Altered environments : the Outer Banks of North Carolina /
text by Jeffrey Pompe ; photographs by Kathleen Pompe.
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (xii, 153 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
An illustrated history of how natural and human forces have shaped the development of a coastal community.
9781611172140
Landscape changes--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks Natural history--North Carolina--Outer Banks. Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks Coastal ecology--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks Human ecology--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks Social change--History.--North Carolina--Outer Banks