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Land Use And Sovereignty Along The Catawba River, Thomas C. Brugh, Lucile C. Rencher Jan 2026

Land Use And Sovereignty Along The Catawba River, Thomas C. Brugh, Lucile C. Rencher

Student Scholarship

This document-based case study explains how land-use change along the Catawba River Corridor (Lancaster and York Counties, South Carolina) has been produced through the interaction of property rights (dominium) and rule-setting authority (imperium), showing why sovereignty continues to shape development even after land disputes appear “settled.” Through analyzing legal records (Treaty of Nation Ford, the 1959 Catawba Division of Assets Act, the 1986 Supreme Court timing decision, and the 1993 Settlement Act), planning documents, parcel records, and field observations, we trace how shifting jurisdiction and title certainty structured what kinds of land uses were possible and when. We argue that …


Patterns In Tropical Cyclone Intensity And Frequency Since 1960, Ramie E. Thompson May 2025

Patterns In Tropical Cyclone Intensity And Frequency Since 1960, Ramie E. Thompson

Student Scholarship

Tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes or typhoons, are defined as organized storm systems that form in the warm waters around the equator (NOAA, 2024). This happens due to the combination of warm waters, light winds, and preexisting weather conditions. In the last 50 years, tropical cyclones have accounted for approximately 800,000 deaths and an economic loss of $1.4 trillion USD due to their resulting damages (WMO, 2024). Research in this field includes studies that encompass a variety of time scales including from 85 to 150 years on a global or regional level and studies that focus on more recent …


Large Mammal Herbivores As Gardeners Of Tropical Forest Ecosystems, Kathryn Garner May 2025

Large Mammal Herbivores As Gardeners Of Tropical Forest Ecosystems, Kathryn Garner

Student Scholarship

Ecosystems worldwide are experiencing changes in structure and function as populations of fauna decline and experience local extinctions (Torres-Romero et al. 2020). Due primarily to their body size, large mammal herbivores (LMHs) are disproportionately prone to extinction from human activities such as agricultural expansion, deforestation, and anthropogenic climate change (Pringle et al. 2023). Additionally, as the number of domesticated LMHs (i.e. cattle, pigs, etc.) continue to increase in both density and distribution, their wild counterparts are continually displaced, resulting in increased competition for resources and an increased risk of disease transmission between domestic to wild species (Pringle et al. 2023; …


Mapping Disparities: Spatial And Socioeconomic Analysis Of Medical Apartheid Regions In Spartanburg County, Anthony G. Tarulli May 2025

Mapping Disparities: Spatial And Socioeconomic Analysis Of Medical Apartheid Regions In Spartanburg County, Anthony G. Tarulli

Student Scholarship

Medical Apartheid Regions (MARs) are a widely underesearched topic that are heavily prominent in the southeastern United States, specifically rural areas (Brînzac et al. 2023). Due to the historical implementation of redlining (Egede et al., 2023) and structural racism (Miller & Vasan, 2021) in the development of the southern United States, a reclassification of medical deserts needed to occur to truly assess the implications of a lack of healthcare acces.


The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 11, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Dec 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 11, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 10, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Dec 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 10, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 9, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Nov 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 9, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 7, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Oct 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 7, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 6, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Oct 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 6, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 5, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Oct 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 5, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 4, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Sep 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 4, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 3, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Sep 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 3, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 2, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Sep 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 2, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 1, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Sep 2023

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 14 Issue 1, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

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Climate Stories: South Carolina, Volume 1, Kaelyn Emon, Emily Arnold, Samantha Carter, Hayden Jones, Sarah Owens, Noel A. Tufts, Tiana White, Laura Barbas Rhoden, Christine S. Dinkins Sep 2023

Climate Stories: South Carolina, Volume 1, Kaelyn Emon, Emily Arnold, Samantha Carter, Hayden Jones, Sarah Owens, Noel A. Tufts, Tiana White, Laura Barbas Rhoden, Christine S. Dinkins

Community Based Research

In this volume, you will hear from South Carolina residents about how they have been sensing climate change throughout their lifetimes. All stories have been anonymized with the use of pseudonyms, except where participants asked for their story to be associated with their name.


The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 19, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies May 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 19, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 18, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies May 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 18, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 17, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies May 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 17, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 16, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Apr 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 16, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 15, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Mar 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 15, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 14, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Mar 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 14, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 13, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Mar 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 13, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 12, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Mar 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 12, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 11, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Feb 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 11, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 10, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Feb 2022

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 10, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 9, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Dec 2021

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 9, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 8, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Dec 2021

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 8, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 7, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Nov 2021

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 7, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 6, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Nov 2021

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 6, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 5, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies Oct 2021

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 5, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.