PAPERS OF THE APPLIED GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCES

VOLUME 23

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Building Unity in a Common Place: International Communities in the United States

R. A. Johns, Pages: 1-8

 

Geography as a Pre-Law Major

G. Anderson, Pages: 9-12

 

Tourism Interpretation: The Need for Geographic Concepts and Themes

J. Kimmel, R. Stephenson, and A. Skadberg, Pages: 13-18

 

Estimating Exceedence Probability of Water Quality Criteria in Urban Stormwater Runoff

K. Gregory, Pages: 19-27

 

Affordable House or Unaffordable Community: Manufactured Home Parks in Monroe County, Michigan

T. J. Bailey and E. A. Moebius, Pages: 28-36

 

Impacts of a Large Auto Plant on a Small Town: An Examination of Short and Long Term Change

C. Hooey, Pages: 37-44

 

Perceptions of Development and Planning in a Small Town: The Case of Napanee, Ontario

T. J. Bailey and C. A. Hooey, Pages: 45-54

 

The Changing Culture of Inter-Urban Government Competition in Britain

L. McCarthy, Pages: 55-63

 

The Community Reinvestment Act as a Policy Option for Enhancing Regional Money Supply: Evidence from Kentucky

B. Zhou and W. Shaw, Pages: 64-71

 

Assessing Climate Variability in Wisconsin

M. J. McHugh and J. Harrington, Jr., Pages: 72-80

 

In Pursuit of Understanding Place: The Transformation of the Rural West from Old to New in Emery County, Utah

J. M. Shumway and J. O. Durrant, Pages: 81-88

 

The Identification of Public Land Use Issues in the Colorado River Basin: A Survey of Federal, State, and Local Land Use

J. O. Durrant and J. M. Shumway, Pages: 89-96

 

Rodeo: The Transition from Folk Game to Modern Sport

J. A. Davis, Pages: 97-105

 

Environment and Planning Issues in Recreation Counties in the New West

R. H. Jackson, Pages: 106-113

 

Amazonian Dark Earth Analysis: State of Knowledge and Directions for Future Research

W. I. Wood, J. M. McCann, and D. W. Meyer, Pages: 114-121

 

Transhumance in the Amazon

M. Hiraoka, Pages: 122-129

 

A Comparative Study of Primary and Secondary Forests in the Middle Course of the Amazon

A. Tsuchiya and M. Hiraoka, Pages: 130-136

 

Applicability of “Optimal Climate Normals” for Use in the Energy Industry in the Southern United States: A Preliminary Analysis

R. V. Rohli and J. M. Grymes III, Pages: 137-144

 

A Climatological Analysis of Lower Atmospheric Ozone Transport across Phoenix, Arizona

M. L. Hildebrandt, Pages: 145-153

 

Youth Risk Behavior in Brazil, Barra Mansa, State of Rio De Janeiro

M. A. Muller and T. V. McIntyre, Pages: 154-160

 

Environmental Reclamation of the Aral Sea’s Former Lake Bottom: Shelterbelts and Pastures

K. D. Muller, R. A. Sultanov, and V. P. Pushkarenko (Posthumous), Pages: 161-174

 

Analyzing the Spatial Variability of Low Birth Weight Incidence among the Black Population of Florida

S. Reader, Pages: 166-174

 

Water Quality Modeling in the Red Rock Creek Watershed, Kansas

L. J. Marzen, J. Harrington, R., S. J. Bhuyan, J. K. Koelliker, L. D. Frees, and C. G. Volkman, Pages: 175-182

 

GIS Development for the Colbert Hills Golf Course

J. Harrington, Jr. and N. Leathers, Pages: 183-189

 

Relating Biophysical Processes to Spatial Patterns of Spectral Reflectance: A Multiple-Scale Analysis of Prairie Vegetation Canopies

C. Rundquist, D. G. Goodin, and A. J. Smith, Pages: 190-189

 

Data Quality in Applied Spatial Analysis

P. P. Siska, I-K. Hung, and Tred Riggs, Pages: 199-205

 

Field Tests of the Driver Behaviour Index (DBI) Survey Forms: Initial Findings from an Applied Project Involving Selected Regional Intersections in Ottawa-Carlton

B. Wellar and C. Vandermeulen, Pages: 206-214

 

Detailing the Implications of Ecosystem-Based Planning for Applied Geography Training and Research Project Design

B.   Wellar and n. Novakowski, Pages: 215-223

 

Predicting Time-To-Hydrograph Peak from Basin Energy Potential: A Hypsometric Approach

J. M. Harlin and W. Luo, Pages: 224-229

 

Mapping Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater as an Information Tool for the General Public

R. Hill-Rowley and M. Malone, Pages: 230-235

 

Using a Geographic Information System to Identify Existing and Potential Future Impacts on the Edwards Aquifer – A Sole-Source Public Drinking Water Supply – From Closed Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in the State of Texas

R. D. Larsen, R. J. Stephenson, and A. Skadberg, pages: 236-244

 

Critical problems of Surface Water Nutrient Enrichment from Human and Economic Landscape Runoff: Case Studies of the Chesapeake Bay and South Florida

R. A. Sirk, Pages: 245-252

 

Measuring Human Use Impacts on Lands Adjacent to Suburban Development

M. Starr, Pages: 253-260

 

The 1987 Edmonton, Alberta Canada Tornado: Perception, Experience, and Response Then and Now

R. D. Blanchard-Boehm and M. J. Cook, Pages: 261-269

 

Precipitation Enhancement Programs on the Texas High Plains

O. W. Templer, Pages: 270-276

 

Automated Procedure for Groundwater Risk Assessment from Surface Sources

M. M. Kaufman, Pages: 277-284

 

The Constitution and Regional Economic Development

O. P. Matthews, pages: 285-291

 

A River Divides Them: The Quality of Life in Albuquerque, NM

B.   T. Cullen and H. Jackson, pages: 292-299

 

Health of the Discipline Indicators

R. G. Boehm, L. E. Estaville, and W. Bigler, Pages: 300-308

 

A GIS-Based Market Location Study of a Veterinary Clinic in South Carolina

P. R. Burger and K. D. Cooper, Pages: 309-317

 

Rural-Urban Differences in Infant Mortality in Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Study

B. K. Paul, Pages: 318-322

 

Lead Pollution in Soils Adjacent to Bus Stops in Tampa, Florida

G. A. Tobin and R. Brinkmann, Pages: 323-330

 

The Hazardousness of Place: Risk from Multiple Natural Hazards

B. E. Montz, Pages: 331-339

 

Development of a Temporal Climatology for Hot Wind Events in Kansas

N. Leathers, Pages: 342-347

 

Climatology of Blizzards in the Continental United States, 1971-2000

R. M. Schwartz, Pages 348-354

 

Cliometric Determination of an Environmental Disparity Density Function

M. Martin, Pages: 355-361

 

An Assessment of Lead in Soils Adjacent to a Recreational Trail Traversing the Brownfields Region of Clearwater, Florida

M. A. Griffith, D. J. Prior, C. S. Purchell, W. H. Chritian, II and G. T. Rizos, Pages: 362-369

 

Creating an Inventory of managed Areas for Habitat Protection Status Assessment: Kansas Gap Analysis Stewardship Coverage Development

H. R. Barcus, Pages: 370-377

 

Mapping Landslide Susceptibility: A Travis county, Texas, Case Study

C.J. Wachal, Pages: 378-387

 

The Clearinghouse Approach to Enhancing Informed Public participation in Watershed Management Utilizing GIS and Internet Technology

W. J. Smith, Jr., Pages: 388-395

 

Cracker Fire: Cattlemen, Urbanization, and Prescribed Burning in Florida

D. A. Heuber, Pages: 396-404