PAPERS OF THE APPLIED GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCES, VOLUME 26, 2003

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

CONDITIONS IN THE COLONIAS: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF LOCATION RELATIVE TO THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER

1

 

Gabriela Ramirez and Denise Blanchard-Boehm

 

 

MONITORING SUBURBAN SPRAWL USING HIGH RESOLUTION AERIAL IMAGERY: AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH

10

 

Shunfu Hu

 

 

IMPACTS OF URBAN SPRAWL ON TRAVEL BEHAVIORS AND LOCAL WATERSHED IN THE AUBURN-OPELIKA METROPOLITAN AREA: A CASE STUDY ON A SMALL MSA

20

 

Selima Sultana and Philip Chaney

 

 

APPLICATION OF CHANGE VECTOR ANALYSIS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF URBAN GROWTH: A CASE STUDY IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA

29

 

David Jordan and Sharolyn Anderson

 

 

EVALUATING ACCURACY OF MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GEOCODING USING GPS: A CASE STUDY FROM HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TEXAS

36

 

Marikka Williams and Harry Williams

 

 

MODELING RESIDENTIAL AND WORKPLACE DISPERSION: AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF URBAN SPATIAL MISMATCH

40

 

Jessica N. Mefford and Mark W. Horner

 

 

MODELING SERVICE UTILIZATION WITH GIS

49

 

Bruce W. Smith and Yu Zhou

 

 

SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF HIGHWAY BYPASSES IN OKLAHOMA

58

 

Jonathan C. Comer and G. Allen Finchum

 

 

CONFESSIONS OF A METRO GEOGRAPHER

68

 

Bill Dakan

 

 

GENTRIFYING AMERICA’S CITIES: AN EXAMINATION OF HOPE VI PUBLIC HOUSING REVITALIZATION

77

 

Jeremy R. Griffith and Jeffrey P. Richetto

 

 

THE YBOR CITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS OF A GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF CAMDEN APARTMENTS

83

 

Alexandra Fitos

 

 

LATINO MIGRATION TO SMALL CITIES: THE CASE OF ALLENTOWN, 1980-2000

92

 

Mark E. Reisinger and Marike Treier

 

 

ETHNIC IDENTITY AND LABOR PARTICIPATION IN THE INFORMAL RETAIL SECTOR OF ACCRA GHANA

101

 

Eugene L. Tettey-Fio

 

 

THE “CRÈME DE LA CRÈME” OF CONSUMERS? AN ANALYSIS OF THE LESBIAN AND GAY MARKET

111

 

Bradley T. Cullen

 

 

DECLINING CONTRIBUTION OF DISTANCE TRAVELED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF U.S. AIRLINE FARES

121

 

John M. Harlin and Russell Ivy

 

 

ESTIMATING TRAVEL TIME BY MEANS OF REMOTELY SENSED DATA

126

 

John Meaker

 

 

DEVELOLPING A SATELLITE-BASED VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR HOMELAND SECURITY APPLICATIONS

133

 

James K. Lein

 

 

MULTIPLE POINT SETS INTERACTION ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATION TO INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROPERTY CRIME

143

 

Yongmei Lu

 

 

ACCESSIBILITY TO HEALTH CARE RESOURCES: A COMPOSITE INDEX

153

 

Bimal Kanti Paul

 

 

RELIABILITY OF THE SPATIAL SCAN STATISTIC FOR DETECTING SPATIAL CLUSTERS IN DISAGGREGATING DATA: SOME PRELIMINARY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

161

 

Jingquan Yu and F. Benjamin Zhan

 

 

COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION OF CANCER RATES IN GRANT COUNTY, KANSAS

169

 

Jessica Peeken

 

 

THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF GEOGRAPHY IN THE SCHOOLS: A PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATION

178

 

Richard G. Boehm, David J. Rutherford, and Ellen J. Foster

 

 

STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY IN A LARGE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

188

 

Robert V. Rohli

 

 

APPLIED GEOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH THROUGH GPS TOOLS FOR GEOGRPHERS

195

 

Michael D. Myers, Leigh Pipkin, Thomas W. Wikle, Joel W. Helmer, and Brian D. Demers

 

 

TOURISM GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION: CONTITUNITIES AND CHANGES

205

 

Deborah Che

 

 

A SPATIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN APPALACHIA

212

 

Steven Parkansky and Edward Reeves

 

 

GIS AS A PROACTIVE TOOL IN THE STUDENT RECRUITMENT PROCESS AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

222

 

Paul R. Burger

 

 

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND TECHNIQUES IN AN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT: BEST PRACTICES FOR USING THE INTERNET

232

 

Richard S. Kujawa

 

 

LIDAR IN GIS ANALYSIS: COMPONENT OBJECT MODELING (COM) APPROACH

242

 

Peter Siska, Ross F. Nelson, and Arnab Bhowmick

 

 

AN INTERACTIVE URBAN GROWTH SIMULATOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

249

 

Jay Lee

 

 

A MODEL CADASTRAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM PROCESS: A NEW MEXICO CASE STUDY

256

 

Matthew E. Rich and Robert J. Czerniak

 

 

MONITORING WEATHER HAZARDS ON RURAL ROADS USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS

266

 

Richard P. Watson, Karl K. Benedict, and Theresa R. Kuntz

 

 

MULTI-TEMPORAL SATELLITE IMAGING AND PRELIMINARY LANDSCAPE INVENTORIES FOR WETLAND ENVIRONMENT

276

 

Firooza Pavri, James Aber, and Chris Banman

 

 

COMPARISON OF MICRO-METEOROLOGICAL COMPONENTS BETWEEN DRY AND RAINY SEASONS IN AMAZONIAN DENSE TROPICAL FORESTS

286

 

Akio Tsuchiya

 

 

EVALUATION OF AN APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING SURFACE MOISTURE STATUS WITH MODIS DATA

297

 

Luke J. Marzen, J. M. Wersinger, Deepika Kopalle and Arvind Bhuta

 

 

IMPACT OF ENSO PHASE ON AUSTRALIAN SHARK ATTACH FREQUENCY

303

 

Richard W. Dixon

 

 

THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED STEREO VISUALIZATION FOR LANDSLIDE IDENTIFICATION IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

307

 

David C. Viertel, Carol F. Sawyer, J. Ronald Eyton, and David R. Butler

 

 

APPLYING THE HAHN HEAT WAVE MODEL IN NEBRASKA

313

 

Erik H. Bowles and John Harrington, Jr.

 

 

AN ANALYSIS OF TEMPERATURE TRENDS IN CONTINENTAL U.S. DURING THE PERIOD OF INSTRUMENT RECORD

319

 

John M. Harlin, Roger C. Sambrook, Chris B. Wright, and Madhavi Vadde

 

 

THE EFFECT OF LAND DEGRADATION ON THE SURFACE RADIATION BALANCE ALONG THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER

327

 

Mark L. Hidebrandt and Robert C. Balling, Jr.

 

 

PATTERNS AND TRENDS OF SOIL CLIMATE REGIMES AND DROUGHT EVENTS IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS

333

 

W. J. Waltman, S. Goddard, S. E. Reichenback, M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, and J. S. Peake

 

 

PUBLIC RESPONSE TO A TORNADO DISASTER: THE CASE OF HOISINGTON, KANSAS

343

 

Vicki Tinnon Brock and Bimal Kanti Paul

 

 

TORNADO WARNING SIREN COVERAGE IN LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: A GIS ANALYSIS CASE STUDY

352

 

Philip L. Chaney

 

 

EXISTING METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMUNICATION OF HAZARD WARNINGS TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

361

 

Shane Csiki

 

 

ANALYSIS OF THE JULY 2002 FLOOD AT THE CANYON DAM SPILLWAY, GUADALUPE RIVER, SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

371

 

Richard A. Earl, Richard D. Benke, and Kristy Knaupp

 

 

VULNERABILITY OF THE TAMPA REGION: EVALUATING PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS

380

 

Burrell E. Montz and Graham A. Tobin

 

 

CAN CONTAMINATION POTENTIAL OF GROUND WATER TO PESTICIDES BE IDENTIFIED FROM HYDROGEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS?

389

 

Barnali Dixon

 

 

UNCONSIDERED IMPACTS OF REFORESTATION IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION, COLORADO

399

 

Steven Jennings

 

 

THE PIKES PEAK HIGHWAY AS A CASE OF ENRIVONMENTAL CONFLICT

408

 

Tom Huber

 

 

CLASSIFICATION OF NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS IN WATERSHEDS OF THE CENTRAL GREAT PLANS

416

 

Tracy L. Brown, J. M. Shawn Hutchinson, John A. Harrington, Jr., and Max Lu

 

 

CONSEQUENCES OF RESERVOIR DRAINAGE ON SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENT TRANSPORT

424

 

Mark Brown

 

 

USE OF EMPIRICAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS TO MEASURE DIFFUSION OF ADOPTION OF WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN WESTERN KANSAS

434

 

Amy Lilienfeld

 

 

COMPARING AGRICULTURAL LAND USE CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS USING LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGERY

443

 

Ryan R. Peker

 

 

DETECTING CONFIED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION (CAFO) EXPANSION IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS: A LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER (TM) APPROACH

452

 

Ryan M. Kroemer

 

 

PREDICTION OF SALTCEDAR (TAMPARIX RAMOSISSIMA): A RISK ASSESSMENT USING THE GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR RULE-SET PREDICTION (GARP) MODEL

462

 

David A. Brookman, Bradley C. Rundquist, and Rodney S. Hanley

 

 

AGRICULTURAL PLANT PATHOGEN DISEASE PATHWAYS: PREDICTING THE DISPERSAL OF EXOTIC SOYBEAN APHIDS

471

 

J. M. Shawn Hutchinson, Nancy J. Leathers, Jason Herynk, L. R. Campbell, and J. Reese

 

 

SETTLEMENT PATTERNS OF FOREST BIRDS TO A PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE

479

 

Brooke M. Stansberry, Timothy H. Parker, J. M. Shawn Hutchinson, C. Dusting Becker, and Philip S. Gipson

 

 

MOUNT KILIMANJARO COMMUNITY CONSERVATION SERVICE

488

 

Jeffrey O. Durrant, Marie B. Durrant, Abuid Kaswamila, Mark W. Jackson, Lisette B. Thurgood, and Sarah R. Udall

 

 

CHAGGA COMMUNITIES ON MOUNT KILIMANJARO: ATTACHMENT TO PLACE THROUGH TRADITION, FAMILY AND DEPENDENCE ON THE LAND

496

 

Marie B. Durrant, Elizabeth P. Carr, and Jeffrey O. Durrant

 

 

KILIMANJARO RESIDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS FORMAL PROTECTION AND KILIMANJARO NATIONAL PARK

506

 

Lisette B. Thurgood, Abuid Kaswamila, Mathias A. Andrew, Jeffrey O. Durrant, and Marie B. Durrant

 

 

COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON MOUNT KILIMANJARO

515

 

Elizabeth P. Carr, Lisette B. Thurgood, Marie B. Durrant, and Jeffrey O. Durrant