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Blues Epistemology, Community Resilience, and COVID-19 in the Mississippi Delta
(2021-08)This research examines how the blues-based cultural economy of the Mississippi Delta has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Situating the pandemic within the broader history of racial inequality in the region, I use ... -
An Analysis of Aquatic Vegetation in the San Marcos River Using sUAS
(2021-08)Recreational usage is one of the largest impacts to the endemic Texas wild-rice (TWR) on the San Marcos river (SMR). During the summer of 2020, the restricted use of public access points to the river systems allowed a ... -
Social Institutions and Latinx Voter Turnout: A Mixed Methods Study From Texas, USA
(2021-05)The Latinx population is the second largest ethnic group in the United States. In Texas, nearly two-fifths of the population is classified as Latinx, and Latinx persons make up over 28 percent of the state’s eligible voters. ... -
Assessing the impact of green roof on the urban heat island using satellite images: A case study of Washington D.C.
(2021-05)Changing the urban environment by replacing vegetated surfaces with low albedo materials is one of the reasons for increasing temperatures in the urban environment and consequently is one of the key causes of the urban ... -
The Governance of Community gardens as Commons and Its Role in the Socio-Environmental Outcomes of Gardening in Austin, TX
(2021-05)Community gardens represent vacant lots in urban areas with public or private land ownership that community members use primarily for urban agriculture. Community gardens are a product of local alternative food movements ... -
The Cocaine-Wildlife Connection: Conservation Crime in Central America
(2021-05)This thesis analyzes the illegal wildlife trade in Central America and its connections to cocaine trafficking in protected areas by conducting a comparative study of Costa Rica and Guatemala. Recent scholarship on ...
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"There's not many times where people ask you for your story": Toward a More Complete Narrative Reflecting Experiences of Environmental Professionals of Color
(2021-05)Whiteness is central to power in the United States. Racial hegemony was fundamental to the country’s nation-building and the backbone for the nation’s nature-building. White upper-class urban men nurtured concepts of ...
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Geo-Analytics of Citizen-Government Interaction: The Integration of Spatial Data Mining, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), And Geovisualization To Explore Non-emergency Requests in the State of Kuwait
(2021-05)The rapid and continuous growth of population requires simultaneous provision of public services (or commons) at high spatial and temporal scales. In addition to the commons provision, governments are ought to maintain ...
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A MODIS-Based Algorithm to Detect Forest Degradation: A Case Study in Mexico
(2019-12)With global warming becoming a major concern worldwide, forest degradation impacts on environmental services, especially those related to climate regulation through carbon sequestration, have received increasing attention ... -
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Prospects for expanded alternative tourism in Los Cumbres de Monterrey National Park region, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, Mexico
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A study of landform evolution and archaeological preservation at site 41HY165 San Marcos, Texas
(2000-12)Aquarena Center is an eco-tourism and research campus of Southwest Texas State University (SWT) located on Spring Lake, the headwater springs of the San Marcos River. Across this campus, numerous archaeological sites have ... -
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Assessment of burn severity of large Western wildfires via multi-temporal Landsat imagery analysis and cellular automata modeling
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Incorporating a mechanistic bank failure algorithm into the cellular automaton evolutionary slope and river (Caesar) model, and applying it to a highly erosive reach of the Colorado River, Austin, Texas
(2009-05)Streams are a dynamic part of the Earth's landscape. The altered hydrologic and sedimentologic regimes caused by urbanization bring about changes in channel morphology that are problematic for urban stream management. The ... -
Use of remote sensing applications and visualization techniques to aid in real estate marketing
(2005-12)No abstract prepared. -
The effect of antecedent dry time on water quality inflow and outflow to wet ponds and pollutant removal efficiency
(2008-05)Storm water is a significant source of pollutants in urban areas. Urbanization results in reduced water quality of surface waters due to the loss of vegetation and pervious areas, and increased impervious cover, pollutant ... -
Using multitemporal satellite imagery to monitor the response of vegetation to drought in the Great Lakes Region
(2003-08)The use of satellite imagery to monitor vegetation has been important for decades. Previous studies focus on the use of A VHRR based vegetation indices to assess vegetation response to climatic conditions. This study focuses ... -
Natural environment and cultural change: The importance of Waghjaai Sacred Grove to the local peoples
(2010-08)No abstract prepared.
