Land use legacies and the future of southern Appalachia

被引:84
作者
Gragson, TL
Bolstad, PV
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Anthropol, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[2] Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Forest Resources, St Paul, MN USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
aquatic communities; land use; land-use decision making; legacy; reforestation; southern Appalachia; terrestrial communities; urban sprawl;
D O I
10.1080/08941920500394857
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Southern Appalachian forests have apparently recovered from extractive land use practices during the 19th and 20th centuries, yet the legacy of this use endures in terrestrial and aquatic systems of the region. The focus on shallow time or the telling of stories about the past circumscribes the ability to anticipate the most likely outcomes of the trajectory of change forecast for the Southeast as the "Old South" continues its transformation into the "New South." We review land use research of the Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research ( LTER) project that addresses the nature and extent of past and present human land use, how land use has affected the structure and function of terrestrial and aquatic communities, and the forces guiding the anticipated trajectory of change. Unlike development in the western or northeastern regions of the United States, the southeastern region has few practical, political, or geographical boundaries to the urban sprawl that is now developing.
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页码:175 / 190
页数:16
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