GIS II Reading Questions Preparation Schedule

Week 2 (Jan 18): Site/Suitability Analysis

Assessing the impact of airborne toxic release on populations with special needs.

·        Jack Holmberg

·        Nadezhda Gillett

·        Nicholas LaRue

·        Ty Conley

GIS versus the community: Siting power in southern West Virginia.

·        Andy Freed

·        Phil Morefield

·        Keith Marcoe

·        Vicky Teeters

 

Week 3 (Jan 25): Multi-criteria Decision Making

A GIS-based method for multi-objective evaluation of park vegetation.

·        Christine Boschiero

·        Harmony VanEaton

·        Ryan Cody

·        Joseph Hoopes

·        Willow Campbell

Multi-criteria evaluation of safety and risks along transportation corridors on the Hopi Reservation.

·        Brian Biboux

·        Mark DeVisser

·        Erica McCormick

·        Will Fellers

 

Week 4 (Feb 1): Dasymetric mapping

Dasymetric Mapping Using Arc/Info.

·        Andrew Banahenen

·        Jenny McKay

·        Marianne McClure

Dasymetric mapping and areal interpolation: implementation and evaluation.

·        Asma Hmouda

·        Elizabeth Amrine

·        Jerome Lambert

·        Steph Gaspers

Journal Article Discussion: Mennis, J. 2002. Using GIS to Create and Analyze Statistical Surfaces of Population and Risk for Environmental Justice Analysis. Social Science Quarterly 83(1): 281-297. (Mennis_2002.pdf)

·        Erica McCormick

·        Todd Gilmore

·        Ty Conley

·        Elizabeth Amrine

·        Eric Thornburgh

·        Vicky Teeters

 

Week 5 (Feb 8): Hazard/Emergency Management

How GIS and Mapping Technology Can Save Lives and Protect Property in Post-September 11th America.

·        Eric Thornburgh

·        Heather Hartunian

·        Jeff Groth

·        Joe Hayes

Defining area at risk and its effect in catastrophe loss estimation: a dasymetric mapping approach.

·        Kathleen Strope

·        Sally Plunkett

·        Linda Martin

Journal Article Discussion: Taylor, B., Skelley, D., et al. 2005. Proximity to pollution sources and risk of amphibian limb malformation. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113 (11): 1497-1501. (Taylor_etal_2005.pdf)

·        Phil Morefield

·        Marianne McClure

·        Nadezhda Gillett

·        Keith Marcoe

·        Jenny McKay

 

Week 6 (Feb 15): Spatial Pattern Analysis             

Mapping and visualizing the location HIV service providers: An exploratory spatial analysis of Toronto neighborhoods.

·        Todd Gilmore

·        Statia Cupit

·        John Hall

·        Robin Fladebo

Journal Article Discussion: Clevenger, A.P., Wierzchowski, J., Chruszcz, B., et al. 2002. GIS-generated, expert-based models for identifying wildlife habitat linkages and planning mitigation passages. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 16 (2): 503-514. (Clevenger_etal_2002.pdf)

·        Barbara Van Ness

·        Krisstina Wright

·        Ryan Cody

·        Harmony VanEaton

·        Robin Fladebo

 

Week 7 (Feb 22): Statistical GIS Modeling

Evaluating the Effect of Proximity to Hog Farms on Residential Property Values: A GIS-Based Hedonic Price Model Approach.

·        Heather Kaplinger

·        Jamie Ludwig

·        Paul Rosenbloom

·        Stephen Shane

Journal Article Discussion: Song, Y. and Knaap, G. 2004. Measuring the effects of mixed land uses on housing values. Regional Science and Urban Economics 34: 663– 680. (SongKnaap_2004.pdf)

·        Steph Gaspers

·        Brian Biboux

·        Belinda Beller

·        Jamie Ludwig

 

Week 8 (Mar 1): Agent-Based Modeling                            

Automata-based models of urban systems.

·        Barbara Van Ness

·        Kurt Hellman

Journal Article Discussion: Sanchez, T. W. 2004. Land use and growth impacts from highway capacity increases. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 130 (2): 75-82. (Sanchez_2004.pdf)

·        Heather Kaplinger

·        Paul Rosenbloom

·        Stephen Shane

·        Jack Holmberg

·        Linda Martin

·        Andy Freed

 

Week 9 (Mar 8): Spatial Optimization

Location-allocation in GIS.

·        Krisstina Wright

·        Belinda Beller

Journal Article Discussion: Church, R. L. et al. 2003. Constructing cell-based habitat patches useful in conservation planning. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93(4): 814-827. (Church_etal_2003.pdf)

·        Nicholas LaRue

·        Statia Cupit

·        Will Fellers

·        Kurt Hellman