Browsing by Subject "GIS"
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(2022-08-03)Oil spill disasters may have devastating impacts for coastal communities and the ecosystem (Baade et al., 2007). For instance, the coastal regions of the United States, especially the Gulf region, have been devastated by ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The coastal zone of Belize is home to the largest recorded number of the threatened Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) within the species' Caribbean range. The objectives of my study were: (1) to determine ...
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(2017-12-12)Rip currents are concentrated seaward flows of water originating in the surf zone of beaches that are responsible for hundreds of injuries and fatal drownings worldwide annually. Calculating the exact number of deaths is ...
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(2007-11-03)The field of Map, GIS and Geographic Information Librarianship has expanded over the past decade. This expansion is due in part to the addition of GIS dataset collections in many university libraries, specialized government ...
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Wayfinding from the perspective of the scientific domain known as Environmental Cognition is the process in which individuals attempt to orient themselves in space for the purpose of navigation. This process has been ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Connectivity is considered one of the fundamental aspects that influences the rate of mass movement in the landscape. The connectivity aspect has been acknowledged from various conceptual geomorphic frameworks. None of ...
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(2021-07-20)In the region of northwestern Namibia, the desert elephants’ population has been reduced to a total of 81 remaining as of 2019. Their population has been on a steady decline due to poaching, wars in the region, increasing ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Under the Clean Water Act (CWA) program the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) listed 110 stream segments with pathogenic bacteria impairment in 2000. The current study was conducted to characterize the ...
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(2013-09-27)Previously unattainable shale gas deposits have become accessible since the late 1990s using a technique called hydraulic fracturing — the injection of chemicals, water, and sand into subsurface shale to free extractable ...
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(2009-05-15)Conservation biologists have used reintroduction as a method to reestablish extirpated species in their native habitat. Three important aspects of a successful reintroduction effort include: (1) a habitat suitability study ...
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(2017-02-15)Rivers and streams develop landform morphology in equilibrium with the flow of water and sediment through the channel. This dissertation examines features in fluvial systems with different geomorphic regimes; step-pool ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Due to the increasing availability of high-resolution remotely sensed imagery and detailed terrain surface elevation models, urban planners and municipal managers can now model and visualize the urban space in ...
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(2013-08-14)Recent evidence suggests that backbarrier structure may act as an historical record of island development, and that backbarrier shorelines can be used as a proxy of an island’s past and future transgressive response to ...
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(9th International Data Curation Conference, 2014-02-25)
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)During the last century wetlands have considerably decreased. The principal cause is urbanization, especially in large urban regions such as the Houston area. In order to protect the remaining wetlands, they have to be ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is focusing on towards two paradoxical directions especially after the oil-boom. The first is the contemporary architectural development, while the second is the conservation of traditional ...
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(MDPI, 2013-10-28)Since the early 1970s, Ian McHarg’s design-with-nature concept has been inspiring landscape architects, community and regional planners, and liked-minded professionals to create designs that take advantage of ecosystem ...
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(2018-11-07)West Nile virus (WNV) is a zoonotic vector-borne virus that infects avian and mammal hosts. In Texas, WNV was first reported in 2002 in Harris County and has since been reported annually throughout the state. With variable ...
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(2022-01-05)Geospatial technology has rapidly developed over the past ten years and is making substantial impacts in geomorphology. The new techniques, which have been developed, require high computational ability to produce in-depth ...