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Improving Land Cover Classification using Texture Patterns Derived from Micro-Scale Digital Elevation Models
(2022-05)Historically the determination of land cover types has relied upon techniques that analyze reflected spectral energy in the visible or near infrared wavelengths. Often, these wavelength bands are used in combination to ...
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Inside the Mind of the Local Ecotourist: Do Environmental Attitudes and Actions Align?
(2022-05)Ecotourism is responsible travel that is designed to manage and mitigate tourists’ impact on the environment and to promote the sustainability of natural resources. Previous research focused on ecotourism has been carried ... -
Riparian vegetation along ephemeral streams in arid and semi-arid environments and implications for the Clean Water Act
(2022-05)The Clean Water Act protects water quality, but its jurisdiction is limited to traditionally navigable waters and those tributaries that have relatively permanent flow (i.e., perennial flow) or a significant nexus (i.e., ... -
Macro and Micro Litter Accumulation in the San Marcos River San Marcos, Texas, USA
(2022-05)Litter accumulation in rivers is understudied in the United States and yet is a major problem that is becoming worse. Litter is the focus of recent management attention in urban river systems including the San Marcos River. ... -
Operationalizing a Multi-Driver Analysis Approach to Climate-Induced Migration Changes: A Case Study in Bangladesh
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Blue Index San Marcos: Emotional Experiences, Values, and Use Patterns of Waterscapes in San Marcos, Texas
(2022-05)Waterscapes can have profound benefits on people’s well-being and mental health, such as helping people feel calmer and more connected to nature. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the ways we use and relate to urban waterscapes. ... -
A Quantitative Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Frequency within the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
(2022-05)This research examines characteristics, and trends, of tropical cyclone occurrences in the Northern Indian Ocean area between 1950 and 2020. Data from the India Meteorological Department was used to examine storm ... -
Mapping Bicycle Level of Service
(2022-05)Bicycle level of service (BLOS) offers transportation planners a mathematical measurement for evaluating roadway infrastructure. Over the last several decades, there have been many formulations used to calculate BLOS; ... -
Public participation in the Triangle Park controversy, Austin, Texas
(1998-12)No abstract prepared. -
The effect of urbanization on highest maximum and highest mean summer stream temperatures: Trinity and San Antonio River basins, Texas
(2000-05)No abstract prepared. -
Non-formal environmental education in Texas: An examination of objectives and evaluation
(1998-06)Non-formal environmental education (EE) programs in Texas, programs not funded or evaluated by public school systems or the Texas Education Agency, play a very important role in providing environmental education to Texas ... -
The effects of golf courses in the Austin-San Antonio region on local water supplies
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Collaborative pedagogy: A student-centered approach to geographic education
(1999-12)No abstract prepared. -
Gentrification and crime in Austin, 1980-1990
(2000-07)Previous studies examining the gentrification process, the rehabilitation of working class and derelict housing resulting in the transformation of an area into a middle-class neighborhood, have either ignored the crime ... -
Studying climate change, present glacier landscapes and future lake formation in Swiss Southwestern Alps
(2019-12)Accelerated ice loss has been the most pronounced sign of climate change in high-mountain regions around the world. One of the outcomes of such changes is the formation of new lakes upon unstable slopes, a process that ... -
Childhood Cancer Disparities in Texas
(2019-05)Cancer is a major public health concern and second leading cause of death in the United States. Although cancer in children represents less than 1% of all new cancer diagnoses, it accounts for considerable death and ...
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Pathways into the discipline: Similarities and differences between female and male undergraduate geography majors
(2000-08)No abstract prepared. -
A comparison of Austin and San Antonio residential water use during two years of drought-induced conservation policies
(1998-05)This study will determine and analyze differences between San Antonio, Texas and Austin, Texas residential water use during the drought conditions of 1995 and 1996. Water is a precious resource that is often abused or taken ...
