Urban Growth Mapping & Forecasting: 1976-2030, Western NC County Profiles

Tuesday, August 3, 2010
John Vogler

The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC Charlotte expanded the urban growth mapping and forecasting into 19 counties in the Western part of North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey Counties. The full research report is available in our web publications section.

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John Vogler wrote this article while a graduate student working at the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science at UNC Charlotte.