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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...