Browsing by Thesis Advisor "Matisziw, Timothy C. (Timothy Clark)"
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Access to food in Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Access to basic food resources is an issue of global significance. This is especially true in urban environments where dependence on stores for food is high. Given this, do inequities in access to basic food resources exist ... -
Approaches for comparing the structural characteristics of different representations of transportation systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Collection and monitoring of locational information has considerably increased over the last decade as the value of location-based data has been realized ... -
Assessing border permeability : a geospatial analysis of insurgent mobility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] As the propensity for irregular warfare grows in the 21st century, understanding the potential for movement across borderlands will be essential to ... -
Bike Share: A Study In Suitability Analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Bike share systems are a rising trend in multi-modal transportation, involving automated kiosks where bikes can be checked out at one location and ... -
Counteracting traffic congestion using intelligent driver feedback
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Traffic congestion is a daily occurrence in urban highway networks worldwide. It is not possible, however, for society to build its way out of congestion; rather, smarter roads and vehicles are needed. While the development ... -
Crash severity modeling in transportation systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Modeling crash severity is an important component of reasoning about the issues that may affect highway safety. A better understanding of the factors underlying crash severity can be used to reduce the degree of crash ... -
Crime in the city : understanding geospatial relationships among crime and the urban landscape
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The physical structure of the urban environment can have profound influence on the way space is used. Research in urban planning has indicated that ... -
Dude, where's my internet: an examination of broadband internet access, infrastructure, and potential for expansion in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Broadband Internet is increasingly becoming a necessity in today's society. Providers of these services are expanding access to the high-speed Internet as well as its speed and capacity. With the recent release of the ... -
Forest fire risk modeling of the Mark Twain National Forest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Changing regional climate conditions have increased the sensitivity of many forests to fire. In Missouri, this increased risk has been realized in ... -
Identification and characterization of network paths
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Many transportation analyses involve fusing multiple sources of data to build a better representation of how a transportation system can be or is used. However, the integration of multiple data sources, each of which may ... -
Measuring community resilience to disaster
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Although geographic studies of disaster vulnerability and resilience have been central to the formulation of federal emergency management policy, recent community resilience research has diverged significantly from the ... -
Modeling network vulnerability over space and time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Transportation networks play an important role in moving freight, people, data and energy. Therefore, ensuring continuity in these services is an ... -
Modeling wetland connectivity and vulnerability to wetland-corridor loss
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Wetland systems involve a complex range of important biological, chemical, and hydrologic interactions among individual wetlands which contribute to ecological health. Modification of the landscape due to anthropogenic ... -
Reimagining alpacas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Newly "discovered" to industrialized societies, alpacas have gained popularity as both livestock and pet in the United States over the last quarter century. This American micro-culture is a nexus of many traditional and ... -
Trends in essential air service structure and performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Essential Air Service (EAS) is federal program in the United States established to subsidize air service to communities and regions in danger of losing ...