The Southeastern Geographer is published by the University of North Carolina Press for the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. The quarterly journal publishes research papers on all geographical topics, but the editors especially invite submissions that focus on the South. SEDAAG WEB SITE: http://www.sedaag.org
GUEST EDITORS
William Graves & Derek H. Alderman
EDITORS
Robert Brinkmann & Graham A. Tobin University of South Florida
BOOK REVIEW EDITORS
E. Spencer Fleury University of South Florida
Leslie A. North Western Kentucky University
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT & CARTOGRAPHIC EDITOR
Leslie A. North Western Kentucky University
SPANISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR
Luis Snchez-Ayala University of Puerto Rico
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Derek Alderman East Carolina University
Thomas Bell University of Tennessee
Ling Bian State University of New York, Buffalo
Altha J. Cravey University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Richard Crepeau Appalachian State University
John Fraser Hart University of Minnesota
Douglas W. Gamble University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Russell L. Ivy Florida Atlantic University
Allan L. James University of South Carolina
Paul A. Knapp University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Hilda E. Kurtz University of Georgia
Scott Lecce East Carolina University
Michael W. Mayfield Appalachian State University
Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt University of West Florida
Burrell Montz East Carolina University
Tyrel G. Moore University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Joann Mossa University of Florida
Ann M. Oberhauser University of West Virginia
Kavita Pandit University of Georgia
Jamie Peck University of British Columbia
John Pickles University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jeffrey P. Richetto University of Alabama
Joseph L. Scarpaci Virginia Tech
David Shankman University of Alabama
Shih-Lung Shaw University of Tennessee
Jean-Claude Thill University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Susan M. Walcott University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Barney Warf University of Kansas
Front cover image: Charlottes post-suburban landscape. Middle income rental housing cluster behind light rail, high-density employment cluster in background. Photo by William Graves.
2011 Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers.
This publication is printed on 30% recycled, acid-free paper.
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Members of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers receive the Southeastern Geographer as part of their annual dues ($40 per single; $42 per couple; $20 per student and retiree). The subscription rate for non-member individuals is $42 per year in the United States and $62 elsewhere. The rate for institutions is $47 per year in the United States and $67 elsewhere.
SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS
The Southeastern Geographer welcomes manuscripts on any geographical subject as long as they reflect sound scholarship and contain significant contributions to geographical understanding. Residence and professional affiliation of the author do not affect the acceptability of a manuscript.
Guidelines for preparing manuscripts for submission are available on the World Wide Web at www.sedaag.org. All manuscripts submitted are reviewed under a double-blind system by selected members of the editorial committee and other authorities at the discretion of the editors.
Reprints may be obtained at the expense of the author. Abstracts of all articles appearing in the Southeastern Geographer are submitted for inclusion in GeoAbstracts, an international publication. Full text versions of articles are available online by subscription through Project Muse (http://muse.jhu.edu/).
All requests for subscriptions, back issues, and address changes should be mailed to Journals Department, University of North Carolina Press, 116 South Boundary Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
Email manuscripts to:
David Cochran and Carl Andy Reese
Editors, Southeastern Geographer
Department of Geography and Geology
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive, Box 5051
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
segeditors@gmail.com
Introduction: With Thanks
The Southeastern Geographer is moving north. Our four-year term as editors comes to an end with this issue and volume 52 will see the journal reside in the very capable hands and minds of Carl Andy Reese and David Cochran at the University of Southern Mississippi. We wish them every success in this endeavor and we hope that you readers will support them fully as you have us.
During the last four years, we believe we have made some significant changes to the Southeastern Geographer, not least being establishing the journal as genuine quarterly publication. During this time, we believe we have maintained the journals high academic quality thanks primarily to the wonderful support of the SEDAAG members.
Serving as editors over has been personally rewarding for us in many ways. Certainly, the opportunity to read all the articles submitted to the journal provided valuable insights into where the discipline is going and what constitutes cutting edge research. It is very clear that the discipline is alive and well, with new scholars challenging the old paradigms, bringing in new ideas, and asking pertinent geographic questions. At the same time, senior scholars have been very much a part of the success of the Southeastern Geographer providing their own research articles, their academic wisdom, and their support.
Of course, with any editorship come important responsibilities, not least being meeting publication deadlines, and providing open and meaningful feedback to authors and reviewers. In this respect, we are grateful to Leslie North (now a faculty member at Western Kentucky University) for all her assistance. It is because of Leslie that the response time from receipt of an article to publication decision was so efficient, averaging just 42 days. She kept us all on track and encouraged reviewers to submit timely reviews and authors to submit changes promptly. This position, we should add, was funded until this year by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. Others who have made important contributions to the Southeastern Geographer include our book review editors, Chris Meindl (USF St. Petersburg), Spencer Fluery (USF), and Leslie North (Western Kentucky). In addition, we have published several special and joint editions with guest editors; these include, Derek Alderman, Altha Cravey, Bill Graves, Allan James, Chris Meindl, Arnold Modlin, Luis Sanchez, Gabriela Valdivia and James O. Wheeler. We also thank Luis Sanchez who translated abstracts into Spanish.
Over the years, we have used a large number of you as reviewers, for which we are most grateful (see the list of reviewers we have used, some on many occasions, at the end of this issue). We cannot thank you enough for all the time and effort that you put into this. Without you, this journal would not have been possible. Nevertheless, ultimately publication decisions were ours and we take full responsibility. We know that not all scholars will have agreed with our decisions to publish, or not to publish, particular articles, but that is the essence of serving as editors. We have probably made some mistakes, maybe published something that was not based on top tier research with which you had issues, or rejected an article that subsequently proved to be an important contribution to the literature. If we have, we apologize. The system is not perfect, but the best system we have in our field. Again, any mistakes are ours and we take full responsibility for any errors.