Browsing by Subject "GIS"
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This project presents the development and design of a comprehensive interface coupled with a geodatabase (ArcGISwat 2003), for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). SWAT is a hydrologically distributed, lumped parameter ...
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(2017-12-05)This dissertation addresses the challenge to develop an economically viable biomass feedstock supply chain (SCh) that is able to provide feedstock under a range of operating conditions and meet the national renewable fuel ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Farming communities in the United States and around the world lose billions of dollars every year due to drought. Drought Indices such as the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) ...
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(2007-09-17)Lower income and minority communities have long borne an unequal burden of toxic pollution from environmental hazards. I examined environmental inequity, the unequal distribution of environmental hazards in minority and ...
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Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) occurrence and movement patterns near Kaikoura, New Zealand (2010-01-16)In Kaikoura, New Zealand dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) are economically and ecologically important. However, more information on key habitat requirements is needed to develop an effective management plan for ...
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(2010-10-12)The Woodlands, Texas, is a 27,000-acre new town created with Ian McHarg's ecohydrological planning approach. The Woodlands is the best example of ecologically based new town planning in the United States during the 1970s. ...
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(ALA Map and Geography Round Table, 2005-10-05)This article reviews the recent history of journal publishing in the the fields of cartography, GIS, history of cartography, and related subjects. The impact of the Internet and Web-based publishing on cartographic journals ...
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(2015-04-29)The population growth in Houston over the last 30 years has been one of the fastest in the nation. Several studies have linked urbanization with increased runoff volume and peak discharges. For the watershed of Sims Bayou ...
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(2018-05-25)Declining blue crab stocks in Texas coastal systems in the 1980s and most recently in the early 2000s have led scientists and policy makers to re-evaluate fishery management plans. A newer ecosystem-based approach to ...
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(2019-07-19)Flooding has historically occurred within coastal areas of Texas due to hurricanes and other catastrophic weather events and continues to be a frequent and costly hazard. One community where flood vulnerability has intensified ...
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(2019-11-14)Traffic injuries are one of the most severe public health problems. Fueled by the growing availability of traffic-related data sources, data-driven safety studies have been extensively utilized to model traffic risks and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This research investigated the effects of Scientifically Estimated Environmental Risks (SEERs) and perceived risks of floods, hurricanes, and hazardous material releases, and hazard mitigation measures with other locational ...
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(2019-05-30)Hurricane Harvey was one of the most destructive and costliest hurricanes to ever make landfall on the Texas coast and one of the many tropical cyclones that impacted the United States during the 2017 North Atlantic Hurricane ...
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(2019-05-30)Hurricane Harvey was one of the most destructive and costliest hurricanes to ever make landfall on the Texas coast and one of the many tropical cyclones that impacted the United States during the 2017 North Atlantic Hurricane ...
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(2014-08-12)Failing Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTSs) have been identified as a significant threat to water quality, discharging significant amounts of inadequately treated sewage effluents. When developing a Watershed ...
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(2012-10-19)When developing a Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) or a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), it is often difficult to accurately assess the pollutant load for a watershed because not enough water quality monitoring data are ...
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(2018-11-26)An important issue associated with the provision of urban green space is the distribution of the space and the resulting accessibility for communities across a city. As a public amenity, it is important to ensure every ...
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(2009-05-15)Understanding what variables influence park use would assist park providers and policy makers in acquiring, designing, managing, and funding initiatives which encourage or support park use. Previous studies indicate ...
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(2011-10-21)The past three years have witnessed unprecedented growth of user-generated volunteered geographic information (VGI) on the Web. Although scholars, decision makers, and citizens have recognized the potential value of VGI ...
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(2020-12-01)Flash floods have been a very unpredictive natural disaster. Previous attempts at zonation of flash floods based on predictive severity have been very data-intensive and exhaustive on focusing on a certain area. There are, ...