Dialectical materialism: Marx’s method in human geography? (open access)

Dialectical materialism: Marx’s method in human geography?

Article is a self-critique of human geography that explicates the basic tenets of dialectical materialism in Marx’s work and presents some human geography research that engages with dialectical materialism.
Date: May 29, 2019
Creator: Chatterjee, Ipsita & Ahmed, Waquar
System: The UNT Digital Library
The value of hydrologic information for watershed management programs: The case of Camboriú, Brazil (open access)

The value of hydrologic information for watershed management programs: The case of Camboriú, Brazil

Article explores the value of hydrologic modeling and monitoring with respect to two dimensions: scientific credibility and use of generated knowledge in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the watershed management program in the Camboriú watershed, Brazil.
Date: December 2, 2019
Creator: Hamel, Perrine; Bremer, Leah L.; Ponette-González, Alexandra G.; Acosta, Eileen; Fisher, Jonathan R.B.; Steele, Bethel G. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of personal exposure to particulate air pollution: the first result of City Health Outlook (CHO) project (open access)

Assessment of personal exposure to particulate air pollution: the first result of City Health Outlook (CHO) project

First paper of a series on the City Health Outlook (CHO) project, which aims to establish multi-scale, long-lasting, real-time urban environment and health monitoring networks. This paper is targeted at illustrating the characteristics of the participants and examining the effects of different covariates on personal exposure at various air pollution exposure levels.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Liang, Lu; Gong, Peng; Cong, Na; Li, Zhichao; Zhao, Yu & Chen, Ying
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraction of Urban Objects in Cloud Shadows on the basis of Fusion of Airborne LiDAR and Hyperspectral Data (open access)

Extraction of Urban Objects in Cloud Shadows on the basis of Fusion of Airborne LiDAR and Hyperspectral Data

This article, fused airborne LiDAR and hyperspectral data were used to extract urban objects in cloud shadows.The experimental results confirm that the proposed method is very effective for urban object extraction in cloud shadows and thus improve urban applications such as urban green land management, land use analysis, and impervious surface assessment.
Date: February 1, 2019
Creator: Man, Qixia & Dong, Pinliang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Animal Resource Use Related to Socioenvironmental Change among Mesa Verde Farmers (open access)

Animal Resource Use Related to Socioenvironmental Change among Mesa Verde Farmers

Article is a case study of Mesa Verde subsistence utilizing optimal foraging theory models from evolutionary ecology to study small animal resource use during the Pueblo II to Terminal Pueblo III periods.
Date: July 11, 2019
Creator: Nagaoka, Lisa; Wolverton, Steven J. & Ellyson, Laura J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medium, Vector, and Connector: Fog and the Maintenance of Ecosystems (open access)

Medium, Vector, and Connector: Fog and the Maintenance of Ecosystems

Article synthesizes recent research advances that reveal the diverse ways that fog shapes ecosystem processes.
Date: May 6, 2019
Creator: Ponette-González, Alexandra G.; Weathers, Kathleen C. & Dawson, Todd E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing the Impact of the Built-Up Environment on Nighttime Lights in China (open access)

Assessing the Impact of the Built-Up Environment on Nighttime Lights in China

Article describes study investigating the effects of the built-up environment on artificial light at night, focusing on construction region environments on nighttime brightness and variation with building heights and regional economic development level in China.
Date: July 19, 2019
Creator: Wang, Cheng; Qin, Haiming; Zhao, Kaiguang; Dong, Pinliang; Yang, Xuebo; Zhou, Guoqing et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library