Browsing Department of Geography (MU) by Thesis Semester "2018 Spring"
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From research to relationship : towards affinity-based scholarship and indigenous community empowerment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Decades of technocratic development projects have been shown to mostly fail at reducing poverty. In response, decentralizing initiatives focused on community and local empowerment have become a strong trend. However, ... -
In the land of hobitss where the slow slip events lie
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Continuous GPS campaigns over the last few decades have brought an unprecedented look into the behaviors and processes that drive subduction zones. A major discovery during this time has been Slow Slip Events, which release ... -
A remote sensing analysis of the grand river grasslands using sentinel-2 satellite imagery : a comparison of land-use / land-cover classifications using per-pixel and object-oriented procedures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The important prerequisites for the proper use of land is to know how the land is covered and how it is being used currently. In this study, land-use ... -
Stadiums and sports entertainment districts on the landscape : an urban sports-anchored entertainment development model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)With sports stadiums being built at an incredible rate, particularly since the 1990s, the need to examine how these facilities (and the development around them) impact cities is crucial to understanding changing urban ... -
Temporal trends in the Holocene: exploring implications for conservation paleobiology through quantitative assessment of marine mollusks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Conservation paleobiology is a relatively new field which applies the theories and analytical tools of paleontology to problems concerning the conservation of biodiversity. The use of data from stratigraphy, sediment or ... -
University student indigenous intercultural sensitivity and short-term study abroad
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)There is an extreme underrepresentation of indigenous peoples within American study abroad programs, and student participants rarely gain an authentic experience, awareness, and intercultural sensitivity towards such groups. ...