Mans impact on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
Dolan R. 1972. Mans impact on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Natural Resources Report No. 3. National Park Service. Washington, D.C.
An overview of the impact of man-made structures on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, comparing "natural" beaches such as those of Cape Lookout National Seashore with the stabilized and developed beached in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore area. Man's role as as an agent of landscape change was a topic of interest to earth scientists and ecologists long before the 'environmental crisis' became a national issue in the United States. Problems within the coastal zone offer excellent opportunities to investigate the impact of man's manipulations of the natural environment. This case study, conducted along the Outer Banks of North Carolina under sponsorship of the National Park Service, provides another view of how man might better work with the natural forces that have produced the coastal landscape, rather than against them.