Research
At The University of Iowa we conduct research of social and biophysical systems and the events that shape the world in which we live. Our focus is on understanding these dynamic systems with a special emphasis on human-environment interaction and the science and technologies that are needed to analyze, model, and visualize geographic processes. Examples include:
Environmental Studies
We are currently examining human-environmental interaction in areas such as ecosystem dynamics, environmental policy, environmental sampling, land use/land cover change, and computer simulation. Some examples of current environmental geography research at Iowa include:
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Geographic Information Science
Research in geospatial technologies focus on the use and application of geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), and remote sensing. Some examples of current GIScience research at Iowa include:
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Health Geography
According to the World Health Organization better environmental management could prevent 13 million deaths each year. We are studying the complex relationships that exist among health, the environment, development, ethics, and equity. Some examples of current health geography research at Iowa include:
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International Development
Recognizing we are now a global society, the U.S. economy, culture, health, and environment are intricately connected to almost every other nation on earth. We study the processes, politics, and policies that form and affect these connections. Some examples of current research in international development at Iowa include:
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Recent Publications
Rushton, Gerald., Armstrong, Marc., Pavlik, Claire., Tiwari, Chetan., Beyer, Kirsten., Cai, Qiang., Chen, Zunqiu., Smith, Geoffrey, Anthology 2007. Geocoding Health Data: The Use of Geographic Codes in Cancer Prevention and Control, Research, and Practice. Taylor & Francis CRC Press.
Rajagopal, Raj., Brands, Edward, 2007. Economics of Place-based Monitoring under the Safe Drinking Water Act, Springer Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Online First.
Gartner, G., Bennett, D.A., Morita, T, 2007. Towards Ubiquitous Cartography, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Volume 34, Number 4, pp. 247-257.
Darrin K. Ott, Naresh Kumar, and Thomas M. Peters, 2007. Passive sampling to capture spatial variability in PM10-2.5. Atmospheric Environment.
Yan, J., Cowles, M.K., Wang, S., and Armstrong, M.P. 2007. Parallelizing MCMC for Bayesian spatiotemporal geostatistical models. Statistics and Computing 17 (4): 323-335. DOI 10.1007/s11222-007-9022-2
Bennett, D.A., and Tang, W. (2006). Modeling Yellowstone's northern range elk herd as adaptive, spatially aware, and mobile agents. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 20(9):1039-1066.
Brown, D.G., Aspinall, R., Bennett, D.A. (2006). Landscape Models and Explanation in Landscape Ecology—A Space for Generative Landscape Science? The Professional Geographer, 58(4):369–382.
Kumar, N., A. Chu and A. Foster (2007). "An empirical relationship between PM2.5 and aerosol optical depth in Delhi Metropolitan." Atmospheric Environment 41(21): 4492-4503.
Linderman, M. A., L. An, S. Bearer, G. M. He, Z. Ouyang and J. G. Liu (2006). "Interactive effects of natural and human disturbances on vegetation dynamics across landscapes." Ecological Applications 16(2): 452-463.
Lupo, F., M. Linderman, V. Vanacker, E. Bartholome and E. F. Lambin (2007). "Categorization of land-cover change processes based on phenological indicators extracted from time series of vegetation index data." International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(11): 2469-2483.
Malanson, G. P., Q. Wang and J. A. Kupfer (2007). "Ecological processes and spatial patterns before, during and after simulated deforestation." Ecological Modelling 202(3-4): 397-409.
Serneels, S., M. Linderman and E. F. Lambin (2007). "A Multilevel Analysis of the Impact of Land Use on Interannual Land-Cover Change in East Africa." Ecosystems 10(3): 402-418.
Vina, A., S. Bearer, X. D. Chen, G. M. He, M. Linderman, L. An, H. M. Zhang, Z. Y. Ouyang and J. G. Liu (2007). "Temporal changes in giant panda habitat connectivity across boundaries of Wolong Nature Reserve, China." Ecological Applications 17(4): 1019-1030.
Xiao, N., Bennett, D.A., Armstrong, M.A. (2007). Interactive evolutionary approached to multiobjective spatial decision making: a synthetic review. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, 31: 232-252.
Yadav, V. and G. Malanson (2007). "Progress in soil organic matter research: litter decomposition, modelling, monitoring and sequestration." Progress in Physical Geography 31(2): 131-154.
