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A North Atlantic Iceberg Climatology 1950-2016
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Authors: Richard Dixon*, Texas State University
Topics: Climatology and Meteorology, Oceanography, Cryosphere
Keywords: icebergs, North Atlantic, International Ice Patrol
Session Type: Poster
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A Political Ecology of Digital Ecosystems
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Authors: Jathan Sadowski*, The University of Sydney
Topics: Economic Geography
Keywords: political ecology, digital geographies, platforms, rent, value, technology
Session Type: Paper
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A Qualitative Study of Refugees’ Experiences Accessing Housing in Hamilton, Ontario
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Authors: Heidi Schneider*, McMaster University
Topics: Immigration/Transnationalism, Qualitative Research, Social Geography
Keywords: Refugees, Housing, Sustainability, Affordability, Immigration, Qualitative Research
Session Type: Paper
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A social-ecological network analysis of water governance in the Lake Champlain Basin, Vermont
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Authors: Patrick Bitterman*, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Christopher Koliba, University of Vermont
Topics: Human-Environment Geography, Sustainability Science, Water Resources and Hydrology
Keywords: social-ecological network, water governance, water quality
Session Type: Paper
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A Social-Ecological Systems Framework Analysis of Infrastructure & Service Provision in Urban 'Slums'
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Authors: Shruti Syal*, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Topics: Coupled Human and Natural Systems, Urban and Regional Planning, Water Resources and Hydrology
Keywords: social-ecological systems, environmental planning, waste management, water pollution, informal settlements
Session Type: Paper
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A Spatial Decision Support Framework for Analyzing Spatial Patterns of Electric Vehicle Adoption
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Authors: Ximing Cai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Zhe Zhang*, Texas A&M University, Changjiang Xiao, Tongji University, Shaowen Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Topics: Geographic Information Science and Systems, Cyberinfrastructure, Human-Environment Geography
Keywords: Spatial Decision Support System, Electric Vehicles, GIS, Sustainability
Session Type: Paper
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A Vocabulary Recommendation Method for Spatiotemporal Data Discovery Based on Bayesian Network and Ontologies
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Authors: Kejin Cui*, George Mason University
Topics: Geographic Information Science and Systems
Keywords: Spatiotemporal big data; Spatiotemporal data infrastructure; Data discovery; Bayesian network; Artificial intelligence; Search relevance; Ontologies
Session Type: Paper
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A Web-based GIS Toolkit to Manage and Estimate, and Visualize Groundwater Contamination in Gaston County, North Carolina
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Authors: Yu Lan*, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Eric Delmelle, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Wenwu Tang, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Topics: Medical and Health Geography, Geographic Information Science and Systems, Applied Geography
Keywords: Enviroment Health, Groundwater Contamination, WebGIS, IDW, Geovisualization
Session Type: Paper
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Abandoning the Revolution? An Ethnography of Twenty-First Century Socialism and South-South Migration in South America
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Authors: Christopher Courtheyn*, Universidad del Rosario
Topics: Political Geography, Urban Geography, Migration
Keywords: migration, socialism, gender, race, Latin America
Session Type: Paper
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Access to Maternal Healthcare in a Fragile and Conflict-Affected Context: the Case of the DRC
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Authors: Bianca Ziegler*,
Topics: Medical and Health Geography, Africa, Women
Keywords: Antenatal Care Utilization, Maternal Mortality, Health Geography, sub-Saharan Africa, Sustainable Development Goals
Session Type: Paper
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Adaptation Methods of Communities in the Tropics
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Authors: Jenna Pulice*, Pennsylvania State University Undergraduate , Michelle Ritchie*, Pennsylvania State University
Topics: Human-Environment Geography, Hazards and Vulnerability, Global Change
Keywords: socio-ecological, tropics, adaptation
Session Type: Poster
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Adaptation strategies to climate change in the Adriatic regions.
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Authors: Fausto Marincioni*, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Topics: Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Environmental Perception, Global Change
Keywords: Disaster Risk Reduction
Session Type: Paper
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Adaptation to what for whom? Case study of insurance as governance in the USA National Flood Insurance Program
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Authors: Vanessa Lueck*, Arizona State University
Topics: Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Global Change, Human-Environment Geography
Keywords: climate change, adaptation, insurance, adaptation finance, governance
Session Type: Paper
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Addressing Rural Vulnerability to Flood Events - Strengthening Response Networks Through Use of Mapping Platforms
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Authors: Eileen Johnson*, Bowdoin College, Jeremy Bell, The Nature Conservancy, Elizabeth Hertz, Blue Sky Planning Solutions, Annie Cox, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Kristen Grant, Maine SeaGrant, Victoria Boundy, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, Ruth Indrick, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
Topics: Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Coastal and Marine
Keywords: social vulnerability, coastal hazards, Geographic Information Systems, climate adaptation, emergency response
Session Type: Paper
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Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis in the District of Columbia: An Analysis of the New Communities Initiative
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Authors: Christopher Hart*, George Washington University
Topics: Urban Geography, United States
Keywords: urban geography, affordable housing, mixed-income housing, housing
Session Type: Paper
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Advancing praxis in community geography: Reflections from an Indigenous-settler food sovereignty research project
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Authors: Kristen Lowitt*, Brandon University
Topics: Cultural Geography, Indigenous Peoples, Qualitative Research
Keywords: food sovereignty, community geography, research methodologies
Session Type: Paper
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Aesthetic Erasures and Displacement from the Past in Gentrifying Washington, D.C.
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Authors: Rebecca Summer*, Portland State University
Topics: Cultural Geography, Urban Geography, Historical Geography
Keywords: gentrification, race, historic preservation, aesthetics, Washington DC
Session Type: Paper
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Affordability Crisis in the Housing Market: Rent Burden in Memphis, Tennessee
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Authors: Mikhail Samarin*, University of Tennessee
Topics: Urban Geography, Economic Geography
Keywords: rent burden, housing, affordability
Session Type: Paper
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Agroecology Feminisms: Paraguay’s Conamuri in challenging industrial agriculture and patriarchy
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Authors: Jamie Gagliano*, Syracuse University
Topics: Cultural and Political Ecology, Women, Agricultural Geography
Keywords: agroecology, campesino, gender, Latin America
Session Type: Paper
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Aligning Diverse Student Aspirations with the Undergraduate Geography Curriculum
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Authors: Thomas Larsen*, Texas State University
Topics: Geography Education
Keywords: aspirations, geography education, careers, diversity, inclusion, Powerful Geography
Session Type: Paper
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An active learning approach for critical engagement with food system localization
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Authors: Russell Hedberg*, Shippensburg University
Topics: Food Systems, Geography Education
Keywords: Food Systems, Pedagogy, Active Learning, Scale, Sustainability
Session Type: Lightning Paper
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An Alternative Textbook of Retail Geography
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Authors: Shuguang Wang*, Ryerson University
Topics: Business Geography, Applied Geography, Economic Geography
Keywords: retail geography, marketing geography, spatial analysis
Session Type: Paper
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An Analysis of Burger Oriented QSR’s and Lifestyle Segmentation Patterns in Spokane and Vancouver Washington
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Authors: Brett Lucas*, City of Cheney, WA, Tynan Stevenson, Eastern Washington University
Topics: Business Geography, Economic Geography
Keywords: Retail, QSR’s, Segmentation, Applied Geography
Session Type: Paper
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An Edge of Ukraine: Linguistic Micro-Landscapes of Kharkiv Oblast
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Authors: James Baker*, University Of Nebraska - Lincoln
Topics: Cultural Geography, Political Geography, Qualitative Methods
Keywords: Ukraine, geopolitics, materiality, semiotic, visual, artefacts, landscapes, contested, territoriality,
Session Type: Paper
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An examination of the clinical waste solid management practices adopted by health facilities in the Ketu South Municipality, Volta Region, Ghana
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Authors: Ogunleye-Adetona Comfort*, Educational Institution, Mariwah Simon, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, Ali Mustapha, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Topics: Geography and Urban Health, Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Human-Environment Geography
Keywords: health hazards, environmental quality, clinical wastes, clinical waste-related injuries, healthcare facilities
Session Type: Paper
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An explicit assessment of the application of Isolation Forest in species distribution modeling
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Authors: Lei Song*, Clark University
Topics: Spatial Analysis & Modeling, Biogeography, Physical Geography
Keywords: Species distribution modeling (SDM), Isolation Forest, Machine learning, Conservation
Session Type: Paper
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An Infatuation with Building Things: Business Strategies, Linkages, and Small City Economic Development in Manitoba
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Authors: Murray Rice*, University of North Texas, Ronald Kalafsky, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Topics: Business Geography, Economic Geography, Urban Geography
Keywords: business strategies, small cities, economic development, entrepreneurial ecosystems
Session Type: Paper
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An Inventory of Tiny House Villages for the Homeless in the United States
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Authors: Krista Evans*, Missouri State University
Topics: Planning Geography, Social Geography, Urban Geography
Keywords: tiny house villages, homelessness, GIS interactive mapping
Session Type: Paper
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An Open Source Module for Arctic Sea Ice Extraction through High Spatial Resolution Images
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Authors: Xin Miao*, Missouri State University, Dexuan Sha, George Mason University, Hongjie Xie, University of Texas at San Antonio, Chaowei Yang, George Mason University
Topics: Cryosphere
Keywords: Sea Ice, Open Source, High spatial resolution
Session Type: Paper
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Analysing Public Responses from Qualitative Data through Spatial Distribution Analysis Utilizing GIS for Effective Resilience Planning
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Authors: Barnali Dixon*, University Of South Florida, Johns Rebecca, University of South Florida, Initiatve on Coastal Adaptation and Resileince, Rachelle Pontes, University of South Florida
Topics: Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Geographic Information Science and Systems, Qualitative Methods
Keywords: Resiliency, geovisualization, qualiative method and GIS
Session Type: Paper
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Analysis of Paint Mines Geomorphology
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Authors: Steve Gordon, United States Air Force Academy, Michael Applegarth*, Shippensburg University, Curtis Edson, United States Air Force Academy
Topics: Geomorphology, Land Use and Land Cover Change
Keywords: weathering, badlands, imagery
Session Type: Poster
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Analyzing Arts and Cultural Infrastructure Regional Spillover Effects at Universities
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Authors: Joanna Woronkowicz*, , Douglas Noonan, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Topics: Urban and Regional Planning
Keywords: universities; arts; culture; spillovers
Session Type: Paper
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Analyzing Nighttime Crime before, during, and after Hurricane Harvey in Houston, TX
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Authors: Jiyoung Lee*, Louisiana State University, Michael Leitner, Louisiana State University
Topics: Geographic Information Science and Systems, Remote Sensing, Temporal GIS
Keywords: Crime, Nighttime, VIIRS, Hurricane, GIS, Remote Sensing
Session Type: Paper
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Anchors Out! Illegally moored boats damage ecologically significant eelgrass beds in San Francisco Bay.
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Authors: Julia Kelly*, University of Colorado, Daniel Orr, Audubon California, John Takekawa, Suisun Resource Conservation District
Topics: Coastal and Marine, Human-Environment Geography, Environment
Keywords: effects of human activity, seagrass, anchor scour, aquatic vegetation, ecosystem conservation, San Francisco Bay
Session Type: Lightning Paper
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Ancient Malaria Risk and the Apostle Paul's Travel Decisions in Asia Minor: A GIS Approach
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Authors: Daniel Browning*, University of Southern Mississippi
Topics: Bible Geography, Medical and Health Geography, Religion
Keywords: GIS, biblical studies, ancient malaria risk, Paul, Roman roads
Session Type: Paper
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Annual Spatial and Temporal Trajectories of an Ocean Cruise Network: A Case Study of the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship
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Authors: Xumao Li*, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chengjin Wang, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research
Topics: Transportation Geography, Coastal and Marine, Tourism Geography
Keywords: Cruise, Annual trajectory, Network, Seasonal characteristics, Queen Elizabeth cruise ship
Session Type: Paper
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Anthropocene Topologies
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Authors: Tony Stallins*, University of Kentucky
Topics: Anthropocene, Social Theory, Geographic Thought
Keywords: Anthropocene, topology, geographic thought
Session Type: Paper
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Anthropocenic Discards: Infrastructural Labors and Uncanny Exposures at Dakar’s Dump
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Authors: Rosalind Fredericks*, New York University
Topics: Anthropocene, Africa, Urban Geography
Keywords: waste, Anthropocene, disposability, spirits
Session Type: Paper
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Applying the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Industrial Path Development Concepts to Regional Policy Analysis – a Critique
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Authors: Helen Lawton Smith*, Birkbeck University of London, Jonathan Potter, OECD
Topics: Economic Geography
Keywords: entrepreneurial ecosystems, industrial path development, regional policy analysis, entrepreneurship
Session Type: Paper
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Approaching Cannabis Tourism in Canada with Social Responsibility
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Authors: Susan Supej*, University of Toronto - Mississauga
Topics: Tourism Geography, Canada
Keywords: cannabis tourism; social responsibility; Canada
Session Type: Paper
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Approval of Political Leaders Can Slant Evaluation of Political Issues: Evidence from Public Concern for Climate Change in the U.S.
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Authors: Wanyun Shao*, University of Alabama, Feng Hao, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
Topics: Environmental Perception, Political Geography, Human-Environment Geography
Keywords: concern for climate change; approval of Trump; climate extremes; Structural Equation Modeling
Session Type: Paper
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Arctic Ocean submarine topography: 3D geomorphometric models
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Authors: Igor Florinsky*, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexander Govorov, Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK), Sergei Filippov, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Topics: Geographic Information Science and Systems, Spatial Analysis & Modeling, Polar Regions
Keywords: 3D modeling, rendering, open-source software, marine geomorphometry, ocean floor, submarine topography, Arctic Ocean
Session Type: Paper
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Are vulnerable communities digitally left behind in social responses to natural disasters? An evidence from Hurricane Sandy with Twitter data
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Authors: Zheye Wang*, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Nina Lam, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Nick Obradovich, Center for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Xinyue Ye, Department of Informatics, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Topics: Geographic Information Science and Systems, Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, Spatial Analysis & Modeling
Keywords: Social media, Hurricane Sandy, Physical vulnerability, Social vulnerability, Twitter
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Areal differentiation and uneven and combined development: geography, uniqueness and the relative decline and rise of China
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Authors: Michael Dunford*, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Boyang Gao, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, Weidong Liu, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
Topics: Economic Geography, Development, China
Keywords: Uneven and Combined development, China, empiricism, critical realism, geographical thought, Great Divergence, Sino-Soviet relations, Reform and opening up
Session Type: Paper
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Articulating American Capitalism: The Federal Reserve System and the Making of a Macroeconomy
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Authors: Mikael Omstedt*, University of British Columbia
Topics: Economic Geography, Political Geography
Keywords: Uneven Development, American Capitalism, Macroeconomic Policy, Federal Reserve System, Territory
Session Type: Paper
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Assessing drivers and tradeoffs of landscape diversification within U.S. agricultural systems
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Authors: Kaitlyn Spangler*, Utah State University, Emily Burchfield, Emory University, Britta Schumacher, Utah State University
Topics: Agricultural Geography, Landscape, Food Systems
Keywords: agriculture, crop diversification, data integration, sustainable systems
Session Type: Paper
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Assessing Impacts of 2019 Record High Water Levels on Great Lakes Parks and Protected Areas
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Authors: Patrick Lawrence*, University of Toledo, Eric Kostecky, University of Toledo
Topics: Planning Geography, Environment, Hazards and Vulnerability
Keywords: Great Lakes, natural hazards, parks and protected areas
Session Type: Paper
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Assessing personal exposure to traffic-related air pollution using individual travel-activity diary data and an on-road source air dispersion model
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Authors: Yoo Min Park*, Geography, Planning & Environment, East Carolina University
Topics: Medical and Health Geography, Geographic Information Science and Systems, Spatial Analysis & Modeling
Keywords: Personal exposure; Traffic-related air pollution, PM2.5, Air dispersion model, Human mobility
Session Type: Paper
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Assessing Seasonal Effect on Mapping Forest LAI Using Multiseasonal High Resolution Satellite Pléiades Imagery
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Authors: Ruiliang Pu*, UNIVERSITY OF South Florida
Topics: Remote Sensing, Biogeography, Applied Geography
Keywords: Spectral feature, Texture measure, Pleiades, Phenology, High resolution Satellite Imagery, Canonical correlation analysis.
Session Type: Paper
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Assessing the Effects of Bus Stop Relocation on Street Robbery
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Authors: Minxuan Lan*, University of Cincinnati, Lin Liu, University of Cincinnati
Topics: Human-Environment Geography, Quantitative Methods, Geographic Information Science and Systems
Keywords: Street robbery, Bus stop, Relocation, Addition, Removal, Cincinnati
Session Type: Paper
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