounds by Thomas J. Schoenbaum Pdf

A look at the history, the people, and the environment of the N.C. coast, written by one of the moving forces behind N.C.'s current laws about coastal management.