Theses & Dissertation, Landscape Characterization & Spatial Analysis Lab

Department of Geography, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Completed Dissertations

(14) Carlos Mena, 2007, Land Use/Land Cover Trajectories in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: Spatial Heterogeneity & Demographic and Socioeconomic Drivers.

(13) Greg Taff, 2007, Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Context of Post-Soviet Land Policy Reform in Gauja National Park, Latvia.

(12) Yang Shao, 2007, Mapping and Modeling the Rural-Urban Landscape in Thailand: Physical-Spectral-Spatial Relations of Population-Environment Interactions.

(11) Kriengsak Rojnkureesatien, 2005, Geographic Accessibility and Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics: the case of Nang Rong District, Northeast Thailand.

(10) William F. Welsh, 2001, Agro-Ecological Sustainability and Land Degradation Potential in Nang Rong, Thailand. [currently an Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University]

(9) Joseph P. Messina, 2001, A Complex Systems Approach to Dynamic Spatial Simulation Modeling: Landuse and Landcover Change in the Ecuadorian Amazon. [currently an Assistant Professor, Michigan State University]

(8) Thomas W. Crawford, 2000, Human-Environment Interactions and Regional Change in Northeast Thailand: Relationships Between Socio-Economic, Environmental, and Geographic Patterns. [currently an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University]

(7) Kelley A. Crews-Meyer, 2000, Integrated Landscape Characterization via Landscape Ecology and GIScience: A Policy Ecology of Northeast Thailand. [currently an Associate Professor at the University of Texas – Austin]

(6) Tom P. Evans, 1998, Village Boundary Form, Function, and Composition: Social, Spatial, and Environmental Linkages in Nang Rong District, Northeast Thailand. [currently an Associate Professor at Indiana University]

(5) Philip A. Townsend, 1997, Biodiversity and Environmental Gradients in Deepwater Swamps of the Roanoke River Floodplain, North Carolina. [currently an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison]

(4) Thomas R. Allen, 1995, Relationships Between Spatial Pattern and Environment at the Alpine Treeline Ecotone, Glacier National Park, Montana. [currently an Associate Professor at Old Dominion University]

(3) Stephen J. McGregor, 1995, An Integrated Geographic Information Systems Approach for Modeling Autogenic Succession Potential of the Alpine Tundra Ecosystem in Glacier National Park, Montana. [currently a Lead Project Scientist in the US Department of Defense]

(2) Daniel G. Brown, 1992, Topographical and Biophysical Modeling of Vegetation Patterns at Alpine Treeline. [currently an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan]

(1) Ling Bian, 1991, Effects of Spatial Scale on Estimating the Relationship Between Vegetation and Topography in a Mountainous Environment. [currently an Associate Professor at SUNY – Buffalo]

Dissertations in Progress

Christine Erlien. Ph.D. in progress. Household and Community Effects on Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon, Expected 2007.

Completed Theses

(18) Evan S. Hammer, 2004, M.A., Leaf Area Index Variation in Krummholz Patches, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.

(17) Sean McKnight, 2004, M.A., Composition and Spatial Structure of Turf-Banked Terraces, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.

(16) Randy Pullen, 2002, M.A., Spatial Links Between Households and Land Parcels in Northeast Thailand: An Approach for Assessing Land Use Patterns.

(15) Phillip M. McDaniel, 2000, M.A., Household and Community Drivers of Land Clearing: Human-Environment Interactions in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

(14) Courtney E. Hart, 2000, M.A., Assessing the Nature and Magnitude of Landuse/Landcover Change in Northeast Thailand.

(13) Gabriela Valdivia, 1999, M.A., Colonization, Communas, and Reserves: The Ecology of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Indigenous Communities of Northeast Ecuador.

(12) Molly Vogt, 1996, Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Integration of Spatial and Social Data in the Investigation of Landcover and Population Dynamics: Satellite Imagery and Village-Level Survey Data in Nang Rong, Thailand.

(11) Robert A. Chastain, Jr., 1995, M.A. Variation in the Pattern and Composition of Plant Productivity within the Roanoke River Floodplain: A Seasonal Perspective.

(10) James Stewart, 1995, M.A. Topography and Fire: Factors Affecting Landscape Productivity in Glacier National Park, Montana.

(9) Barry F. Doll, 1993. M.A. Use of Topographic Information in Estimating Areal Precipitation in the Mountain Environment of Western North Carolina.

(8) Thaddeus J. Bara, 1993. M.A. A Probabilistic Approach to Landcover Regionalization in Glacier National Park, Montana.

(7) Bonnie M. Henderson, 1991, M.A. Plowed, Paved, on in Succession: A Study of Landscape Change in Orange County, North Carolina.

(6) Nina M. Kelly, 1991, M.A. Role of Topography in the Establishment and Maintenance of Treeline Ecosystem Components in Glacier National Park, Montana: An Integration of Remote Sensing Methods and Digital Elevation Models.

(5) Curtis Hinton, 1990, M.A. Modeling Nonpoint Pollution and Site Factors for the Location of Water Retention Ponds.

(4) Elsa M. Joao, 1989, M.A. Simulation of Nonpoint Pollution Levels as a Consequence of Watershed Development Alternatives: Spatial Modeling through Geographic Information Systems Techniques.

(3) Daniel G. Brown, 1989, M.A. Modeling Alpine Lake Turbidity Levels through Morphometric Basin Variables: Integration of Remote Sensing and Statistical Approaches.

(2) Ian Von Essen, 1988, M.A. Automated Approaches for Displaying Spatially Oriented Time Series Data Through Image Processing Techniques.

(1) Craig G. Fleishmann, 1988, M.A. Multi-Temporal AVHRR Digital Data: A Dynamic Approach to Landcover Evaluation.