Geography & the Environment
Recent publications by DU faculty and students
2011
Boschmann, E. Eric. 2011. “Job access, location decision, and the working poor: A qualitative study in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area.” Geoforum, doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.06.005
2010
Boschmann, E. Eric, and M.–P. Kwan. 2010. “Metropolitan area job accessibility and the working poor: Exploring local spatial variations of geographic context.” Urban Geography, 31(4):498-522.
Keables, Michael J. and Mehta, Shitij, 2010. A soil water climatology for Kansas. Great Plains Research 20: 229-248. (2010 Charles E. Bessey award for best natural sciences article published in Great Plains Research in 2010.)
2008
Aubrecht, C., Elvidge, C. D., Longcore, T., Rich, C., Safran, J., Strong, A.E., Eakin, C.M., Baugh, K.E., Tuttle, B.T.*, Howard, A.T., Erwin, E.H. (2008). A global inventory of coral reef stressors based on satellite observed nighttime lights. Geocarto International 23:467-479
Boschmann, E.E. and Kwan, M.-P. (2008). Toward Socially Sustainable Urban Transportation: Progress and Potentials. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 2:138-157.
Bascomb, B.*, and Taylor, M.J. (2008). Ecotourism and Sustainability in Chicacnab, Guatemala. Focus on Geography 51:11-16.
Costanza, R., Pérez-Maqueo O., Martinez, M. L., Sutton P., Anderson, S., Mulder, K. (2008). The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection. Ambio 37:241-248.
Daniels, J.M. (2008). Distinguishing allogenic from autogenic causes of bed elevation change in late Quaternary alluvial stratigraphic records. Geomorphology 101:159-171.
Flanagan, T.S.* and Anderson, S. (2008) Mapping Perceived Wilderness to Support Protected Areas Management in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado. Forest Ecology and Management 256:1039-1048
Fréchette, B., de Vernal, A., Guiot, J., Wolfe, A.P., Miller, G.H., Fredskild, B., Kerwin, M.W., Richard, P.J.H., (2008). Methodological basis for quantitative reconstruction of air temperature and sunshine from pollen assemblages in Arctic Canada and Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews 27:1197-1216.
Goetz, A.R. (2008). 'Transportation and Energy,' in Geography of Ohio, ed. Artimus Kieffer. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. pp. 227-249.
Graham, B.J. and Goetz, A.R. (2008). 'Global Air Transport,' in Transport Geographies, eds. Richard Knowles, Iain Docherty, and Jon Shaw. London: Blackwell. pp. 137-155.
La Frenierre, J.* (2008). Mapping Heritage: A Participatory Technique for Identifying Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage. The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum 1: 97-104.
Moran-Taylor, M.J. (2008). Guatemala's Ladino and Maya Migra Landscapes: The Tangible and Intangible Outcomes of Migration. Human Organization 67:111-124.
Moran-Taylor, M. J. (2008). When Guatemalan Mothers and Fathers Migrate North: Caretakers, Children and Childrearing in Guatemala. Latin American Perspectives 35:79-95.
Powell, R.L., Roberts, D. A. (2008). Characterizing variability of the urban physical environment for a suite of cities in Rondônia, Brazil. Earth Interactions 12:1-32.
Steinberg, M.K. and Taylor, M.J. (2008). Guatemala?s Altos de Cuchumatán: Landscape Changes on the High Frontier. Mountain Research and Development 28:255-262.
Tierney, S.*, Kuby, M. (2008). Airline and airport choice by passengers in multi-airport regions: The effect of Southwest Airlines. Professional Geographer 60:15-32.
Tuttle, B.T.*, Anderson S. and Huff, R. (2008). Virtual Globes: an overview of their history, uses, and future challenges. Geography Compass 23:1478-1505.
2007
Benedetti, M.M., Daniels, J.M., Ritchie, J. (2007). Predicting vertical accretion rates at an archaeological site on the Mississippi River floodplain: Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa. Catena 69:134-149.
Bennett, D.*, and Taylor, M.J. (2007). Examining the role of small-scale coffee producers in the conservation of biodiversity in northern Nicaragua. Southwestern Geographer 10:4-23.
Daniels, J.M. (2007). Flood hydrology of the North Platte River headwaters in relation to precipitation variability. Journal of Hydrology 344:70-81.
Elvidge,C., Cinzano, P., Pettit, D., Arvesen, J., Sutton, P., Small, C., Nemani, R., Longcore, T., Rich, C., Saffran, J., Weeks, J., Ebener, S. (2007). NightSat: The Mission Concept. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28:2645-2670.
Elvidge, C., Safran, J., Tuttle, B.*, Sutton, P., Cinzano, P., Pettit, D., Arvesen, J., Small, C. (2007). Potential for Global Mapping of Development Via A Nightsat Mission. GeoJournal 69:45-53.
Elvidge, C., Tuttle, B.*, Sutton, P., Baugh, K., Howard, A., Milesi, C., Bhuduri, B., Nemani, R. (2007). Global Distribution and density of Constructed Impervious Surfaces. Sensors 7:1962-1979.
Elvidge, C.D., Erwin, E.H., Baugh, K.E., Tuttle, B.T.*, Howard, A.T., Pack, D.W., Milesi, C. (2007). Satellite data estimate worldwide flared gas volumes. Oil and Gas Journal 50-58
Giordano, A., Lu, Y. Anderson, S. and Fonstad, M.A. (2007). Wireless Mapping, GIS, and Learning about the Digital Divide: A Classroom Experience. Journal of Geography 106:285-295.
Goetz, A.R.. (2007). 'State Departments of Transportation: From Highway Departments to Transportation Agencies,' pp. 121-144 in Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration, ed. Jeremy Plant. New York: Taylor & Francis.
Goetz, A.R. and Bandyopadhyay, S.*. (2007). Regional Development Impacts of Trade Corridors: Recent Experiences from the United States. In David Gillen, Graham Parsons, and Barry Prentice, eds. Canada's Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative: Policy Trade and Gateway Economics (Volume 1). Vancouver: Centre for Transportation Studies, University of British Columbia.
Goetz, A.R., Szyliowicz, J.S, Vowles, T.M. and Taylor, G.S. (2007). Assessing Intermodal Transportation Planning at State Departments of Transportation. World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research 1: 119-145.
Kiran Chand, T.R., Badarinath, K.V.S., Murthy, M.S.R., Rajshekhar, G., Elvidge, C.D, Tuttle, B.T.* (2007). Active forest fire monitoring in Uttaranchal State, India using multi-temporal DMSP-OLS and MODIS data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28:2123-2132.
Martinez, M.L., Intralawan, A., Vasquez, G., Perez-Maqueo, O., Sutton, P., Landgrave, R.; (2007). The Coasts of our world: Ecological, Economic, and Social Importance. Ecological Economics 63:254-272
Mayer, J.H., Waguespack, N.M., Surovell, T.S., and Daniels, J.M. (2007). Paleoindian geoarchaeology of the Barger Gulch area. Geological Society of America Field Guide 10:79-99.
McBride, R.A., Taylor, M.J., Byrnes, M.R. (2007). Coastal morphodynamics and chenier-plain evolution in southwestern Louisiana, USA: A geomorphic model. Geomorphology 88:367-422.
Powell, R.L., Roberts, D.A., Dennison, P.E., Hess, L.L.(2007). Sub-pixel mapping of urban land cover using multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis: Manaus, Brazil. Remote Sensing of Environment 106:253-267.
Prager, S.D., Daniels, J.M. Kelley, S. (2007). Sketch-based identification of bench and terrace slope breaks in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming. Transactions in GIS 11:701-717.
Richter, C.* and Goetz, A.R.. (2007). Gated Communities in the Denver-Boulder Metropolitan Area. Housing Policy Debate 18: 535-555.
Steinberg, M.K. and Taylor, M.J. (2007). Opium Poppy Production in Highland Guatemala: Symptom of a Failing Development Landscape. Mountain Research and Development 27:318-321.
Sutton, P., Ghosh, T.*, Elvidge, C. (2007). Estimation of Gross Domestic Product at Sub-National Scales using Nighttime Satellite Imagery. International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics 8:5-21
Sutton, P.C., Taylor, M.J., and Elvidge, C.D. (2007). Using DMSP OLS Imagery to Characterize Urban Populations in Developed and Developing Countries, in Rashed, T. and Juergens, C. (Eds.) Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas. Series: Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, Vol. 10. Series Ed.: Meer, Freek D. vander. Springer.
Sutton, P.C., Taylor, M.J., Anderson, S., and Elvidge, C.D. (2007). Sociodemographic Characterization of Urban Areas using Nighttime Imagery, Google Earth, Landsat and "Social" Ground Truthing, in Qihao Weng and Dale Quattrochi (Eds.), Urban Remote Sensing. CRC Press, Boca Raton Florida.
Taylor, M.J. (2007). Militarism and the Environment in Guatemala. GeoJournal 69:181-198.2007.
Vowles, T.* and Tierney, S.* (2007). The geographic impact of 'open skies' policies on Trans-Tasman air passenger service. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 48:344-354.
2006
Goetz, A.R. (2006). Transport Geography: Reflecting on a subdiscipline and identifying future research trajectories-The insularity issue in Transport Geography. Journal of Transport Geography 14:230-231.
Kiran Chand, T.R., Badarinath, K.V.S., Krishna Prasad, V., Murthy, M.S.R., Elvidge, C.D, Tuttle, B.T.* (2006). Monitoring forest fires over the Indian region using Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System nighttime satellite data. Remote Sensing of Environment 103:165-178.
Montello, D. and Sutton, P.C. (2006). An Introduction to Scientific Research Methods in Geography, Sage Publications Ltd., London. 320 pp.
Sutton, P., Cova, T., Elvidge, C. (2006) Mapping Exurbia in the conterminous United States using Nighttime Satellite Imagery Geocarto International 20:39-45.
Taylor, M.J., (2006). Biomass in the Borderlands: Charcoal, and Firewood Production in Sonoran Ejidos. Journal of the Southwest 48:63-90.
Taylor, M.J., Moran-Taylor, M., and Rodman-Ruiz, D. (2006). Land, Ethnic, and Gender Change: Transnational Migration and its Effects on Guatemalan Lives and Landscapes. Geoforum 37:41-61.
Taylor, M.J., and Steinberg, M.K. (2006). Forty Years of Conflict: State, Church, and Spontaneous Representation of Massacres and Murder in Guatemala, in Jack Santino (Ed.), Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death. Palgrave MacMillan, London, pp. 305-331.
2005
Daniels, J.M., Knox, J.C. (2005) Alluvial stratigraphic evidence for channel incision during the Mediaeval Warm Period on the central Great Plains, USA. The Holocene 15:736-747.
Dunham, S., Fonstad, M.A., Anderson, S., Czajkowski, K. (2005). Using multi-temporal satellite imagery to monitor the response of vegetation to drought in the Great Lakes region. GIScience & Remote Sensing 42:185-201.
Elvidge, C.D., Sutton, P.C., Wagner, T.W., Ryznar, R., Goetz, S.J., Smith, A.J., Jantz, C., Seto, K., Imhoff, M.L., Vogelmann, J., Wang, Y.Q., Milesi, C., and Nemani, R. (2005). Urbanization. in Land Change Science Springer. pp 315-318.
Goetz, A.R. (2005). 'The Modes' in Intermodal Passenger Transportation, ed. Paul Dempsey. Denver: National Center for Intermodal Transportation.
Goetz, A.R. (2005). 'Planning' in Intermodal Passenger Transportation, ed. Paul Dempsey. Denver: National Center for Intermodal Transportation.
Moran-Taylor, M.J. and Menjívar, C. (2005). Unpacking Longings of Return: Guatemalan and Salvadoran Migrants in Phoenix, Arizona. International Migration 43:91-121.
Taylor, M.J. (2005). Electrifying rural Guatemala: central policy and local reality. Environment and Planning C 23:173-189.