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Elevated houses: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 15; Two thatch-roofed houses elevated on wood columns at Mai Chau provide excellent examples of highland village house construction. In the rear of the photograph, a person works in the shade under the house. Hand-hewn wooden walls, columns, shutter doors, and...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Living in the field: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 17; Highland families may use these small houses on a permanent basis, especially if they are near permanent wet-rice fields. Yet the houses sometimes are moved or abandoned when families cultivate other fields during different years or seasons. The canal running...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Beach erosion: In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 16; Figure 14 shows how beach erosion has undermined the deck and foundations of the houses in the foreground and apparently has threatened to do the same in the multifamily dwelling behind them. Note the remnants of an earlier dune on the right, and the roadway...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Figure Eight Island: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 17; We now turn our attention to Figure Eight Island, a privately owned island about 25 miles north of Oak Island and Hurricane Floyd's landfall. Although Figure Eight Island was not the site of hurricane landfall in 1999, it was in the sector of Hurricane Floyd...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Life in a sea port: In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 8; Hoi An is a fishing village that has been a stop on the merchant ship trade route since at least the 1700s. Coastal ports throughout Southeast Asia developed starting in the first millennium A.D. as maritime trade routes expanded between China and India. The...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Houses built too close to shore: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 14; Figure 11 shows a row of houses near those in Figure 10. These were not set back far from the average high tide line. All of these houses are now on the upper edge of the beach, and sea water washes around their foundations at high tide. There is a real question...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Dune erosion on Oak Island (2): In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 12; Figure 9 shows another set of oceanfront houses after Hurricane Floyd's landfall. This dune, too, has been flattened, leaving some houses standing on the beach and some not standing at all. Note, however, that the beach under the house in the foreground is...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Houses set back from the shoreline: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 13; Figure 10 shows another view of the Oak Island beach after Floyd. The beach here looks much like it did before the hurricane. The only real evidence of damage is the modest cliff formed at the front of the dunefield. There is no evidence of damage to shorefront...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

"Magic Eye" discussion questions: In Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity two, page 3; Each of you has looked carefully at one of the photographs. You have talked about your photograph with the others in your group. Now, think about all of the different photographs. What can they tell us about what it was like to live in that section of North...; Format: article; By Pauline S. Johnson.

Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development: A Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” that examines the sand sharing system of sedimentary coastlines and the impact of hurricanes on those coastlines and on human development.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Surviving storms: In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 11; The first house on northern Nags Head was built by W. G. Pool, a doctor from Elizabeth City. Many of Dr. Pool's friends followed his lead — mostly because he gave them seaside lots as gifts — and a new era of seaside living began on the Outer Banks....; By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.

Living in a salt marsh: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 18; Figure 15 shows an extreme example of siting a house as far as possible from the beachfront. This one appears to be built mostly on the salt marsh on the landward side of the island. It survived Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd without a scratch, but storm surges...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Living in dunefields: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 21; If you don't build in a maritime forest on a barrier island, you probably will have to build in the dunefields or the mid-island flats. Most houses on Figure Eight are built on one or the other. Figure 18 shows three choices for construction on nearshore dunes....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Pass: The view from this color photograph is mostly small buildings, presumably houses, surrounded by snow that appears to be melting. The houses are all the same color, gray-black, and are all little more than shacks. A lot of the houses have wooden covering over...; Format: image/photograph

Ceramic tile roofs of houses in Hoi An: A view of the ceramic tile roofs of houses in Hoi An also shows the area's suspended electric lines and surrounding vegetation. Coconut trees are visible in the background. Interlocking ceramic tiles are used to roof cement houses in many areas of Southeast...; Format: image/photograph

The Castle: A large mountain of rock has become homes for many near Göreme, Turkey. The large piece of stone has many houses carved into it that must have once been caves. Some of the houses even have cars.; Format: image/photograph

Town and caves: Houses flow down a hill on several levels, one above the other all below a number of caves on top of the hill. In the midst of the houses there is a large set of stairs, that goes between the houses, straight up and down along the hill.; Format: image/photograph

Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam: Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Living near the beachfront: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 22; Figure 19 shows a well-constructed house sited on a low beachfront lot. As on Oak Island, this lot was overwashed by Hurricane Floyd's storm surge and surface waves. This house withstood this onslaught as well as any beachfront property could be expected to,...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Houses in Kagbeni village, Nepal: A cluster of houses in Kagbeni, a village in the Mustang district of Nepal. The houses are rectangular with flat mud-plastered roofs and are built adjoining each other. Worn-down Tibetan prayer flags are flown at different points. Erosion of the flags is believed...; Format: image/photograph

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