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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami : tourism impacts and recovery progress in Thailand’s marine national parks

Creator:: Meprasert, Somrudee
Abstract:: The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami raised concern among marine park managers and hazard mitigation professionals about the significant impact of major coastal hazards on marine park natural resources and ecosystems. The main reason for this concern is the strong linkage of marine parks and their rich assortment of ecosystem services...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: indebted to my co-advisor, Dr. Gordon Matzke, and to my committee members: Dr. A. Jon Kimerling, Dr. Jan

A spatial analysis of factors influencing farmland conversion in the Bangkok metropolitan area, Thailand

Creator:: Nathalang, Santita
Abstract:: Agricultural land conversion is a complex process that involves a matrix of decisions and decision-makers. This study examines the nature and relative significance of spatial factors that influence the decisions of farmers who either sell farmland to developers for urban use or retain it for agricultural use. The conceptual model...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A decision framework for the implementation of appropriate logging practices in developing countries : case study -- Ethiopia

Creator:: Spong, Ben
Abstract:: In many areas of the developing world, the continued overexploiting forest resources has the potential to have significant detrimental impacts be placed on sustainable forest management (SFM) can help communities and organizations responsibly manage and utilize the remaining forests over the long term. Ethiopia’s forest lands provide tangible benefits from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 4, 2007. Title: A Decision Framework for the Implementation of Appropriate Logging Practices in

An investigation into the comparative utility of color infrared aerial photography and LANDSAT data for detailed surface cover type mapping within Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Creator:: Walsh, Stephen Joseph, 1951-
Abstract:: The identification and mapping of surface cover types within Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, has been effectively completed through the utilization of LANDSAT digital data and NASA U-2 color infrared aerial photography. Classification of LANDSAT data for surface cover type identification and mapping was accomplished through use of the Interactive...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Water management in the North Deschutes unit irrigation district : geographic perspectives and remote sensing applications

Creator:: Nellis, M. Duane
Abstract:: The North Unit irrigation District of Central Oregon, a water project developed under the guidelines of the Bureau of Reclamation, is characterized by limited water and the need for efficient utilization and control of the irrigation system. To manage the limited water resource, irrigators need a timely and economical method...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Beginning the year in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom : A case study of the development of norms

Creator:: Cheval, Kathryn Meador
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the development of social norms in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom through a close examination of one teacher's actions during the first three weeks of school. This study offers insights into the following research questions: 1) How does an elementary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education presented on November 12, 2009. Title: Beginning the Year in a Fifth-grade Reform-based

Development and testing of a procedural model for the assessment of human/wetland interaction in the Tobari System on the Sonoran Coast, Mexico

Creator:: Valdes-Casillas, Carlos
Abstract:: Coastal wetlands provide basic linkages between productive estuarine and freshwater ecosystems. Throughout the Mexican coast, rates of wetland loss and change are unknown. This project developed wetland inventories for 1973 and 1991, including ecological functions and values, and human activities in and around the wetlands. Data was integrated by use...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

If you build it, will they come? Evolution towards the application of multi-dimensional GIS to fisheries-oceanography

Creator:: Vance, Tiffany C.
Abstract:: The development of new technologies in science is a balance between existence and use. There are three versions of this duality – something is built and users come, something is built and users don’t come, and, finally, potential users show up but the ballpark has not yet been built. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members: Dawn Wright, Ron Doel, Gordon Matzke, A. Jon Kimerling, Bruce D’Ambrosio and Nick Pisias

Development of predictive mapping techniques for soil survey and salinity mapping

Creator:: Elnaggar, Abdelhamid A.
Abstract:: Conventional soil maps represent a valuable source of information about soil characteristics, however they are subjective, very expensive, and time-consuming to prepare. Also, they do not include explicit information about the conceptual mental model used in developing them nor information about their accuracy, in addition to the error associated with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: MAPPING TECHNIQUES FOR SOIL SURVEY AND SALINITY MAPPING ABDELHAMID A. ELNAGGAR

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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami : tourism impacts and recovery progress in Thailand’s marine national parks

A spatial analysis of factors influencing farmland conversion in the Bangkok metropolitan area, Thailand

A decision framework for the implementation of appropriate logging practices in developing countries : case study -- Ethiopia

An investigation into the comparative utility of color infrared aerial photography and LANDSAT data for detailed surface cover type mapping within Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Water management in the North Deschutes unit irrigation district : geographic perspectives and remote sensing applications

Beginning the year in a fifth-grade reform-based mathematics classroom : A case study of the development of norms

Development and testing of a procedural model for the assessment of human/wetland interaction in the Tobari System on the Sonoran Coast, Mexico

If you build it, will they come? Evolution towards the application of multi-dimensional GIS to fisheries-oceanography

Development of predictive mapping techniques for soil survey and salinity mapping

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