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AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN PEOPLE AND PLACES: ENDING THE LEGACY OF POVERTY IN THE RURAL SOUTH [PDF]
This study focuses on the longstanding impoverishment of the rural South and three of its subregions-Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, and the Black Belt.
Allen-Smith, Joyce E. +2 more
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Religiosity as Resilience: Rural–Urban Divorce Responses to Coal‐Fired Power Plant Closures
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Volume 85, Issue 3, Page 381-387, May 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between coal‐fired power generator shutdowns and county‐level divorce rates in Ohio using a two‐way fixed effects model. The results show that reductions in coal‐fired generating capacity have no measurable impact on divorce rates in non‐rural counties but are associated with significantly higher divorce ...
Tuyen Pham +2 more
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Mountaintop Removal in Central Appalachia
Southern Spaces, 2009 Shirley Stewart Burns decries the ecological devastation produced by mountaintop removal in Appalachia.
Shirley Stewart Burns
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Clearcutting in Appalachia: Impacts on Stream Water Quality in an Appalachian Watershed [PDF]
, 2019 Clearcutting forests has the potential to impact the water quality of high water headwater streams. In this study, we measured the effect of forest clearcut events on parameters of stream water quality within Michaux State Forest.
Kaewwilai, Alyssa J. +2 more
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New Records of Stoneflies (Plecoptera) With an Annotated Checklist of the Species for Pennsylvania [PDF]
, 2017 Original collections now record 134 species in nine families and 42 gen- era. Seventeen new state records include, Allocapnia wrayi, Alloperla caudata, Leuctra maria, Soyedina carolinensis, Tallaperla elisa, Perlesta decipiens, P.
Masteller, E. C
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The benefits of US foreign aid in rural US communities: The case of northwestern North Carolina
Development Policy Review, Volume 44, Issue 3, May 2026.Abstract Motivation This study analyses the underexplored domestic benefits of US foreign aid by evaluating the long‐term impacts of two strategic international exchange programmes—the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program and the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders—that were implemented over a decade through ...
Jesse Lutabingwa, Renee Scherlen
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The Dispossessions of Appalachia: A Review of Ramp Hollow
Southern Spaces, 2018 Barbara Ellen Smith reviews Steven Stoll's Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia (New York: Hill and Wang, 2017).
Barbara Ellen Smith
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Down from the Mountain: Skill Upgrading and Wages in Appalachia [PDF]
Despite evidence that skilled labor is increasingly concentrated in cities, whether regional wage inequality is predominantly due to differences in skill levels or returns is unknown.
Bollinger, Christopher R. +2 more
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Climatology and Trends in Spatial Scales of Extreme Precipitation Over Land in the Contiguous US
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 8, 28 April 2026.Abstract Extreme precipitation (EP) poses a severe risk under a changing climate. Here we use daily gridded precipitation data (1980–2024) and a connected‐component labeling algorithm to characterize the climatology and regional trends of daily EP spatial scale over land in the contiguous United States (US).
Trinish Chatterjee +3 more
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Women's Health Reports, 2020 Background: Appalachian Kentucky has higher-than-average rates of preterm birth (PTB)?a health disparity associated with increased maternal and fetal/neonatal morbidity and neonatal mortality.
Anna Hansen +4 more
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