PAPERS OF THE APPLIED GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCES, VOLUME 31, 2008

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Public And Private Responses To The December 28-31,2006, High Plains Blizzard

1

 

Deborah Che, Bimal K. Paul, and Vicky L. Tinnon

 

An assessment of Hazard from Gold Mining in Sierra Leone

10

 

Fenda A. Akiwumi

 

Warning Behavior and Response During an Unexpected Event: The Plam Beach County Tornado of 7 August 2003

19

 

Johanna L. Ostling

 

Arsenic Speciation and Form in a Glacial Aquifer in the Midwestern United States

25

 

Tara Root

 

Doline Feature Database (DFD) Development and Assessment of Hazards Using a Co-Regionalization Model

34

 

Peter P. Siska and Phillip R. Kemmerly

 

Object-Oriented Image Analysis of the Chautauqua Drumlin Field

43

 

Kakoli Saha and Mandy J. Munro-Stasiuk

 

Tropical Glacier Retreat in the Sierra Nevada Del Cocuy, Boyaca, Colombia, 1986-2007

52

 

Jorge Ruiz and German Herera

 

Rodeo-Chediski Fire: Damage Sverity as Detected by MODIS Satellite Data

58

 

Dustin Kimbrough, Luke Marzen, and Samar Bhuyan

 

Use of remote Sensing Technology for Post-Fire Habitat Assessment  of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest

65

 

William H. Miller and Christopher S. McAdams

 

Using Thematic Mapper Data to Estimate Fuel Loading for the Mineral King Areas, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park

75

 

William H. Miller and Mitchell Brookins

 

Spatial Correlation Between Landsat 5 TM-Derive Vegetation Spectral Indices and Corn Yield in Northwest ohio,2007

85

 

David L. Hollinger

 

Application of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Assessing Turfgrass Quality

95

 

Jincheng Gao, Douglas G Goodin, Dale Bremer, and Kemin Su

 

Exploring Topographic Maps through Sounds

105

 

Paporn Thebpanya

 

Spatial Analysis of Urban Growth at a Local Community Scale

114

 

Hyun Joong Kim

 

An Interactive Approach to Monitoring Suburban Sprawl Using High Resolution Aerial Imagery

124

 

Shunfu Hu

 

Assessing Dam Removal Impacts on Downstream Geomorphic Stability Using Hydrodynamic Modeling

133

 

Melinda D. Daniels, Graham C. Boardman, and Paul M. Woodworth

 

A Spatial Analysis of the Environmental Effects of Coal Power Plants on Texas Lakes

142

 

Erin A. McAuley and Sophia L. Gonzales

 

Reconstructing Typhoon Landfalls in Japan the 19th Century Using GIS

152

 

Michael J. Grossman and Masumi Zaiki

 

Description and Impacts of the Mumbai Monsoon Flood of July 2005

162

 

Richard W. Dixon, B. Hema Malini, and Bharati Ayyalasomyajula

 

Applying Geocaching to Learning Geosciences Subjects

166

 

Dawna L. Cerney and Jeffery C. Dick

 

Teaching Applied Biogeography through Field Classes: A Study of Post-Fire Succession in Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)Forests

176

 

Michael J. Starr

 

Localizing Geographic Concepts through Middle and High-School Outreach

182

 

Mandy J. Munro-Stasiuk and Scott C. Sheridan

 

The Alumni Business Card Directory: An Effective Recruiting Tool

189

 

Richard F. Boehm and Judy A. Behrens

 

Application of Seriation to Relative Urban Housing Quality Classification in Ecuador and Bolivia

195

 

Betty E. Smith

 

Traversing the Urban Hierarchy: The Emerging Location Strategies of Canadian Retail Chains

206

 

Tony Hernandez and Magnus Svindal

 

Queer Entrepreneurs in the Queer "Mecca" of San Francisco

216

 

Bradley T. Cullen

 

Key Factors in Small Town Redevelopment in Appalachian Ohio

224

 

Amy E. Rock

 

Changing Accessibility and Commuting Costs in Metro Louisville: Analysis of the Hypothetical Disruption of Sherman Minton Bridege

234

 

Wei Song and Andrew McKinney

 

Spatial Interpolation of Crime Data using Satellite Imagery

244

 

Gang Gong

 

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Burglaries in South Bend, Indiana

254

 

Qiang Xu and Yu Zhou

 

Neighborhood Responses to Crime and Disorder: The Effects of Housing Tenure

263

 

John I. Sharp

 

Ready or Not? Nursing Homes for Baby Boomers: A Case Study of Cleveland, Ohio

273

 

Rebecca Lee

 

Ecologically Appropriate Residential Landscaping in Pinellas County, Florida: Barriers and Incentives

283

 

Rebecca A. Johns

 

Effectiveness of Landscape Water Conservation Options for Kyle, Texas

292

 

Kirk A. Schoppe and Richard A. Earl

 

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Deer-Vehicle Accidents in McDonough County, Illinois

301

 

Keisuke Nozaki and Samuel Thompson

 

Resource Stewardship: Rain Forest Use among Three Ethnic Groups of Ecuador

310

 

Maria Fadiman

 

Towards the Development of an Index of Physical Integrity: An Applied Study within the Farmington River Watershed

319

 

Charles E. Button and Wayne Embacher

 

Neural Networks for Predicting Impact of Animal Agriculture on Watershed Impairment in South Carolina

329

 

kang Shou Lu and Jeffrey S. Allen

 

The Influence of Land Use on Soil Quality and Landscape Pattern in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region

339

 

Wai Fu and Jincheng Gao