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Geography Colloquium: Local-scale social vulnerability to multiple hazards

Speaker: Dr. Oronde Drakes Decision Support Branch Integrated Information Dissemination Division United States Geological Survey Thursday, October 5, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Social circumstances interact with physical conditions to produce different levels of suffering and recovery from hazard events. Understanding and modeling […]

Geography Colloquium: Understanding conflict and predicting risk: an assessment of the drivers and spatial dynamics of conflict between jaguars and free-roaming cattle in the Rupununi, Guyana

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Hallett Assistant Research Professor Tropical Conservation and Development Program Center for Latin American Studies University of Florida Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Depredation of cattle and corresponding retaliatory killing represents the primary threat to the globally significant […]

Geography Colloquium: Clustering spatial patterns of rainfall and moisture around tropical cyclones with deep learning

Speaker: Dr. Dasol Kim Postdoctoral Student Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Tropical cyclones (TCs) show diverse spatial patterns of rainfall, which is an important factor in damage caused by TCs. This study classifies rain […]

Geography Colloquium: Advancing equitable heat resiliency planning in environment justice communities in Boston

Dr. Sajani Kandel Postdoctoral Student Department of Urban Planning & Community Development School for the Environment University of Massachusetts Boston Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Dr. Kandel’s scholarly work broadly spans the intersection of climate science, environmental science, and urban planning. […]

Geography Colloquium: Modeling and Analysis of Excess Commuting with Trip Chains

Speaker: Dr. Yujie Hu Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, April 20, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Commuting, like other types of human travel, is complex in nature, such as trip-chaining behavior involving making stops of multiple purposes between two anchors. […]

Colloquium: Multi-level Partnerships and Collaborations Support Florida Well Owner Network

Speaker: Dr. Yilin Zhuang Regional Specialized Agent Water Resources University of Florida IFAS Extension Thursday, April 13, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: An estimated 2.5 million Floridians rely on private wells for home consumption. While public water systems are monitored under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, […]

Geography Colloquium: Health and Climate Change: The View From The Event Horizon

Speaker: Dr. Colin Carlson Assistant Research Professor Center for Global Health, Science, and Security Georgetown University Thursday, April 6, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Conventional wisdom dictates that the greatest health impacts of climate change will be the impacts of heat, extreme weather, and vector-borne disease – […]

Geography Colloquium: Modifiable Spatiotemporal Unit Problems in Remote Sensing of Agriculture

Speaker: Dr. Brad Peter Assistant Professor Department of Geosciences University of Arkansas Thursday, March 9, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Measuring agricultural productivity is a multi-scale problem that requires multi-scale solutions. Understanding the when and where of crop productivity is vital to addressing changes […]

Geography Colloquium: Plans may change: Shifting risks of vector-borne diseases on a warming planet

Speaker: Dr. Sadie Ryan Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, March 2, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: This talk is an overview of work from around a decade of collaborations on ecophysiological models of thermal responses of mosquito borne diseases, and […]

Geography Colloquium: Integrating Transit and TNC Services to Improve Job Accessibility: Scenario Analysis with an Equity Lens

Speaker: Dr. Lingqian (Ivy) Hu Professor Urban and Regional Planning University of Florida Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: With the rapid growth of Transportation Network Company (TNC) services and the continued decline of transit ridership, existing research has proposed, and some […]