Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Author "Crawford, Thomas W."
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Applying GIS to Locate the USS Louisiana: A Study of the Fort Fisher Civil War Battlefield
Clayton, Brian T. (East Carolina University, 2013)Historical Geographic Information Science (GIS) is an innovative field within geography and this work encompasses critical and historical cartographic analysis within a GIS framework to find the missing Civil War shipwreck ... -
Characterizing Patterns And Drivers Of Land Use/Land Cover Change Along The Atlantic Coast Barrier Beaches : Examining The Roles Of Development Pressure, Spatial Accessibility, And Policy
Bennett, Andrew T. (East Carolina University, 2013)Within the context of land change science coastal areas are often overlooked. Coastal areas around the world and within the U.S. represent the largest concentrations of people, development, and wealth. Natural, social, ... -
Coastal urbanization and tidal creek water quality
Chambers, Brian L. -
Coastal urbanization and tidal creek water quality
Chambers, Brian L. -
EVALUATING HURRICANE ADVISORIES USING EYE-TRACKING AND BIOMETRIC DATA
Gedminas, Laurynas (East Carolina University, 2011)The cartography of hurricane advisories is challenged with communicating complex information regarding hazards and spatio-temporal uncertainty. This research presents an exploratory geovisualization study assessing how ... -
A Validation Assessment of the Hazards of Place Model of Vulnerability for Northeastern North Carolina
Carmichael, Bryce (East Carolina University, 2011)As societal development continues to increase in floodplains, it is important to quantify the vulnerabilities associated with flooding. Using northeastern North Carolina as the study area, this thesis estimates the hazards ...