Advisor | Richards, Nathan | en_US |
Author | Jones, Jennifer E. | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2012-05-20T15:20:48Z | |
Date Available | 2014-05-31T12:06:21Z | |
Date of Issue | 2012 | en_US |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3838 | |
Description | Coastal North Carolina has had a long and intimate relationship with severe weather events, the outcome of which has affected the physical, economical, and social structures of the State. The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate historical storm occurrences in coastal North Carolina in order to determine a correlation between weather disasters and the initial settlement, sustained occupation, or abandonment of occupied lands. Utilizing geographic information systems (GIS) to explore historical hurricane tracks and shipwreck and land site loss, spatial and temporal analysis can provide insight into how the disaster landscape is reflected in settlement patterns and loss versus survivability, as well as the social, economic, or environmental factors that have shaped continued and subsequent settlement and trade in coastal North Carolina. | en_US |
Extent | 341 p. | en_US |
Format Medium | dissertations, academic | en_US |
Language | | en_US |
Publisher | East Carolina University | en_US |
Subject | Archaeology | en_US |
Subject | American history | en_US |
Subject | Climate changes | en_US |
Subject | Coastal changes | en_US |
Subject | Cultural changes | en_US |
Subject | Economics | en_US |
Subject | Hurricanes | en_US |
Subject | North Carolina | en_US |
Subject | Shipwrecks | en_US |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Natural disasters--Research--North Carolina | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Hurricanes--North Carolina | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Severe storms--North Carolina | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Land settlement patterns--North Carolina | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Abandonment of property--North Carolina | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Extinct cities--North Carolina | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Cultural landscapes--North Carolina | |
Title | Scattered to the Wind : An Evaluation of the Disaster Landscape of Coastal North Carolina | en_US |
Type | Master's Thesis | en_US |
Department | Maritime Studies | en_US |
Degree | M.A. | en_US |