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Mediating indigenous geographies: a discourse analysis of Chickasaw media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
A growing area of research within geography is the use of media as a source for cultural interpretation. Since all media is produced within a culture, it is socially constructed within places, describes places, and diffuses ...
Flood potential of Poyang Lake, China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Poyang Lake, located in Jiangxi Province, China, is a large freshwater lake ([about]4000 km[superscript 2]) connected to the Yangtze River. Flooding ...
An actor-network analysis of the Arizona Trail
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Trail spaces have been depicted many ways but no other approach offers the thorough and inclusive qualities of actor-network theory. In this analysis of the Arizona Trail, actor-network theory evinces the relationships ...
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 ...
Visualizing geographies of perceived safety : an exploration of Muslim women's experiences in public space
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Research on fear of crime and on intersectionality have both been growing within geography in recent decades. To explore the geography of fear as it pertains to the intersecting social identities of gender and religion, ...
Biomass assessment in the U.S. midwest using MODIS time-series
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Bioenergy becomes the largest source of renewable energy in the United States. Switchgrass, a type a Warm Season Grasses, has been regarded as alternative resources instead of annual crops for obtaining the bioenergy. The ...
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 ...
A model for assessing the risk of human trafficking on a local level
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Human trafficking is a human rights violation that is difficult to quantify. Models for estimating the number of victims of trafficking presented by previous researchers depend on inconsistent, poor quality data. As an ...
Surface waters most likely impacted by hormones from land-applied CAFO wastes in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The land application of livestock wastes is a significant potential contributor of environmental hormone contamination. Hormones from land-applied wastes have been detected in field runoff and in downstream surface waters. ...
It will rain if god wills it : local perceptions of climate change in the Futa Tooro of northern Senegal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Populations in the Sahel are among the most vulnerable to climate change and variability (CCV). The increased temperatures and rainfall variability ...
Young Jordanian university students' perceptions of the U.S. geopolitical presence in the Middle East
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
On June 4th, 2009 President Barack Obama spoke in Cairo, Egypt on the tension that exists between the United States and the Muslim world. His speech was entitled the "New Beginning," and was meant to repair what he presented ...
Assessing grassland distributions and spatio-temporal variations in the U.S. Great Plains with MODIS imagery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The North American Great Plains is the primary grassland in the United States. Both cool season grasses (CSG) and warm season grasses (WSG) grow in the Great Plains, with their distributions vary with environmental conditions ...
A natural classification of stream morphology and detection of channel unit periodicities in three Missouri streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Recent declines in Missouri smallmouth bass raise concerns about the influence of anthropogenic modification on stream morphology and habitat. Channel units provide the necessary framework for linking the ecological, ...
Monitoring coral bleaching by satellite thermal products : a case study in the southern South China Sea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Thermal stress is marked as an essential cause of coral bleaching. Corals begin losing the symbiotic algae and their color when sea temperature exceeds ...
Gentrification through the eyes (and lenses) of Kansas City residents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Gentrification is a process where the middle class migrates to decaying or predominately poor areas of a city and changes the landscape. Since the phenomenon was first recognized in the 1960s in London, it has spread to ...
The voice behind the microphone : media systems and United Nations peacekeeping in Hait and Cote d'Ivoire
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Since 1948, and the authorization of the deployment of military observers to the Middle East by the Security Council, peacekeeping has played a significant role in the United Nationsmission. The relationship between the ...
Spatial distribution and historical dynamics of threatened conifers of the Dalat Plateau, Vietnam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The Dalat Plateau is one of several biodiversity hotspots in Vietnam. It is considered to be one of five centers of plant diversity and one of three endemic bird areas in the country. Almost half of the conifer species ...
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 ...
Who consumes illegal wildlife? : an analysis of bear bile usage in Vietnam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Vietnam is home to two species of bears: Asiatic Black bear (Ursus thibetanus) and Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus). Both of these species are under serious threats, mainly from illegal hunting and trade. Bears are ...