Delineating and characterizing changes in heat wave events across the United States climate regions

Posted on February 3, 2023

KEELLINGS – Delineating and characterizing changes in heat wave events across the United States climate regions Dan Wanyama, Erin L. Bunting, Nicholas Weil, & David Keellings Article first published online: 20 January 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03476-y ABSTRACT: Exposure to extreme heat, or heat waves, represents a public health threat as well as an environmental health threat. […]

Socio-hydrology and vulnerability of levee systems along the lower Illinois River

Posted on January 27, 2023

ALRUZUQ, MOSSA, ASH – Socio-hydrology and vulnerability of levee systems along the lower Illinois River Ali Rashed Alruzuq, Jonathan W. F. Remo, Joann Mossa, Kevin Ash Article first published online: 23 January 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19475683.2023.2166113 ABSTRACT: The maintenance of flood mitigation levees in the U.S. and elsewhere, has often found to be insufficient. Recent U.S. […]

Neogeography and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) – Case studies into collecting and utilizing geographic data online and in the classroom

Posted on March 23, 2022

Dr. Anwar Sounny-Slitine Assistant Instructional Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Livestreamed on YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Geographic web tools and location tagging of online information has created novel ways researchers could collect data to inform studies. This collection of […]

Alumni Adventures: Dr. Hannah Herrero

Posted on January 11, 2021

Dr. Hannah Victoria Herrero – Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee When did you attend UF? What degrees/certificates did you earn in the Department of Geography?I attended UF from 2010-2013 (Bachelor’s in Geography with Environmental Geosciences), 2013-2015 (M.S.), and 2015-2019 (Ph.D. with a graduate certificate in Digital Geography and GIS) What is your greatest memory from your […]

Cade Gouin

He/Him cjgouin@ufl.edu Focus Area: Geospatial Analysis & Techniques State of Origin: Florida Degree Program: M.S. Entered Program: Fall 2020 Expected Graduation: Spring 2022 Thesis Topic: COVID-19’s impact on spatial & temporal urban crime patterns Research Statement: Some of my research interests include crime–especially crime committed by the police– public health, and identifying social inequities in those […]

Modeling transit-assisted hurricane evacuation through socio-spatial networks

Posted on October 2, 2020

MAO – Modeling transit-assisted hurricane evacuation through socio-spatial networks Yan Yang, Sara Metcalf, & Liang Mao Article first published online: 02 Oct 2020 International Journal of Geographical Information Science DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2020.1828590 ABSTRACT: Increasing intensity and frequency of hurricane events underscores the need for efficient and inclusive evacuation plans, particularly for carless and disabled populations. Hurricane […]

Meet the Geographer: Stephanie Mundis

Posted on July 10, 2020

Stephanie Mundis Pronouns: she/her Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab Emerging Pathogens Institute CDC Southeastern Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases Graduate Representative 2019/2020 University of Florida Adviser: Dr. Sadie Ryan Focus Area: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Research Statement: My research interests are in the application of GIS to understand vector-borne […]

GIS4113 GIS6104 Spatial Networks

Posted on July 7, 2020

Course description It is often the case that real-world systems can be represented as networks of many interacting components. This course teaches the fundamental concepts, models, and techniques for describing, visualizing, measuring, and analyzing networks. It also introduces their applications in geography, transportation, social science, etc. A series of labs using the popular network analysis […]

GIS4324 GIS6325 GIS Analysis of Hazard Vulnerability

Posted on July 6, 2020

No place on earth is completely safe from meteorological, climatological, hydrological, and geophysical hazard phenomena. Yet, we can anticipate disasters by mapping the potential intersection of hazard phenomena with human settlements. This knowledge can be used to reduce or avoid hazard impacts in our communities. This course provides students with knowledge & skills to model […]

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