PAPERS OF THE APPLIED GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCES, VOLUME 30, 2007

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

THREE DECADES OF APPLIED GEOGRAPHY: THEMES FROM THE APPLIED GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCES SINCE 1978

1

 

Burrell E. Montz and Gradam A. Tobin

 

VISUAL EXPLORATION OF US DOMESTIC AIRLINE MARKET STRUCTURE

      10

 

Jun Yan and Jean-Claude Thill

 

REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF SMALL US FIRMS, 2000

20

 

Brian Ceh

 

THE LANDSCAPE OF RETAIL CONCENTRATION IN CANADA         

30

 

Christopher Daniel and Toney Hernandez

 

EMPLOYMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT CHANGE ALONG TORONTO'S RETALK STRIPS: 1996 TO 2005

40

 

Toney Hernandez, James Helike, and Peter Moore

 

A CAST STUDY OF NEW BUSINESSES IN ALBUQUEROUE, NEW MEXICO

50

 

Bradley T. Cullen

 

POTENTIAL CLUSTER REGIONS: THE CASE OF THE U.S. FLORICULTURE INDUSTRY 

59

 

Bruce W. Smith, Michael C. Carroll, and Neil Reid

 

LAND USE CHANGE AND PERSISTENCE ON A REVITALIZED WATERFRONT: THE CASE OF PORTLAND, MAINE 

67

 

Susan Lucas and Timothy C. Pitts

 

ANALYZING SUCCESSFUL LOCATIONS OF COMPETING QUICK-SERVICE RESTAURANTS

76

 

Lawrence Joseph

 

COMMUTING ANALYSIS IN A SMALL METROPOLITAN AREA: BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY

86

 

Caitlin Hager and Jun Yan

 

EVALUATING THE CHANGE IN HISPANIC POPULATION PATTERNS IN ALABAMA, 1990-2000

96

 

Toni-Alexander

 

GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS TO PRIMARY HEALTH CASE SERVICES FOR HISPANIC RESIDENTS IN TOOMBS COUNTY, GEORGIA

106

 

Michele Vitale, Luke J. Marzen, and Conner Bailey

 

HEALTH CARE ISSUES IN RURAL AREAS

116

 

Mitchel J. Stimers

 

LOCATION PATTERNS OF SECTION 8 HOUSING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY

125

 

Wei Song and Karl Keeling

 

URBAN POPULATION DENSITY ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF CENTRAL CITY MORPHOLOGY OF A CITY IN THE ANDES MOUNTAINS OF ECUADOR

135

 

Betty E. Smith

 

REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS OF URBAN EXPANSION IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA:1988-2004

147

 

Mac Martin, Dudley Hall, Luke Marzen, and Toni Alexander

 

A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF PART 1 CRIMES IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

157

 

Qiang Xu and Yu Zhou

 

THE IMPACT OF HEALTH SERVICE AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY ON HEALTH OUTCOMES IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA

167

 

Timothy S. Hare

 

VISUALIZATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE USING SYNCHRONIZED PARALLEL COORDINATE PLOT (PCP)

177

 

Haifeng Zhang

 

OPTION ENROLLMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: PATTERNS OF STUDENT MOVEMENTS IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA

187

 

Karen Falconer Al-Hindi and Lesli M. Rawlings

 

ON THE EDUCATION OF AN APPLIED GEOGRAPHER

197

 

Richard G. Boehm and Audrey Mohan

 

LEARNING FOREIGN CULTURE THROUGH FIELD SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY 

206

 

Bin Zhou and Tom Lavallee

 

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION OF TRUTH CLAIMS: REPORTING ON IRAQ

215

 

John I. Sharp and J. Ryo Kiyan

 

MODERN COMMUNITIES: CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS OF PLACE

226

 

James W. Vaughan

 

INTERROGATING THE POLITICS OF GAY/LESBIAN BELONGING IN AN AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY TOWN:   A CASE STUDY OF DAYLESFORD, VICTORIA, AND LOCAL RESPONSES TO THE CHILLOUT FESTIVAL

236

 

Andrew Gorman-Murray, Gordon Waitt, and Chris Gibson

 

GOVERNMENT POLICY, MIGRATION FLOWS AND RECRUITMENT AGENCY LOCATION IN SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR RELIEF TO TSUNAMI-IMPACTED POPULATIONS 

247

 

Olaf Kuhlke and James A. Tyner

 

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS VULNERABILITY TO EMERGENCY EVENTS: DOES TENURE OF RESIDENCE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

257

 

Xuequin (Elaine) He

 

TOWARDS A PLANNING STRATEGY FOR EVALUATING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA

267

 

James T. Dixon and Jeffrey P. Richetto

 

PUBLIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA TORNADO DISASTER OF MARCH 1,2007

278

 

Philip L. Chaney and Greg S. Weaver

 

CHRONIC HAZARD: WEIGHING RISK AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION FROM POPOCATEPETL, MEXICO 

288

 

Graham A. Tobin, Linda M. Whiteford, Eric C. Hones, and Arthur D. Murphy

 

THE LOCATIONS OF TEMPORARY SHELTERS AFTER HURRICANE KATRIAN

298

 

Stacey R. Brown, Jonathan C. Comer, and Thomas A. Wikle

 

ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE-VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN YBOR CITY, TAMPA, FLORIDA

307

 

Dustin M. Hinkel and Jennifer M. Collins

 

SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN LOSS POTENTIAL AND VULNERABILITY: LESSONS FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY

314

 

Gary I. Monitz and Burrell E. Montz

 

THE RELATIONSHIP OF ENSO AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS OF HURRICANE FREQUENCY IN THE NORTH-EAST PACIFIC OCEAN

324

 

Jennifer M. Collins

 

RECONSTRUCTING TYPHOON LANDFALLS IN JAPAN USING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS: 1801-1830

334

 

Michael J. Grossman and Masumi Zaiki

 

WIND SPEED TRENDS OVER THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES

344

 

R.J. Barthelmie and S.C. Pryor

 

EXTREME PRECIPITATION OVER THE UNITED STATES: DID IT CHANGE THE 20th  CENTURY?

354

 

S.C. Pryor

 

FRAMING FLOOD RISK: COMPARING PERCEPTIONS OF THE "100 YEAR FLOOD" AND TWO ALTERNATE DESCRIPTIONS

362

 

Heather M. Bell

 

MODELING URBAN FLOOD HAZARD: JUST HOW MUCH DOES DEM RESOLUTION MATTER?

372

 

Jian Chen and Arleen Hill

 

THE UPTAKE AND USEFULNESS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECAST INFORMATION AMONG WATER RESOURCE MANAGERS IN THE SOUTHWEAST CAPE REGION OF SOUTH AFRICA

380

 

Peter Johnston, Gina Ziervogel, and Margaret Matthew

 

WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS IN THE TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY: AN ASSESSMENT OF COLLABORATION

390

 

Lawrence E. Estaville, Sally Caldwell, and Brock J. Brown

 

INVASION RULES: ECOLOGICAL OR GEOGRAPHICAL

395

 

Nark A. Blumler

 

A TALE OF TWO ROOSTS: LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE AND BAT HABITAT USE

407

 

Emariana S. Taylor

 

ELK REINTRODUCTION IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIA: PERCEPTIONS, POLICY, AND MANAGEMENT

417

 

James Baker

 

EXPLORING CONSERVATION: PIQUIGUA, HETEROPSIS ECUADORENSIS, IN ECUADOR.

427

 

Maria Fadiman

 

COMPARING PRESS RESPONSES TO WILD BOARS/FERAL PIGS (SUS SCROFA) IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES

437

 

Shelia A. Henk and David R. BUtler

 

IMAGE-OBJECT ANALYSIS FOR SINKHOLE INVENTORY

447

 

Lee Stocks

 

WATER QUALITY AND HYDROLOGY OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA

457

 

Tara Root and Eric Calson

 

A COMPARISON OF PLANT CHARACTERISTICS IN BISON AND CATTLE GRAZED SITES IN THE SHORT-GRASS PRAIRIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA'S BADLANDS

466

 

Michael J. Starr

 

LESSONS LEARNED: APPLYING REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TO PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENTS

473

 

Dawna L. Cerney

 

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS OF LAND USE CATEGORIES FOR THE BARTON SPRINGS ENWARDS AQUIFER, TEXAS

484

 

C. Andrew Day

 

MONITORING LAND USE/COVER CHANGE IN THE PIASA CREEK WATERSHED, ILLIONIS, USING LANDSAT SATELLITE IMAGERY

494

 

Shunfu Hu, Neeta Satam, and William Retslaf

 

A COMPACT BLIMP REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM OF ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

504

 

JoAnn Sullivan

 

APPLICATION OF THE SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL (SWAT) IN MODELING THE EFFECTS OF LAND USE CHANGE ON WATERSHED HYDROLOGY

514

 

Julie Earls and Barnali Dixon

 

COMPARISON OF AnnAGNAPS AND SWAT IN ESTIMATING NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION IN A LAKE MICHIGAN WATERSHED

523

 

Chansheng He, Mustafa R. Rahim, Peter K. Kimosop, and Ponthip Limlahapun

 

DEVELOPING A SINGE-ZONE STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM FOR OHIO

533

 

Yu Zhou