The Southern Megalopolis: Using the Past to Predict the Future of Urban Sprawl in the Southeast U.S

Adam J. Terando; Jennifer Costanza; Curtis Belyea; Robert R. Dunn; Alexa McKerrow; Jaime A. Collazo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102261

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The Southern Megalopolis: Using the Past to Predict the Future of Urban Sprawl in the Southeast U.S

Adam J. Terando ,

* E-mail: aterando@usgs.gov

Affiliations Southeast Climate Science Center, US Geological Survey, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jennifer Costanza,

Affiliation Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Curtis Belyea,

Affiliation Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Robert R. Dunn,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Alexa McKerrow,

Affiliations Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Core Science Analytics and Synthesis, US Geological Survey, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jaime A. Collazo

Affiliations Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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The Southern Megalopolis: Using the Past to Predict the Future of Urban Sprawl in the Southeast U.S

Adam J. Terando,
Jennifer Costanza,
Curtis Belyea,
Robert R. Dunn,
Alexa McKerrow,
Jaime A. Collazo

Published: July 23, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102261

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Biltmore Farms Real Estate Developer Asheville NC

Posted by megconway on 01 Aug 2014 at 00:37 GMT

When real estate developers don't care about people, the chances of them caring about wildlife and the environment aren't good.

Here is a petition on change.org regarding Biltmore Farms

http://chn.ge/1fhM4si

A couple of weeks ago we had a bear in our parking lot-probably because of all of the continued Bleakmore Farms development-bear sitings are reportedly more frequent here.

Meg Conway, Asheville NC

No competing interests declared.

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