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Author:: Hultquist, Carolynne
Title:: Validation of Citizen Science Data for Decision-Making during Disasters
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: crowdsource
citizen science
data integration
environmental hazards
File:: Download Hultquist-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Guido Cervone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guido Cervone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anthony C Robinson, Committee Member
Todd Smith Bacastow, Committee Member
Andrea Tapia, Outside Member

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Author:: Kunches, Daniel
Title:: Capacity in the Age of Environmental Variability: An Analysis of Yosemite’s Use and Ecological Imperatives
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Capacity
Yosemite National Park
Climate Variability
Protected Area Management
Ecological Restoration
Conservation Boundaries
File:: Download Kunches_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Brian Hastings King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Hastings King, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Zimmerer, Committee Member
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Alan R Graefe, Outside Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Nelson, Jonathan
Title:: Role of Cartography, Design, and Visualization in Making Personal Movement Data More Accessible, Legible, Valuable
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: personal movement data
visualization
cartography
data dashboards
UI/UX design
user studies
user centered design
human-computer interaction
culture studies
place
quantified-self (QS)
File:: Download nelsonJK_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan M MacEachren, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan M MacEachren, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Member
Anthony C Robinson, Committee Member
Burt Monroe III, Outside Member

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Author:: Welch, Amy P
Title:: The Composition and Distribution of Stream Restoration Activity: An Analysis of Implemenation Rates at Multiple Scales
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: water quality
stream restoration
nonpoint source pollution
Chesapeake Bay
restoration project database
restoration ecology
stormwater management
best managment practices
Clean Water Act Section 319
File:: Download Welch_Dissertation_4.15.15.pdf
Committee Members:: Brent Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Outside Member

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Author:: Patel, Ruchi
Title:: CONSTRUCTING CORRIDORS AND CONSERVATION POLICY IN HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT LANDSCAPES OF EL SALVADOR
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: biological corridor
conservation and development
Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
El Salvador
biological corridor
Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
landscape restoration
conservation and development
El Salvador
File:: Download MS_THESIS_Ruchi_Patel_August_2019.pdf
Committee Members:: Brian Hastings King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry James Gorenflo, Committee Member

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Author:: Harris, Lucas
Title:: Fire-driven alternative states and spatial variability in forest resilience at a dry forest ecotone
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: wildfire
fire exclusion
tree regeneration
fire severity
ecotone
alternative states
topoclimate
water balance
aerial photography
File:: Download Harris_Lucas_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Laura P Leites, Outside Member

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Author:: Olson, Stacey
Title:: Modeling Forest Futures: Simulating the Impacts of Emerald Ash Borer Invasion and Climate Change Using LANDIS-II
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: emerald ash borer
LANDIS-II
Wisconsin forest
Agrilus planipennis
ash trees
ecological modeling
File:: Download Olson_Thesis_2019.pdf
Committee Members:: Erica A H Smithwick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Alexander Klippel, Committee Member

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Author:: Domanico, Emily R
Title:: Map Use and Geographic Information Flows in Rail Transit Control Centers
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: dynamic visualization
control center
map use
heterogeneous information
schematic map
File:: Download Domanico_ThesisMS.pdf
Committee Members:: Anthony C Robinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan M Mac Eachren, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhao, Anthony
Title:: Modeling Prescribed Fire Effects on Vegetation Dynamics in Mid-Atlantic Oak and Pitch Pine Forests
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Prescribed Fire
Oak Forests
Pitch Pine Forests
Mid-Atlantic
Modeling
Forest Management
File:: Download ZhaoAnthony_MastersThesis_FINAL.pdfDownload ZhaoAnthony_MastersThesis_APPENDIX_C.xlsx
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Liu, Xi
Title:: Quantifying cities through user-generated geosocial content with GeoAI
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: GIScience
GeoAI
Cities
Computational Social Science
Machine Learning
Data Mining
File:: Download Xi_Liu_dissertation_revised_v2.pdf
Committee Members:: Clio Maria Andris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clio Maria Andris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan M Mac Eachren, Committee Member
Donna Peuquet, Committee Member
Bruce A Desmarais, Jr., Outside Member

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