PAPERS OF THE APPLIED GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCES,

VOLUME 9

 

Papers published here have all gone through rigorous double-blind peer reviews. Please forward any inquiries to appliedgeogconf@gmail.com.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

The Ninth Annual Applied Geography Conference

J.W. Frazier, B.J. Epstein, and J.F. Langowski, Page: xvii

 

Planning Regions for Regional Planning in Jordan’s 1986-1990 Plan

R.Honey, S. Nichols, S.A. Kharma, M. Khamis, and P. Doan, Pages: 1-12

 

An Application of a Location-Allocation Model to Evaluate and Improve Geographic Accessibility of Vocational Training Centers in Jordan

S. Nichols and R. Honey, Pages: 13-23

 

Land-Use Change Data Applied to Agricultural Zoning: A Case Study of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

M.A. Kerr, Pages: 24-35

 

Use of Information Systems in the Formulation of Land Use Policy

J. M. Young, Pages: 36-44

 

Drought Assessment through Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Satellite Data

S.J. Walsh, Pages: 45-55

 

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Water Demand in Western Kansas

M.D. Nellis, Pages: 56-62

 

Protecting Instream Flow and Estuarine Quality: Continuing Legal Problems in Texas

O.W. Templer, Pages: 63-72

 

Establishing Geomorphic Criteria for Michigan’s Sand Dune Protection and Management Act

W.R. Buckler, Pages: 73-84

 

Geographic Foundations of a General Plan

D. Prescott and L. Stephenson, Pages: 85-93

 

A Geographic Approach to Comprehensive Planning: San Juan County, New Mexico A Case Study

R.J. Czerniak and W.J. Gribb, Pages: 94-103

 

Documenting Historical Hazardous Wastes: Problems and Prospects in Illinois

C.E. Colten, Pages: 104-113

 

The Perception of Health Risk and Opposition to Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Siting: Implications fo Hazardous Waste Management and Policy from Survey Research

K.E. Portney, Pages: 114-123

 

Climatic Change and Recreation Resources: The Future of Ontario Wetlands?

G. Wall, R. Harrison, V. Kinnaird, G. McBoyle, and C. Quinlan, Pages: 124-131

 

Applied Tourism Geography: Some Examples

L.S. Mitchell, Pages: 132-142

 

The Potential of Tourism as a Factor in Ohio’s Economic Future

R.V. Smith, Pages: 143-153

 

Managerial Implications of Some Recent Trends in the Family Camping Industry

R.L. Janiskee and P.E. Lovingood, Pages: 154-160

 

Physicians’ Specialties and Medical Trade Areas: An Application of Central Place Theory

M.W. Smith, Pages: 161-172

 

Current Policy Issues in Great Lakes Shipping

H.M. Mayer, Pages: 173-181

 

The Role of U.S. Private Airports in the Air Transport System: Examples from the State of Wisconsin

R.C. Eidt, Pages: 182-188

 

Local Public Policy and Private Development Initiative in Transit Station Area Planning

G. Molyneaux, Pages: 189-193

 

Transportation Operating Agency Interfaces within the Joint Deployment Community

R.D. Kraemer, Pages: 194-199

 

Contingency Military Traffic Related Moves

D.R. Alvic, Pages: 200-206

 

Elimination of Transportation Alternatives in the M-55 Rocket Disposal Program

J.H. Sorensen, Pages: 207-216

 

Application of the ORNL National Highway Network Data Base to Military and Civilian Transportation Operations Planning

F. Southworth, B.E. Peterson, R.M. Davis, S. Chin, and R.G. Scott, Pages: 217-227

 

A Terrain Modeling Methodology for Use in Aircraft and Surface-to-Air Missile Encounter Models

J.R. Hamilton, Pages: 228-233

 

Terrain and the Effectiveness of Guerrillas

S. Rezendes and P. O’Sullivan, Pages: 234-239

 

The Changing Geography of Communist Insurgency in the Philippines

J.R. Miller, Pages: 240-253

 

A Hybrid Artificial Intelligence/Image Processing Approach for Military Geographic Information Extraction

L. Straight, N. Andersen, and M.K. Menchel, Pages: 254-262

 

(AIMS) A System for the Analog/Digital Processing of Multi-Sensor Data

S.E. Cooperman, Pages: 263-271

 

Feature Extraction from Remotely Sensed Images: The Theory and Application of Low Level Segmentation Techniques

A.M. Levine, Pages: 272-283

 

A Suggested Framework for Change Detection Systems Based on Imagery Understanding

B. Kiracofe, N. Ferris, and J. Graklanoff, Pages: 284-295

 

Rock-Type Discrimination in Arid Regions: An Application of Some Image Processing Algorithms

S. Hsu, Pages: 296-306

 

Applications of Modern Quantitative Methods to Problem Solving in the Retail Business Environment

S.D. Sampson, Pages: 307-312