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Page 1: The Coastal South. Introduction Might appear to be a region of the “New South,” but it does not “fit”, economically or environmentally The southern coastlands

The Coastal South

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Introduction

• Might appear to be a region of the “New South,” but it does not “fit”, economically or environmentally

• The southern coastlands are distinct

• Can divide entire southern margin of the US in half based on human geography:

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Physical Geography

• Low & flat topography

• Soil sandy and infertile

• Abundant precipitation, but poor drainage

• Swampy• Bays, estuaries,

and barrier islands

Cape Fear, North Carolina, 5 pm

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Physical Geography: Climate• Humid subtropical (Cfa)• Almost the entire region experiences 9 months or

more of potential growing time

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Physical Geography: Hazards

• Most thunderstorm-prone region in US• Frosts

– Mid-winter frosts can be devastating since most agriculturalists expect the first frost not to occur before December 15th

• Water Supply– Groundwater overdraft = subsidence and the creation

of sinkholes

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Physical Geography: Hazards

• Hurricanes

Katrina

Florida

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Historical Settlement

• Native American (Southeast Cultures)– “Mound Builders”

• Early European (1523)

• 18th century “Cajuns”

• America goes shopping…

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Historical Settlement

• French and Spanish influence

• Anglo-American vs. Roman Law

St. Louis Cathedral (a French Cathedral), New Orleans LA

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Historical Settlement

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Historical Settlement

• African Americans, Latin Americans, and Vietnamese Immigrants– African influences on music, food habits,

speech patterns, and architectural styles• The “American Paradox”

– Cuban-Floridian; Latino-Floridian– Vietnamese refugees

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Agriculture

• Two key agricultural advantages:– Specialty crops which cannot be grown

elsewhere

– Double cropping

• Key specialty crops – Citrus

– Sugarcane

– Rice

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Agriculture

Sugarcane– Exclusive to the

southern coastlands– Mostly grown in

Louisiana using the natural water supply; in Florida by irrigation

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Agriculture

Rice– Irrigated and

grown in Louisiana and Texas

– Also north (in Arkansas) along the Mississippi Valley

Rice field in Louisiana

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Shrimping

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Secondary Economic Activities

Resources• Continental shelf • Texas and

Louisiana are number one and two in US oil production

• Natural gas is also available in large quantities

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Secondary Economic Activities

Industrial

Development:• Petrochemical

industry• For everyday

items:– Plastics– Paints– Antifreeze

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Secondary Economic Activities

• Industrial Development– “Texas Triangle”

• Spatial arrangement of Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, and San Antonio

• Linked together by transportation and communications networks and economic activity

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Trade

• Coastal Location:– Several major ports at the mouths of major

rivers

• Sheltered bays:– Pensacola, Mobile, Galveston, Corpus Christi

• Significant port cities for Latin America and Europe:– Jacksonville, Brownsville, New Orleans, and

Houston

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Tertiary Economic

Sector: Tourism Disneyworld & EPCOT

Cruises atFt. Lauderdale

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Tertiary Economic Sector: Retirees

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Places of The Coastal South

• Miami-area a 20th century creation– Recreation– Travel– Latin American commercial connection

• New Orleans– Industrial and recreational importance – Constrained site restricts growth

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Houston Development:the Future for The Coastal South?

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Readings & Discussion Question

• Reading: EPCOT• Reading: Galveston• Reading: Braus, Patricia. 1998. “Strokes and the

South,” American Demographics 20: 26–29.– A disturbing study of some of the health issues facing

the American South due to economic challenges and racial differences.

Why do Geographers distinguish between the “Coastal” South and the “Inland” South?

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Related Books• Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 2002. Mythic Galveston:

Reinventing America’s Third Coast. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press.– A study of the impacts of immigrant groups on the evolution of

this island city set within the content of the urban historical geography of Texas.

• Colten, Craig E. 2005. An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press.– An environmental history of the city that probably never should

have been built (published a few months prior to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina).

• Boswell, Thomas D., ed. 1991. South Florida: The Winds of Change. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Geographers.– Overview of the development of south Florida through time and

a discussion of key issues facing the region up through the early 1990s.

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WebSources

• Florida Population Information:http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12000.html

• City of Galveston:http://www.cityofgalveston.org/

• Hurricane Information:http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12000.html
http://www.cityofgalveston.org/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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