Geography & Atmospheric Science: Recent submissions
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A Cinematic Nation: Representation, Regionalism, and the National Question in Postwar Italy
(University of Kansas, 2009-12-14)This dissertation explores the inbetweenness of Italian identity since Unification in the mid-nineteenth century, with specific emphasis on regional dualism and the role that cinema has played in constructing and contesting ... -
Vector Zonal Operations for Spatiotemporal Analysis
(University of Kansas, 2009-12-11)Cartographic modeling (also known as map algebra) is a powerful set of operations for manipulating raster geographic data. Zonal operations are one type of cartographic modeling operations where the spatial scopes of the ... -
Characterizing Surface Temperature and Clarity of Kuwait's Seawaters Using Remotely Sensed Measurements and GIS Analyses
(University of Kansas, 2009-11-30)Kuwait sea surface temperature (SST) and water clarity are important water characteristics that influence the entire Kuwait coastal ecosystem. The aim of this project was to study the spatial and temporal distributions of ... -
Emplacing Displacement: Cultural Landscapes of Refugee-hosting in Ukwimi, Zambia
(University of Kansas, 2009-09-15)In response to calls for increased understanding of and solutions to the issue of protracted refugee situations, this dissertation examines the social and spatial implications of a long history of refugee-hosting in Eastern ... -
Environmental granularity, rivers and climate history as shaping factors for species' distribution and diversity patterns
(University of Kansas, 2009-08-31)Species distributions are composed by those places in which the environmental conditions are suitable for the species to survive and maintain populations; where the interactions with other species are adequate; that have ... -
Environmental and Pedogenic Change in the Central Great Plains from the Middle Wisconsinan to the Present
(University of Kansas, 2009-07-30)During the middle Wisconsinan, the Gilman Canyon Formation (GCF), consisting of three loess units and three soils, formed on the loess plateaus of the central Great Plains about 40-25 ka. Stable carbon isotope analysis of ... -
The Perceptual Interaction of Simple and Complex Point Symbol Shapes and Background Textures in Visual Search on Tourist Maps
(University of Kansas, 2009-05-31)This study investigated visual search for simple and complex geometric and pictorial point symbols displayed on light and dark smooth and textured map backgrounds. Group-administered tests asked subjects to count occurrences ... -
Restaurant Growth in Lawrence, Kansas, 1950 to 2007
(University of Kansas, 2009-01-22)Data gathered from city and telephone directories provide a frame for understanding changes in types of restaurants and their geographic patterns in a Midwestern university town. I display this information using GIS at ... -
Locating Amazonian Dark Earths (ADE) in the Brazilian Amazon using Satellite Imagery
(University of Kansas, 2009-04-13)Amazonian Dark Earths (ADE) are patches of archaeological soils scattered throughout the Amazon Basin. These soils are anthropogenic and most evidence suggests that they are the result of unintentional cultural deposits ... -
ESTIMATING ANNUAL NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY OF THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEM OF THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS USING AVHRR NDVI
(University of Kansas, 2009-01-26)Aboveground Net Primary Productivity (ANPP) is indicative of an ecosystem's ability to capture solar energy and store it in the form of carbon (or biomass). Annual and interannual ecosystem variation in ANPP is often linked ... -
The Idealized Nation-State, Globalization, Critical Geopolitics and the Case of Morocco
(University of Kansas, 2009-01-01)The Moroccan nation-state is a taken-for-granted geopolitical entity that is represented by the Moroccan government and the core of the world system in ways that are consonant with their visions of reality. The primary ... -
Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas
(University of Kansas, 2008-07-30)An increasing number of North American cities are demonstrating vocal resistance to perceived homogenization and corporatization of the urban landscape. In Austin, Texas, a grassroots movement has emerged as a form of ... -
Vail, Colorado, as a Voluntary Culture Region
(University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)Abstract. Geographers considering the subjects of tourism and tourist destinations have by in large focused on inherent environmental and economic impacts. Culturally, areas of leisure and recreation, termed "pleasuring ... -
Local Food, Sustainability, and Cuba's National Food Program
(University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)There is a tendency in food systems research and planning to associate sustainable and socially just food provisioning with the local scale. This thesis questions the assumption that food security and environmental ... -
HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI: 1822-1930
(University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)Study of the history of the Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri from a geographer's perspective can illuminate the city as a whole from a grassroots perspective. This project combines a chronological series of maps ... -
THE CHIMERA OF KANSAS: AN EXPLORATION OF PLACE, POLITICS, AND CULTURE
(University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)This dissertation first examines the role of geography in Kansas state politics, focusing on the years 2005 to 2008. A "spatial dialectics" is seen in the politics and policy-making process. This insight drives a ... -
Assessment of Time-Series MODIS Data for Cropland Mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains
(University of Kansas, 2008-07-23)The goal of this study was to further investigate the potential of MODIS NDVI 250-m data for crop spectral characterization, discrimination, and mapping in the Great Plains of the USA using various exploratory approaches. ... -
IMPACTS OF SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY ON CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH LAND-ATMOSPHERE FEEDBACKS
(University of Kansas, 2008-08-20)A suite of regional climate model runs was conducted to examine the impacts of mean soil moisture and model resolution on precipitation events in the U.S. Central Plains, and to investigate the relative impacts of energy ... -
Identity, Body-Image, and the Global Epidemiology of Eating Disorders
(University of Kansas, 2008-07-29)Eating disorders have been explained as syndromes with foundations in Western ideals and values. These disturbances in eating patterns may be more widespread within varied ethnic groups than formerly acknowledged, due to ... -
Changing Demographics in Latvia by Changing Ethnic Law
(University of Kansas, 2008-08-04)This thesis examines language and citizenship laws in Latvia to determine how they have been used to change Latvia's internal ethnic identity and external geopolitical relations. A discourse analysis of two of the region's ...