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Impacts of Recreational Watercraft Use on Concentrations of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Surface Waters in Texas
(2001-08)To determine whether motorized watercraft are a major factor in MTBE surface water contamination through recreation, surface water samples were collected in a multipurpose reservoir (Lake Austin) during periods of high ... -
Identifying Dune Habitat through the use of Remote Sensing Classifications
(2019-12)The use of object-based image analysis (OBIA) for image classification has grown over the past decade as evidenced by the increasing number of publications across disciplines. In many studies, OBIA is compared with traditional ... -
The Adoption of Geospatial Technologies for Teaching Geography at Latin American Universities
(2019-12)Faculty at geography departments can contribute to student’s geographic learning by helping them to develop geospatial technologies (GST) knowledge and skills. However, it is still unknown the extent to which faculty ...
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Assessing Nepalese Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change, Its Impacts, and Their Adaptation options in Lower Mustang
(2019-12)In recent decades, about 80% of the farmers in Himalayan region of Nepal who depend on agriculture for survival have experienced both positive and negative impacts from climate change that challenge their abilities to ...
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Assessment of Risk Perceptions Based Upon Prior Flood Occurences [sic] in the Region of South-Central Texas: The Influence of Cartographic Visualizations and Experience on Accurate Risk Perception
(2005-12)Natural hazards are normally occurring events posing a range of risks to society. Risk perception studies are especially useful for determining actions people may or may not undertake, due to a lack of understanding or ... -
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Brazoria County, Texas Hurricane Inland Flooding and Farm Animal Waste: A Risk Assessment
(2001-05)Large-scale factory farms or contained animal feeding operations (CAFOs) frequently use waste storage lagoons for waste management. Heavy rainfall events and flooding have caused many of these lagoons, which hold ...
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Risk Communication and Ethnicity: Anglo and Hispanic Responses to Disaster Warnings in San Marcos, Texas
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Proyecto Arqueologico y Paleontologico Chivacabe: A Geomorphic and Geoarchaeological Investigation of Late Quaternary Environments in Northwesten Highland Guatemala
(2010-08)This thesis presents the description, analysis, and inte1pretation of sediments and soils encountered at the archaeological and paleontological site, Chivacabe, located in Highlands of northwestern Guatemala. Chivacabe ...
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The Hazards of Place: A Study of Vulnerability to Flood Hazards in Walnut Creek Basin
(2001-12)In 1981, flooding in the Walnut Creek Basin resulted in two deaths, widespread property damage and disruption of city services. In subsequent years, flood damage continued to occur despite structural improvements and the ... -
Measuring Mixed Bed Load Transport with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
(2008-05)The transport of sediment through a river as bed load helps to define the channel geomorphology. Measuring bed load is difficult and often problematic due to the high flow velocities of which they are often associated. A ... -
The Effects of Distance and Quality-of-Life Consequences for Refugee-hosting Populations in Tanzania
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Fear of Gang Crime and the Physical Environment in East Austin, Texas
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Perceptions of Social and Environmental Risks: The Influence of Place and Politics Among College Students
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The Effects of Urban Development on Recharge of the Edwards Aquifer in San Antonio/Bexar County, Texas
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Changing Patterns of Water, Access, and Public Discourse in the Lower Colorado River Valley of Texas, 1970-2015
(2017-07)This mixed-methods study analyzes changes in water, access, and public discourse in the lower Colorado River valley of Texas from 1970 to 2015. The waters of the lower Colorado River have sustained urban populations and ... -
Water in a Changing Climate: Montana's Flathead Indian Reservation, 1961-2100
(2019-08)The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation (MT) have observed drastic changes in the quantity and quality of the water resources of the reservation over the last decades, which is ... -
The Viability of Social Media for Communicating Risk: Interpretations of Experiences during 2017 Hurricane Harvey through Phenomenography
(2019-07-12)From August 17 to September 3, 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas Coastal Bend, stalled and meandered between Corpus Christi and Beaumont for four days. Originally recorded as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 209 ... -
A Geographic Framework for Assessing Neolocalism: The Case of Texas Hard Cider
(2019-07-09)The purpose of this research was to develop and test a new conceptual framework for the geographic analysis of neolocalism through an examination of Texas craft cider producers. James Shortridge (1996) introduced the term ... -
Sediment Transport by Mud-Nesting Barn Swallows in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.
(2019-07)The effects of avian nest building on the landscape are not well-known. Birds can create and modify their landscape, and this is seen in nesting behaviors. Some birds will transport mud to build nests and depending on the ...
