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Land Use / Land Cover Change Detection and Analysis of the Upper Guadalupe River, Central Texas
(2018-08)The study was conducted to detect the land use/ cover changes in the upper Guadalupe River basin, located in central Texas over an analysis period from 1987 to 2017. Surface water bodies, vegetation, urban areas and ... -
Analyzing Human Interest to Hurricane Harvey Using Location Based Social Media and Tobler's First Law of Geography
(2018-08)No abstract prepared. -
A Study of CPTED Principles and their Relationship to Crime Risk in Beaumont, Texas
(2018-08)Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is an approach to understanding crime which focuses on the built environment and geography instead of simply a potential offender’s behavior or socio-economic ... -
Does Better Accessibility to Exercise Facilities Mean People Use Them More?
(2018-08)GIS provides an excellent means for visualizing and analyzing health spatial data, geographically integrating large amounts of information from different sources and serving as a common platform for health data, recreation ... -
Modeling the Impacts of Green Roof Systems on Stormwater Mitigation
(2018-08)No abstract prepared. -
Identifying Functional Urban Regions from Bluetooth Data: A Case Study of Austin, Texas
(2018-05)Worldwide, the rate of urbanization has increased over the last several decades and the need to adequately identify urban areas are used increases importance with every year. This study applies dynamic time warping and ... -
Impacts of Flooding on the Hispanic Community in New Braunfels, Texas: A Mixed Method Approach to Understanding Flood Vulnerability
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Assessing the Effects of Hydrologic Enforcement Methods in a Central Texas Watershed
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Environmental Geography Education for Adults with Intellectual/Development Disabilities
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The Relationship between Regional Climate and Post-fire Debris Flows in Glacier National Park
(2018-05)Debris flows often occur on burned hillslopes in mountainous areas, which can damage infrastructure and pose hazards to people and wildlife. Glacier National Park, Montana, has a well-documented history of wildfires across ... -
The West African Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak of 2014: Mapping the Journey of Confirmed Cases through Sierra Leone
(2018-05)No abstract prepared. -
Garwood Irrigation Division, Texas: Exploration of Water Use and Conservation: 2012-2016
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Predicting International Travel Destinations from Geotagged Flickr Photos
(2017-12)No abstract prepared. -
Floodplain Land Cover Classification and Change Detection Analysis for the City of Austin, TX From 2008 to 2016
(2018-05)No abstract prepared. -
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Baseline Climatology of Sounding-Measured Variates Associated with Atlantic and Gulf Coast Tropical Cyclone Tornado Clusters
(2017-05-01)Radiosonde sounding-measured variates are analyzed for 55 cases of tornado outbreaks associated with tropical cyclones from 1995-2010. We define a tropical cyclone tornado outbreak as six or more tornadoes occurring in a ... -
Kombucha Culture: An ethnographic approach to understanding the practice of home-brew kombucha in San Marcos, Texas
(2017-05-15)Kombucha, a traditional fermented tea beverage touted for its numerous health benefits, has seen a dramatic rise in popularity over the last fifteen years. Once exclusively found in specialty health shops and only known ... -
Demographic Usage Patterns of Purgatory Creek Park, San Marcos, TX
(2017-05-01)This project seeks to make use of methods utilized in previous studies, such as surveys, statistical analysis and literature research, and apply those techniques to Purgatory Creek Park. The findings will be useful to city ...
