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Debris Flow Fan Evolution, Chalk Creek Natural Debris Flow Laboratory, Colorado
(East Carolina University, 2012)
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a surveying technique used to gather dense point cloud data that can be converted to high-resolution digital elevation models (DEM). TLS techniques are employed in the current study to ...
Spatial Modeling of the Risk of Mosquito-borne Disease Transmission, Chesapeake, Virginia
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The increase in mosquito populations following extreme weather events poses a major threat to humans because of mosquitoes' ability to carry disease-causing pathogens. In areas with reservoirs of disease, mosquito abundance ...
EVALUATING HURRICANE ADVISORIES USING EYE-TRACKING AND BIOMETRIC DATA
(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 ...
Sweetpotatoes in a Globalizing World : The Effects of Globalization on North Carolina's Sweetpotato Industry
(East Carolina University, 2012)
This study examines the form and effects of globalization on North Carolina's sweetpotato industry. A commodity chain analysis was conducted by constructing North Carolina's sweetpotato commodity chain (SPCC) through the ...
Evaluating the Sustainability of Heritage Tourism and Historic Preservation in New Bern, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2010)
After nearly a half century of suburbanization, economic development specialists and urban planners have begun to appreciate the unique aesthetic and heritage landscapes of underutilized downtown areas as potential geographic ...
A Validation Assessment of the Hazards of Place Model of Vulnerability for Northeastern North Carolina
(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 ...
Automobility, Hospitality, African American Tourism, and Mapping Victor H. Green's Negro Motorist Green Book
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Victor Green's travel guide stands as one illustration of tools used by African Americans to survive in the contested and disputed landscape of Jim Crow segregation. The Green Book as a symbol of the civil rights movement ...
The Coast As A Vernacular Region
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The study of regions and regional identity is one of the cornerstones of the field of geography. Historically within regionally-based research, there has been interest in vernacular regions and the use of business names ...
Assessing Future Water Resources : The Influence of Climate Change, Population Growth and Land Use Change in the Lower Cape Fear Basin, North Carolina
(East Carolina University, 2011)
With the possibility of future fresh water shortages increasing, a methodology for predicting future water availability conditions is needed. This research outlines a methodology to estimate these conditions based on the ...
WATER'S GONNA RISE : SEA-LEVEL RISE RISK PERCEPTION, COMMUNICATION AND POLICY-MAKING IN NORTH CAROLINA
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Sea level rise is threatening coastal areas around the world with the loss of land, damage to personal and public property, ecological impacts, displacement of populations, and exacerbated risk associated with severe storm ...