Concurrent Paper Session C
C01 Land Change Science 1
* Indicates Session Chair
Comparing Methods for Land Surface Temperature Retrieval over Heterogeneous Land Cover Using Landsat-5 TM Thermal Infrared Data
Emily Windahl and Kirsten de Beurs
University of Oklahoma
Role of Environmental Factors in the Growth of West African Cities: A Case of Kumasi of Ghana and Ouagadougou of Burkina Faso
Pradeep Adhikari, and Kirsten M de Beurs
University of Oklahoma
Urban Dynamics of a Shrinking City: An Analysis of Detroit
Emily S. Thompson, and Kirsten M. de Beurs
University of Oklahoma
Land Cover Change Analysis in the Fastest Growing City in the United States
Kumudan Grubh and Nate Currit
Texas State University – San Marcos
Water Resources and Protected Places in the South-Central United States
*Jason P. Julian (1,2), Graham Daly (1,2), Erin D. Dascher (1), Jessica Y. Espinoza (1), Harrison W. Flores-Ortiz (1), and Kristen B. Newcomer (1,2)
(1) Texas State University – San Marcos, (2) Landscape Land Use Change Institute
C02 U.S. Electoral Geography
Creating and Interpreting “The Atlas of the 2012 Elections”
*Robert H. Watrel (1), Gerald M. Webster (2), Fred M. Shelley (3)
(1) South Dakota State University, (2) University of Wyoming, (3) University of Oklahoma
Texas Elections 2014: Mapping Wendy Davis’s Prior Electoral Credibility
Brooks Heitmeier
University of Oklahoma
Micropolitan County Voting in the 2012 Presidential Election
Jason Combs
University of Nebraska - Kearney
Discussants:
Jason Combs – University of Nebraska – Kearney
Chris Maier – South Dakota State University
Fred Shelley – University of Oklahoma
Robert Watrel – South Dakota State University
Gerald Webster – University of Wyoming
C03 Environment and Hazards
Condit Dam Removal, Washington: Perceptions and Decision-Making
*Laura Wallace and Lisa M.B. Harrington
Kansas State University
The Geography of “No”: Further Adventures in Oklahoma’s Wind Power Development
Steve Stadler (1) and J. Scott Greene (2)
(1) Oklahoma State University, (2) University of Oklahoma
Plan it and they Will Come: An Assessment of Recreation Potential and User Interests on the Green River in Utah
Jonathan Bowler
University of Wyoming
Lives Entwined: The Human Obligation to Companion Animals, Livestock, and Wildlife Affected by Natural Hazard Events
Connie Brownson
Texas State University – San Marcos
Potential Uses of Social Vulnerability Assessments to Support Decision Making in the Colorado Dam Safety Branch
Laura E. Ferré (1), Bill McCormick (2), and Deborah S.K. Thomas (1)
(1) University of Colorado Denver, (2) Colorado Dam Safety Branch, Colorado Division of Water Resources
C04 Physical Geography 1
Avian Diversity Increased Compared to Grinnell-Storer’s Cross-Section through Yosemite
*Carol. L. Campbell
New Mexico State University
Mapping Riparian Zones in the Southern Rockies Ecoregion: A Multi-scale, Hierarchical Model
Jessica Salo (1) and David Theobald (2)
(1) University of Northern Colorado, (2) Conservation Science Partners
A Proof of Concept Study on the Evolution of Plant Community Fire Adaptation
Thomas Brussel (1), Thomas A. Minckley (1), Simon Brewer (2), Colin J. Long (3), and Mitchell J. Power (2)
(1) University of Wyoming, (2) University of Utah, (3) University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
The Footprint of Human Impacts in Cold Climates: Lessons Learned at McMurdo and Palmer Stations, Antarctica
Andrew Klein, Paul Montanga, Terry Palmer, José Sericano, Steve Sweet, Terry Wade, and Mahlon Kennicutt II
Texas A&M University
Service and Research Opportunities through Peace Corps Response
Curt Holder
University of Colorado
C05 Place and Perception
Don’t it Make My Red State Blue: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Oklahoma’s Voting-Registration Mismatch
*Jonathan C. Comer
Oklahoma State University
Goree Island: An American Political Pilgrimage; Discourse Analysis Examining the Processes of Place Perception in Relation to Public and Political Actors
Danielle D. Guthrie
South Dakota State University
Mapping Community Formation on the Plains
Robert C. Shepard and Rebecca Wingo
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mapping Environmental Justice in Lubbock Through Time: A Mixed-Methods Historical Perspective
Jason M. Post, Perry L. Carter, and Cynthia L. Sorrensen
Texas Tech University
Beyond the Ma and Pa: Navigating Rural Sexuality and Gender Identity Networks
Brandon H. Haddock
Kansas State University
