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Allegany County
American Manufacturing Belt
Appalachian Regional Commission
Assateague Island
Author_James E. DiLisio
Baltimore City
Baltimore Metropolitan Region
Blue Crab
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Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay environmental impact
coal mining
Coastal Colonies
economic geography
environmental policy
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Geographer Jean Gottman
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Howard Counties
human geography
Location Quotient
Maryland
Ocean City
Pediatric Trauma
physical landscapes
Primary Metals Industries
Queen Annes County
regional development
socioeconomic disparities
Soft Shell Clams
Southern Maryland
Standard Industrial Classification
Transportation Connectivity
Union Memorial Hospital
Urban Corridor
Urban Heat Island
urbanization patterns
Western Maryland
Product details
- ISBN 9780367018597
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 171 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Although one of the smallest of the fifty states, in many ways Maryland is the United States in miniature, bringing together and exemplifying the diverse elements of the country. In it the North and the South meet, and Maryland is one of the original gateways to the West. Maryland is a study in contrasts, combining the poverty of the Appalachian hill people, the sharecroppers of the South, and the inner-city dwellers of Baltimore with the affluence of country manor estates and fashionable suburbs. Some of America's most rural scenes are interspersed there with some of its largest metropolitan centers. Added to this is a great physical diversity—the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, the Delmarva Peninsula, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Appalachian Highlands. This book provides an analytical survey of the physical, social, cultural, and economic geography of Maryland. Though the emphasis is on human geography, significant attention is given to the physical base on which the cultural landscape has developed. Environmental issues, such as Chesapeake Bay pollution, coal mining in Western Maryland, and the urbanization of the beaches, are addressed to show how development has often led to conflicts between people and their environments.
