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Multi-scale analysis of urban wetland changes using satellite remote sensing techniques
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-10)
. Furthermore, for a short term analysis over a period between 2008 and 2010, the study analyzed seasonal land-cover variation among the autumn, spring, and summer. These multi-temporal land-cover data were analyzed at various spatial scales - the metropolitan...
Urban runoff simulation and prediction: How do land use and land cover change patterning and geospatial data quality impact model outcome?
(2020)
to 2031. In this study, approaches were developed to incorporate the Hydrologic Engineering Center Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) model with remote sensing, geographic information system (GIS), and radar rainfall data. The impact of data quality...
Wetland landscape dynamics and its socio-ecological implications
(2021)
function. The fourth part is the wetland landscape dynamic (WELD) modeling performed to estimate the changes impacted on ecological services indicators between 1992 and 2017, as it relates to wetland terrestrial habitat. In addition, demographic data were...
Urban Riparian Areas: Ecological And Streamside-Ordinance Assessments
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Streamside protection ordinances have been established in many urbanizing areas;
however, there has been a paucity of assessments of the effectiveness of such ordinances. A
quantitative assessment of the ecological ...
Comparative analysis of urban wetland classification from multispectral, hyperspectral, and fused satellite imagery
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-18)
Protection and inventory of current wetlands is important for critical habitats,
education, recreation, flood control, and storm water filtration. Over the years, the
United States has lost over one-half of its wetlands ...
A multi-scale modeling study of the impact of land surface heterogeneity on the convective boundary layer in the U.S. Midwest
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-03)
Rain fed agricultural land is the predominant land cover class in the U.S. Midwest. The interannual and sub-seasonal climate variability of this region are determined by atmospheric oscillations on multiple temporal and spatial scales. The principal...
A Knowledge-based approach of satellite image classification for urban wetland detection
(2014-07-30)
It has been a technical challenge to accurately detect urban wetlands with remotely sensed data by means of pixel-based image classification. This is mainly caused by inadequate spatial resolutions of satellite imagery, spectral similarities between...
Satellite-based assessment of invasive vegetation in Lake Chad Basin, West Africa
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-31)
. This study presents a method to identify and characterize this weed on a large scale using medium resolution LANDSAT, MODIS satellite imagery and high resolution QUICKBIRD satellite imagery. The satellite imagery was augmented with ground truth data obtained...
Modernizing the public space: gender identities, multiple modernities, and space politics in Tehran
(2013)
After the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, surprisingly, the presence of Iranian
women in public spaces dramatically increased. Despite this recent change in women's
presence in public spaces, Iranian women, like in ...
Simulating Urban Landscape Transformation: Implications for Urban Wetlands at Multiple Scales
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Urban landscape change simulation has received increasing attention in recent times.
As a result, many studies have focused on various aspects of land change simulation, ranging
from uncertainty of input data to model ...
An Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research and Intervention Strategy Applied to the Problem of Pediatric Asthma in Kansas City
(2020)
This dissertation presents a multilevel health disparities research strategy using pediatric asthma in Kansas City as a case study. The first chapter introduces the problem of pediatric asthma in Kansas City and the foundational theory, methods...
A GIS compilation of field data from the Smith's Fork Archaeological Site (23CL223), Clay County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-18)
and compiled in a Geographic Information Systems (GIS), these techniques help to delimit the location and use of prehistoric archaeological settlement patterns that favored river terrace and flood plain locations along the Missouri River Valley system...
Missouri Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change, Adaptation Strategies and the Adoption and Diffusion of Market-Oriented Risk Management Strategies
(2021)
This dissertation, through a mixed methods approach, investigates Missouri farmers’ perceptions of climate change and variability in relation to their adoption of adaptation strategies. Using a combination of geospatial and statistical analysis...
Geo-information based model for assessing and monitoring forest fire risk in the state of Missouri, United States of America
(2020)
data on social and demographic variables for the state of Missouri and social vulnerability index (S0VI). The study divided Missouri into five geopolitical zones from which ten counties were randomly selected for this study. The selected counties formed...
The Economic Water Model - a method and software program for assessing the impacts of storm water "green solutions" in urban areas
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-12-20)
€œgreen solutionsâ€� like rain barrels and rain gardens. This information can also be used to implement a more accurate stormwater fee so municipalities can generate revenue to fund water infrastructure improvements, water conservation efforts, or storm water...
The Ebb and flow of policy, economics, and science: an analysis of policy drivers in the Missouri River Basin
(2013)
The Missouri River basin underwent a major transformation when the United States Congress approved the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project of 1945. Generations removed from those national policy decisions...
Data-Driven Modeling of the Lake Chad Basin Hydrologic Systems
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
The drying of the Lake, located in Central Africa, is one example of a water crisis,
which requires more research and studies. The lake has been progressively shrinking since the
1960s due to climate change and anthropogenic ...
Impacts of Precipitation, Land use Land cover and Soil type on the Water Balance of Lake Chad Basin
(2013)
in this study to simulate a long-term average change of seasonal and spatial distribution of surface runoff, interception, evapotranspiration and recharge in the LCB of Africa. The model is especially suitable for studying the effect of land use/land cover...
An assessment of the impact of gentrification in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-14)
The term gentrification can have many different meanings. One person
may think it stands for cleaning up a derelict part of a city while another may
expand the term to cover everything from rehabilitated structures to ...
The role of land-atmosphere and aerosol interactions on meso-scale convective weather systems across West Africa
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
This dissertation investigates the modulating effects of land-atmosphere and
aerosol interactions on meso-scale convective systems across the sub-Saharan West
Africa region, and aims at providing a value-added contribution ...