The Battle for North Carolina's Coast
The Battle for North Carolina's Coast

Author: Stanley R. Riggs

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2011-09-05

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0807878073

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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.

North Carolina's Central Coast and New Bern
North Carolina's Central Coast and New Bern

Author: Vina Hutchinson-Farmer

Publisher: Insiders' Guide

Published: 2003-07

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780762726745

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Uncover the history, unspoiled beaches, charming people, and great weather of the Crystal Coast. Includes the towns of Beaufort, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, New Bern, Havelock, and more.

North Carolina
North Carolina

Author: Sheila Turnage

Publisher: Compass America Guides

Published: 2009-10-27

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1400009049

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Covering cities, states, and regions of the United States, these richly illustrated handbooks capture the character and culture of important American destinations, along with topical essays, color maps, and capsule reviews of restaurants and hotels.

Moon Coastal Carolinas
Moon Coastal Carolinas

Author: Jim Morekis

Publisher: Moon Travel

Published: 2016-01-19

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 1631211706

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Travel writer Jim Morekis shares the must-see sights and local secrets of the North and South Carolina coasts, from the grand houses of Charleston to the breezy beaches of the Outer Banks. Morekis provides unique travel ideas for visitors such as “Coastal Carolinas for Couples” and “Carolina Lighthouses.” Including expert advice on how best to revel in the celebrations of Wilmington's flower-festooned Azalea Festival and when to visit Myrtle Beach to get the best value, Moon Coastal Carolinas gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Visualization of Time-Oriented Data
Visualization of Time-Oriented Data

Author: Wolfgang Aigner

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-12-21

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1447175271

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This is an open access book. Time is an exceptional dimension with high relevance in medicine, engineering, business, science, biography, history, planning, or project management. Understanding time-oriented data via visual representations enables us to learn from the past in order to predict, plan, and build the future. This second edition builds upon the great success of the first edition. It maintains a brief introduction to visualization and a review of historical time-oriented visual representations. At its core, the book develops a systematic view of the visualization of time-oriented data. Separate chapters discuss interaction techniques and computational methods for supporting the visual data analysis. Many examples and figures illustrate the introduced concepts and techniques. So, what is new for the second edition? First of all, the second edition is now published as an open-access book so that anyone interested in the visualization of time and time-oriented data can read it. Second, the entire content has been revised and expanded to represent state-of-the-art knowledge. The chapter on interaction support now includes advanced methods for interacting with visual representations of time-oriented data. The second edition also covers the topics of data quality as well as segmentation and labeling. The comprehensive survey of classic and contemporary visualization techniques now provides more than 150 self-contained descriptions accompanied by illustrations and corresponding references. A completely new chapter describes how the structured survey can be used for the guided selection of suitable visualization techniques. For the second edition, our TimeViz Browser, the digital pendant to the survey of visualization techniques, received a major upgrade. It includes the same set of techniques as the book, but comes with additional filter and search facilities allowing scientists and practitioners to find exactly the solutions they are interested in.