Dr. Keith Debbage

Professor, Geography Department



Academic Journal Articles




2016

Byrd, E.T., Canziani, B., Hsieh, Y., Debbage, K., and Sonmez, S., “Wine Tourism: Motivating Visitors Through Core and Supplementary Services” (1.11 MB) Tourism Management, 52:19-26.


2015

McGinn, C. and Debbage K., “The Electoral Geography of Provisional Ballots by County: The North Carolina 2008 U.S. Presidential Election” (1.19 MB) Southeastern Geographer, 55(3):295-314.


2014

Debbage K., Bereitschaft B. and Beaver E., “The Geography of Non-Earned Income in the Piedmont Megapolitan Cluster” (1.38 MB) Southeastern Geographer, 54(2):97-117.


2014

Bereitschaft B. and Debbage, K., “Regional Variations in Urban Fragmentation Among U.S. Metropolitan and Megapolitan Areas” (1.95 MB) Applied Spatial Analysis, 7:119-147.


2013

Bereitschaft B. and Debbage, K., “Urban Form, Air Quality, and CO2 Emissions in Large U.S. Metropolitan Areas” (1.3 MB) The Professional Geographer, 65(4):612-631.


2013

Alkaabi K.A., Debbage, K. and Bin Touq, A., “The Promise of the Aerotropolis Model in the United Arab Emirates: The Role of Spatial Proximity and Global Connectivity” (1.26 MB) The Arab World Geographer, 16(3):289-312.


2011

Alkaabi, K.A. and Debbage, K., “The Geography of Air Freight: Connections to U.S. Metropolitan Economies” (1.7 MB) Journal of Air Transport Geography, 19:1517-1529.


2011

Smith, R.M. and Debbage, K., “Spatial Distributions of Newly Incorporated Municipalities (NIMs) and Related Socioeconomic Characteristics: A National Comparison to Cohort Cities” (1.7 MB) Urban Geography, 32(4):568-588.


2010

Debbage, K.G. and Kidd, J., “Renewable Energy in North Carolina: The Potential Supply Chain and Connections to Existing Renewable and Energy Efficiency Firms” (789KB) The Southeastern Geographer, 50(1):69-88.


2007

Alkaabi, K.A. and Debbage, K., “Air Passenger Demand and Skilled Labor Markets by U.S. Metropolitan Area” (2.14 MB) Journal of Air Transport Management, 13:121-130.


2006

Smith, R.M. and Debbage, K., “Where are the Geographers? Newly Incorporated Municipalities (NIMs) in the South” (1 MB) The Geographical Bulletin, 48(2)


2006

Liu, Z.J., Debbage, K. and Blackburn, B., “Locational Determinants of Major U.S. Air Passenger Markets by Metropolitan Area” (2.6 MB) Journal of Air Transport Management, 12:331-341.


2004

Brown, L. and Debbage, K., “The Geography of Republicans in North Carolina: Voter Registration and Income ” (202KB) The North Carolina Geographer, 12:10-18.


2004

Cohen, D.T. and Debbage, K., “Research Note: Toward an Effective Subcounty Settlement Classification: Comparative Density Revisited ” (405 KB) Urban Geography, 25(7):675-684.


2002

Debbage, K., “Airport Runway Slots: Limits to Growth” (179 KB) Annals of Tourism Research, 29(4):933-951.


2001

Debbage, K. and Delk, D., “The Geography of Air Passenger Volume and Local Employment Patterns by US Metropolitan Core Area: 1973-1996” (179 KB) Journal of Air Transport Management, 7(3):159-167.


1999

Debbage, K., “Air Transportation and Urban-Economic Restructuring: Competitive Advantage in the U.S. Carolinas” (237 KB) Journal of Air Transport Management, 5:211-221.


1998

Cohen, D. and Debbage, K., “Wealth Generation in Metropolitan America: FIRE as Savior?” The Geographical Bulletin, 40(1): 1-13.


1997

Ioannides, D. and Debbage, K., “Post-Fordism and Flexibility: The Travel Industry Polyglot” (1.23 MB) Tourism Management, 18(4):229-241.


1994

Debbage, K., “The International Airline Industry: Globalization, Regulation and Strategic Alliances” (2.98 MB) Journal of Transport Geography, 2(3):190-203.


1993

Debbage, K., “U.S. Airport Market Concentration and Deconcentration”, Transportation Quarterly 47(1):115-136.


1993

Meadows, C. and Debbage, K., “Spatial Variation in Tourism: An Industrial View”, Geographical Bulletin 35(1):48-60.


1992

Rees, J. and Debbage, K., “Industry Knowledge Sources and the Role of Universities” (686 KB) Policy Studies Review, 11(1):6-25.


1991

Debbage, K. and Rees, J., “Company Perceptions of Comparative Advantage by Region” (868 KB) Regional Studies, 25(3):199-206.


1991

Debbage, K., “Spatial Behavior in a Bahamian Resort” (1.26 MB) Annals of Tourism Research, 18(2):251-268.


1990

Debbage, K., “Oligopoly and the Resort Cycle in the Bahamas” (1.07 MB) Annals of Tourism Research, 17(4):513-527.


1990

McKenzie, M. and Debbage, K., “Spatial Patterns of Visitor Behavior: A Case Study of the North Carolina Zoological Park”, Geographical Bulletin, 32(2):100-109.



Books & Book Chapters




Books

1998

Ioannides, D. and Debbage, K. (co-editors), “The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry: A Supply-Side Analysis” Routledge: London. Includes the following chapters:

Ioannides, D. and Debbage, K., “Introduction: Exploring the Economic Geography and Tourism Nexus”

Debbage, K. and Daniels, P.W., “The Tourist Industry and Economic Geography: Missed Opportunities”

Ioannides, D. and Debbage, K., “Neo-Fordism and Flexible Specialization in the Travel Industry: Dissecting the Polyglot”

Debbage, K. and Ioannides, D., “Conclusion: The Commodification of Tourism”



Book Chapters

2014

Ioannides, D. and Debbage, K., “Economic Geographies of Tourism Revisited: From Theory to Practice” (403K) In Lew, A., Hall, M., and A. Williams (eds.) A Companion to Tourism Wiley-Blackwell: London, 107-119.


2014

Debbage, K., “Geopolitics of Air Transport” (448K) In Goetz, A. and L. Budd (eds.) Geographies of Air Transport Ashgate: London, 25-42.


2012

Debbage, K., “The International Airline Industry: Globalization, Regulation and Strategic Alliances” (2.98 MB) In Button, K. and H. Vega (eds.) Globalization and Transport Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, forthcoming (Reprint of 1994 publication).


2012

Debbage, K., “Geopolitics of Air Transport” In Goetz, A. and L. Budd (eds.) Geographies of Air Transport Ashgate: London, forthcoming.


2012

Debbage, K. and Ioannides, D. “The Economy of Tourism Spaces: A Multiplicity of Critical Turns” (347K) In Wilson, J. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies Routledge: Abingdon, 149-156.


2009

Debbage, K. and Galloway, S. “Global Tourism Business Operations - Theoretical Frameworks and Key Issues ” (314K) In Jamal, T. and Robinson, M. (eds.), Handbook of Tourism Studies Sage Publications: London, 577-590.


2008

Debbage, K. and Alkaabi, K.A. “Market Power and Vertical (Dis)integration? Airline Networks and Destination Development in the United States and Dubai” (0.98 MB) In Papatheodorou A., Graham A., and Forsyth P. (co-editors). Aviation and Tourism: Implications for Leisure Travel Ashgate Publications: Aldershot, 147-163.


2005

Debbage, K. “Airlines, Airports, and International Aviation”. In Pender, L. and Sharpley, R. (eds.) The Management of Tourism Sage Publications: London, p.28-46.


2004

Debbage, K. and Ioannides, D., “The Cultural Turn? Towards a More Critical Economic Geography of Tourism”. In Lew A., Hall, M. and A.M. Williams (eds.), A Companion to Tourism Geography Companion to Geography Series, Blackwell: Oxford, p.99-109.


2004

Debbage, K. and Bennett, D., “Geography at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Historical Evolution, 1940-2004”. In Wheeler, J.O. and S.D. Brunn (Eds.) The Role of the South in the Making of American Geography: Centennial of the AAG, 2004 Bellwether: Columbia, MD, p.188-197.


2000

Debbage, K., “Air Transportation and International Tourism: The Regulatory and Infrastructural Constraints of Aviation Bilaterals and Airport Landing Slots”. In Robinson M., et al., (eds.), Reflections on International Tourism: Management, Marketing and the Political Economy of Travel and Tourism, Business Education Publishers Ltd: Gateshead, p.67-83.


1996

Debbage, K., “Air Transportation in the Carolinas”. In Bennett D.G. (Ed.) Snapshots of the Carolinas: Landscapes and Cultures Association of American Geographers: Washington D.C., p.197-202.


1996

Rees, J. and Debbage, K., “Economic Change in Metropolitan Carolina“. In Bennett D.G. (Ed.) Snapshots of the Carolinas: Landscapes and Cultures Association of American Geographers: Washington D.C., p.193-196.


1991

Debbage, K., “Tourist Destination Cycles and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis of the Bahamas and Mauritius“. In Lutz W. and F.L. Toth (eds.), Population, Economy, and Environment in Mauritius, Collaborative Paper Series, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria, p. 255-270.