Browsing by Author "Geography, Planning and Envir"
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EXPLORING DIGITAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY AMONG PLUS-SIZE SOLO WOMEN TRAVELERS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF @CURVY
Lee, Miranda Kay (East Carolina University, 2022-07-12)The age of the internet has allowed human culture to take a digital form. The subsequent impact of the internet undoubtably created different avenues of interest for scholars. This research is situated within the interest ... -
Flood Vulnerability of Hog Farms in Eastern North Carolina: An Inconvenient Poop
Harmin, Calvin (East Carolina University, 2015-12-15)In the late 1990’s, eastern North Carolina experienced numerous devastating flood events from hurricanes and tropical storms. When Hurricane Floyd made landfall on September 16th, 1999, it caused the most disastrous floods ... -
Impact of Buyout Programs on Land Use Patterns in the Special Flood Hazard Area of Pitt County, North Carolina
Adeniji, Nelson Kayode (East Carolina University, 2023-06-19)The buyout program is a voluntary action by property owners that involves selling their properties after a disaster (such as Hurricane Floyd) to the government and relocating outside the flood hazard risk area. This study ... -
Influence of Channel Bend Curvature on Debris-Flow-Driven Avulsion on Alluvial Fans, Explored through Discrete Simulations
Teboul, Jonathan (East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)Alluvial fan morphology is often influenced by channelization of fluvial flow and episodic instances of avulsion (channel rerouting). Under certain conditions and in response to dramatic shifts (i.e., significant vegetation ... -
Is the whole story of coastal change being told by 2D shoreline erosion rates?
Christoff, Katie N (East Carolina University, 2022-08-18)Shoreline location has often been gathered from orthoimagery to assess the 2D planimetric erosion or accretion and thereby is used as proxy for coastal evolution and to manage coastal environments. Missing in the 2D measures ... -
Quantifying nearshore bathymetric change using an Unoccupied Surface Vehicle equipped with RTK-GNSS and echosounder: A case study in the Neuse River Estuary, NC
Knowles, Ryann (East Carolina University, 2022-07-19)The Neuse River Estuary (NRE) located in eastern North Carolina is experiencing shoreline bluff retreat and corresponding nearshore bathymetric change due to an increase in intense storm events such as hurricanes. Monitoring ... -
Understanding Residents’ Perceptions of FEMA Buyout Programs in Small Rural Municipalities: A Case Study of Grifton, North Carolina
Blankenship, Jacob (East Carolina University, 2023-07-24)The small rural town of Grifton, situated between Pitt and Lenoir counties, adjacent to Contentnea Creek, and near the Neuse River in eastern North Carolina (N.C.), has faced several major flood events due to hurricanes. ...