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41. Building Scenarios of Adaptive Capacity: A Case Study of Community Water Systems in Central Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Whitehead, Jessica Chenault
Title:
Building Scenarios of Adaptive Capacity: A Case Study of Community Water Systems in Central Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
mediated modeling
drinking water management
adaptive capacity
community water systems
climate change
system dynamics
File:
Download Whitehead_dissertation_06-21-09.pdf
Committee Members:
Brenton Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brenton Yarnal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Gregory Knight, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member

42. ECOTOURISM'S ROLE IN POSITIVE LAND-USE AND LAND-COVER CHANGE IN A COSTA RICAN TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FOREST

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Open Access
Author:
Morrow, John L.
Title:
ECOTOURISM'S ROLE IN POSITIVE LAND-USE AND LAND-COVER CHANGE IN A COSTA RICAN TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FOREST
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Forest Recovery
Deforestation
Land-Use and Land-Cover Change
Tropical Montane Cloud Forest
Ecotourism
Savegre River
Costa Rica
File:
Download John_L_Morrow.pdf
Committee Members:
Deryck William Holdsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deryck William Holdsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

43. Visceral Reactions: Alternative Food and Social Difference in Two North American Schools

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Author:
Hayes-Conroy, Jessica Suzanne
Title:
Visceral Reactions: Alternative Food and Social Difference in Two North American Schools
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
political ecology
visceral
body
feminism
food
File:
Download J_Hayes-Conroy_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
James Mc Carthy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Mc Carthy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Sandra Morgen, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member
Julie Guthman, Committee Member

45. The Effect of Burn Severity on Short-Term Boreal Vegetation Recovery in Interior Alaska

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Open Access
Author:
Oyler, Jared Wesley
Title:
The Effect of Burn Severity on Short-Term Boreal Vegetation Recovery in Interior Alaska
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
boreal
Alaska
fire
burn severity
MODIS
NDVI
NBR
File:
Download JaredOylerThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Erica A H Smithwick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Maceachren, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

46. EXPLORATORY LEARNING FROM SPACE-ATTRIBUTE AGGREGATED DATA: A GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Jin
Title:
EXPLORATORY LEARNING FROM SPACE-ATTRIBUTE AGGREGATED DATA: A GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Spatial Epidemiology
Spatial Data Analysis
Geovisualization
Information Visualization
Geovisual Analytics
Spatial Data Mining
File:
Download ChenJ_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Alan Maceachren, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Maceachren, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donna Jean Peuquet, Committee Member
Mark N Gahegan, Committee Member
Guoray Cai, Committee Member

47. THE SEMANTIC GEOSPATIAL PROBLEM SOLVING ENVIRONMENT: AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR GEOGRAPHICAL PROBLEM SOLVING UNDER OPEN, HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

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Open Access
Author:
Luo, Junyan
Title:
THE SEMANTIC GEOSPATIAL PROBLEM SOLVING ENVIRONMENT: AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR GEOGRAPHICAL PROBLEM SOLVING UNDER OPEN, HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Geographical Problem Solving
Semantics
Automated Planning
Knowledge Representation
Problem Solving Environment
Semantic Geospatial PSE
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark N Gahegan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frederico T Fonseca, Committee Member
Brenton Yarnal, Committee Member
Ian J Turton, Committee Member

48. MANAGING WATER RESOURCES UNDER CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE: PERSPECTIVES OF COMMUNITIES IN THE AFRAM PLAINS, GHANA

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Open Access
Author:
Dietrich, Kathleen Ann
Title:
MANAGING WATER RESOURCES UNDER CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE: PERSPECTIVES OF COMMUNITIES IN THE AFRAM PLAINS, GHANA
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
adaptation
climate change
water resources
Afram Plains
Ghana
participatory methods
File:
Download whole.kad.final3re.pdf
Committee Members:
Petra Tschakert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Petra Tschakert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

49. Child domestic workers in Dhaka: A geographical study of discourses, work, and education.

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Open Access
Author:
Jensen, Kari Bolstad
Title:
Child domestic workers in Dhaka: A geographical study of discourses, work, and education.
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
child domestic work
File:
Download FinalMaster.pdf
Committee Members:
Lakshman S Yapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Benner, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Amy Glasmeier, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member

50. Characterizing hydrologic settings and hydrologic regimes of headwater riparian wetlands in the Ridge and Valley of Pennsylvania

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Author:
Hychka, Kristen Carol
Title:
Characterizing hydrologic settings and hydrologic regimes of headwater riparian wetlands in the Ridge and Valley of Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
wetlands
landscape setting
reach scale
hydrologic regime
headwaters
File:
Download Hychka_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Brooks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert P Brooks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member