PAPERS IN APPLIED GEOGRAPHY
VOLUME 36, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENT
Preliminary Analysis of the Synoptic-Scale Environment Associated with Tropical
Cyclone Tornado Clusters, 1995-2010
Todd W. Moore and Richard W. Dixon …………………………………………….. 1
Communicating Kansas Climate and Climate Change: Initial Development of a Web-
Based Resource
Ram Raghavan and John Harrington, Jr. ……………………………………………11
Marketing American Microbrews: Promoting Neolocalism
One Map at a Time
Matthew T.
Pattern and
Adam J. Mathews …………….………………………….. 17
Stream Restoration and Hydrochory: Seed Pool Variation in Restored and Degraded
Reaches of the Kissimmee River, Florida
Scott
H. Markwith ……………………………………………………………….… 27
A Geo-Temporal Analysis of the Conservation Reserve Program: Net vs. Gross Change,
Chris Laingen ………………………………………………………………………
37
The Impacts of Natural
Revegetation
of Abandoned Mine Land on Changing Land Use
Catherine A. Hooey and Timothy J. Bailey ……………………………………..… 47
Considering the Heritage of Place in Consultation with Indigenous Peoples
Roxanne T.
Ornelas ……………………………………………………………...… 55
Hazard Characterization of Induced Seismicity in
Eastern Ohio: A Scenario Analysis
James Lein
……………………………………………………………………….… 64
Lidar-Based Detection of Shrubland and Forest Land Cover to Improve Identification of
Golden-Cheeked Warbler Habitat
Jennifer L. R. Jensen, Sandra Irvin, and
Adam Duarte ……………………………. 74
Forest Changes on Pikes Peak, Colorado as Interpreted through Repeat
Photography
Steve Jennings …………………………………………………………………...… 83
Historical Channel
Change of Vermillion Creek, Kansas,
USA
between 1937 and 2013
Rhett L.
Mohler .…………………………………………………………………… 92
Validation of the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)
Water-Surface Model
Zhixiao Xie,
Zhangwei Liu, and Yingru Li …….………………………………….. 98
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Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration in Florida Using Dry Pixel Calibration
Aaron Evans ……………………………………………………………………… 107
Mapping Geographic Literacy in Texas
Jeff
Lash
…………………………………..……………………………………… 117
The Economic Importance of Hunting in Southwestern Montana
Ryan D. Bergstrom, Shannon V. Taylor, and Katherine J. Hansen …………….... 127
A Contingent Valuation of Tampa’s Urban Forest
Alec Foster and Graham A. Tobin ……………………………………………….. 137
Applications of Gravity Modeling to Evaluate Dine-In Restaurant
Location and
Competitiveness Using a Representative Sample, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Joel P. Dock and
Wei Song ………………………………………………………. 146
Influence of Long-
and Short-Term Climatic Changes on Chernozem Soils: Central
Yury G.
Chendev, Anthony R. Lupo,
Aleksandr
N. Petin, and Maria G.
Lebedeva … ……………………………………………………………………… 156
The Sunshine
State, GDP, and the DMSP-OLS: Time Series Trend Case Study
Dolores Jane Forbes ……………………………………………………………… 165
Chinese FDI in the US: A State Level Analysis of the Geography of FDI and FDI Per
Jeremy Bennett and Jay D. Gatrell ……………………………………………….. 174
The Implementation of GIS in Secondary Education in the State of Maryland
Heather Holst
and Paporn
Thebpanya ……………………………………………. 183
Opportunities for Integrating Geospatial Technology across University
Environmental
Emariana Taylor, Chris Blackwood and Patrick Lorch …………………………... 192
Investigating
Aquatic Invasive Species Propagation within the
Adirondack Region of New
York: A Lake and Landscape Approach
Richard R. Shaker and Charles J. Rapp …………………………………………... 200
Localism and American Broadcasting in the Age of Satellite Television
Jonathan C. Comer and Thomas A. Wikle ……………………………………….. 210
Deriving Measures and Profiles of Wetland Features from LIDAR LAS
Datasets
Janet Gritzner and Bruce V. Millett …………………………………………….... 220
Timothy S. Hare, Chad Wells, Barbara J. Pridemore, Porsha Smith, and
Nicole
Johnson ………………………………………………………………………….... 228
Pre-Service Teacher Preparation in Illinois: A Case Study
Gillian Acheson ……………………………………………………………….….. 237
Prototype Global Coding Political Geographies for Library and Data Management –
Wikipedia Example
Thomas J. Christoffel ………………………………………………………….…. 246
The Price is Right? Food Availability and Affordability in Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Stacey R. Brown ………………………………………………………………….. 256
The Learning Cluster Model (LCM) as A Means of Extending
the
Capabilities of An
Online Professional Development System in Geography
Carmen P. Brysch
and Richard G. Boehm …………………………………….…. 264
Can You Really
Walk There from Here? A Case Study of Walkability
at Mockingbird
Owen Wilson-Chavez and Murray D. Rice …………………………………….… 271
Retail Change and Light Rail: An Exploration of Business Location Changes
Accompanying Commuter Rail Development in Denton, Texas
Trevor Yarbrough and Murray D. Rice ………………………………………..…. 281
Estimating
Tree Canopy Foliar Volume Using Terrestrial LiDAR
Clint Harper, Nate Currit, and Jennifer Jensen
………………………………...…. 290
The Edwards Aquifer and Changes in the San Antonio, Texas Water Supply, 1993-2013
Richard A. Earl, David A. Parr, and
Eddi Wilcut ……………………………..…. 299
Maps and Locals: Using Landsat Image Analysis to Document Eastern Red Cedar
Expansion in the Northern Flint Hills
Bryanna Pockrandt, John Harrington, Jr., and Shawn Hutchinson …………….… 309
The Relationship between Land
Cover and Temperature in the Auburn – Opelika, Alabama Urban Area
Andrew W. Hug, Chandana
Mitra, Yingru Li, Luke J. Marzen …………..……… 316
Influence of Surface Land Cover on the
Urban Heat Island Intensity within Metropolitan
Jeremy Sandifer
………………………………………………………………...… 323
Comparative Analysis of Attitudes Towards Water Management Decision-Making in
Christopher A. Badurek, Robin Hale, and Kristan Cockerill …………………..… 332
Data Fusion of LiDAR and Optical Imagery
for
Coastal Vegetation Mapping in South
Florida Using an Object-Oriented Approach
Georgia H. De Stoppelaire ……………………………………………………..… 339
Analysis of Ground-Level Ozone in Granite City,
Illinois
Mark L. Hildebrandt and Alex McBride …………………………….…………… 348
Precipitation Variability Trends in Texas, 1932 – 2011
Rebecca K. Parylak
and Richard W. Dixon …………………………………...…. 358
Eric Clennon,
R. Denise Blanchard, and T. Edwin Chow ……………………..… 367
Sultry in Charm City: Shifting Probabilities of Hot Days
in Baltimore – 1899 to 2012
Kent Barnes ………………………………………………………………………. 377
Area Disparities of Obesity, Non-Fresh Food Outlets, and Fitness Centers
Jay Lee, Mohammad
Al Nasralla,
Everett Logue, and Heather Beaird ……….…. 385
Kathleen D. Seal …………………………………………………………………. 396
Demographic Changes and Gentrification in Washington, D.C. between 2000 and 2010
Cinthia Josette Arévalo, Bálint
Pető, Agustina Suaya
and Michael M. Mann …… 406
Taste Paradise: Tropical North Queensland as
a Gastronomic Tourism Destination
Deborah
Che,
Rose Wright, and Robyn Rae ………………………………….….. 415
Coping with Meniere’s Disease: Identification of Places with Fewest Weather Changes
Kent M. McGregor ……………………………………………………………..… 423
The Impacts of School
District Spending: Exploring the Connection between School
District Expenditures and Graduation Rates in
Virginia
Amber Boykin, Michael Gaskins, Sarah Jackson, Christine McDonnell, Michael L.
Mann ……………………………………………………………………………… 432
Area Health Disparities Based on Death Certificates: A Case
Study of Census Tracts in
Gordon A. Cromley,
Mohammad Al Nasrallah, Jay Lee, and Heather Beaird ..…. 441
GIS Analysis of Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Emission Inventory Databases in the
Maya
G.
Hutchins and Christopher A. Badurek ……………………………….…. 451
Urban Expansion and Environmental Parameters – A
Case Study of Huntsville, Alabama
Mahjabin Rahman, Chandana Mitra,
Luke J. Marzen, and Yingru Li ………….... 458
Chinatown,
Ethnoburb,
or
Invisiburb? Settlement Patterns of Chinese Migrants to Texas
Melissa E. Holmes and Sarah A. Blue ………………………………………….... 467
Analysis of Impacts of Removing the
Fort Loudoun Dam on Upstream Residential
Jeffrey C.
French
and Christopher A. Badurek .………………………………….. 478
Examining the Impact of Spatial Measures on Residential Property Prices in the Toronto
Maurice Yeates, Tony Hernandez, and Paul
Du
…………………………………. 485
A GIScience Approach to Urgent Care Facility
Site Selection in Nebraska
Paul
Burger, Brett Chloupek, and H. Jason Combs …………………………...…. 495
Measuring Temporal Displacement of Non-Violent Crime
Vijayaprabha Rajendran and
Falguni
Mukherjee ………………………………… 505