Geography and Planning

Recent Faculty Publications (2003-11)

Recent publications by members of the Department of Geography and Planning

 

Roy Cole

  • Ouedraogo, I., P. Savadogo, M. Tigabu, R. Cole, P.C. Oden, and J.-M. Ouadba. 2011. Trajectory Analysis of Forest Cover Change in the Tropical Dry Forest of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Landscape Research, 36(3): 303–320.
  • Ouedraogo, I., P. Savadogo, M. Tigabu, R. Cole, P.C. Oden, and J.-M. Ouadba. 2009. Is Rural Migration a Threat to Environmental Sustainability in Southern Burkina Faso. Land Degradation and Development, 20: 217-230.
  • Cole, R. 2008. The regional representation of Africa in undergraduate geography of Africa textbooks, 1953 to 2004. Journal of Geography, 107(2): 61-74.
  • Cole, R. and H. J. de Blij. 2007. Survey of Subsaharan Africa: A Regional Geography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Cole, R. 2006. Africa's Demographic Momentum, 1950 to 2100: The Africanization of the World? Umoja, 1(1): 11-20.
  • Lioubimtseva E. and R. Cole. 2006. Uncertainties of climate change in arid environments of Central Asia.In R. R. Stickney, (ed.) Reviews in Fisheries Science, 14(1-2): 29-50.
  • Cole, R. 2005. What is Africa to me? The regional representation of Africa in undergraduate geography of Africa textbooks, 1953 to 2004. Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association, 24: 13-36.
  • Lioubimtseva, E., R. Cole, J. M. Adams, and G. Kapustin. 2005. Impacts of climate and land-cover changes in arid lands of Central Asia. Journal of Arid Environments. Volume 62(2): 285-308.

Jim Penn

  • Penn, J.W., Jr. 2008. Non-timber forest products in Peruvian Amazonia: Changing patterns of economic exploitation. Focus on Geography, 51(2): 18-25.
  • Pinedo-Panduro, M. and J. Penn. 2008. Camu-camu: A sustainable option for agroindustry in the Peruvian Amazon. FAO Non-wood News, 17: 52.
  • Penn, J.W., Jr. 2006. The domestication of camu camu (Myrciaria dubia): A tree planting programme in the Peruvian Amazon. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 16(1): 85-101.
  • Miller, R.P., Penn, J.W., Jr, and J. van Leeuwen. 2006. Amazonian Homegardens: Their ethnohistory and potential contribution to agroforestry development. Pp. 43 -60 In: Kumar, B.K. and P.K. Nair (eds.) Tropical Homegardens: A Time-Tested Example of Sustainable Agroforestry. Advances in Agroforestry 3. Dordrecht: Springer Science.
  • Penn, J. and G. Neise. 2004. Aguaje palm agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon. The Palmeteer, 24(1): 15-18.
  • Meyer, D., and J. Penn. 2003. An overview of the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Communal Reserve. Rapid Biological Inventories: 11: 176-177. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History.

Elena Lioubimtseva

  • Lioubimtseva, E. in press. Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments: A Case Study of Post-Soviet Central Asia. Annals of Arid Zone, 47(3-4).
  • Lioubimtseva, E. and G.M. Henebry. 2009. Potential impact of climate change on the grain productivity in Central Eurasia: human vulnerability and adaptations. In: Global Changes: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation. Sofia university "St. Kliment Ohridski" University Press, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 22-27.
  • Lioubimtseva, E. and G.M. Henebry. 2009. Climate and environmental change in arid Central Asia: Impacts, vulnerability, and adaptations. Journal of Arid Environments,73(11): 963-977.
  • Lioubimtseva, E. 2008. Climate Change in Turkmenistan, In S. G. Philander, ed., Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. New York: SAGE Reference, Golson Books.
  • Lioubimtseva, E. 2007. Possible Changes in the Carbon Budget of Arid and Semi-arid Central Asia Inferred from Landuse/Landcover Analyses during 1981 to 2001. In Rattan Lal, ed., Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia. New York: Taylor and Francis. Pages 441-452.
  • Lioubimtseva E. and R. Cole. 2006. Uncertainties of climate change in arid environments of Central Asia.In R. R. Stickney, ed., Reviews in Fisheries Science, 14(1-2): 29-50.
  • Lioubimtseva, E. 2005. Environmental changes in arid Central Asia inferred from remote sensing data and ground observations. Arid Ecosystems, 11(26-27): 64-72.
  • Lioubimtseva, E., R. Cole, J. M. Adams, and G. Kapustin. 2005. Impacts of climate and land-cover changes in arid lands of Central Asia. Journal of Arid Environments. Volume 62(2): 285-308.
  • Lioubimtseva E. 2004. Climate Change in Arid Environments: revisiting the past to understand the future. Progress in Physical Geography, 28(14):.525-538.
  • Lioubimtseva E. and J.Adams. 2004.Possible implications of increased carbon dioxide levels and climate change for desert ecosystems. Environmental Management, 33(4): S388-S404.
  • Lioubimtseva E. 2003. An evaluation of VEGETATION-1 imagery for broad-scale landscape mapping of Russia: effects of resolution on landscape pattern. Landscape and Urban Planning, 65(4): 187-200.

Kin Ma

  • Ma, Kin M. 2010. Map Animation. In B. Warf (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geography, (Vols. 1-6): 1825-1828.
  • Ma, Kin M. 2008. Review of Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 74(11): 1312, 1314.

Wanxiao Sun

  • Liang, S., Liu, R., Qin, J., Sun, W., Wang, K., and Yang, J. In press. Remote sensing observations and inversion of land surface parameters for supporting ecosystem model simulation. In G. Yu et al. (ed.), Human Activities and Ecosystem Dynamics. High Education Press, Beijing, China.
  • Oyana, T. J., Sun, W., and Sirikulchayanon, P. 2009. Buffering functions of mangroves in the 2004 tsunami, International Journal of Digital Earth, 2(3): 257–274.
  • Sun, W., Liang, S., Xu, G., Fang, H., and Dickinson, R. 2008. Mapping plant functional types from MODIS data using multisource evidential reasoning, Remote Sensing of Environment.
  • Sun, W., Liang, S., Xu, G., Fang, H., and Dickinson, R. 2008. Mapping plant functional types from MODIS data using multisource evidential reasoning, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112:1010–1024.
  • Sun, W. and Liang, S. 2008. Methodologies for mapping plant functional types. In S. Liang (ed.), Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and Application: 369-393. Springer.
  • Sirikulchayanon, P., Sun, W., and Oyana, T. 2008. Assessing the impacts of the 2004 tsunami on mangroves using remote sensing and GIS techniques, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(12):3553-3576.
  • McDonald, P., Nielsen, C., Oyana, T. and Sun, W., 2008. Modelling habitat overlap among sympatric mesocarnivores in Southern Illinois, USA. Ecological Modelling, 215:276-286.
  • Sun, W. and Liang, S. 2008. Methodologies for mapping plant functional types. in a professional book Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and Application. Springer.
  • Sun, W., Xu, G., Gong, P., and Liang, S. 2006. Fractal analysis of remote sensing images: A review of methods and applications. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(22): 4963-4990.
  • Sun, W. 2006. Three new implementations of the triangular prism method for computing the fractal dimension of remote sensing images. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 72(4): 373-382.
  • Sun, W., Kolappal, A., and Gong, P. 2005. Two computation methods for detecting anisotropy in image texture. Geographic Information Sciences, 11(2): 87-96.
  • Sun, W., Kelly, M., and Gong, P. 2005. Automated separation of dead tree crowns from the oak woodland forest mosaic by integrating spatial information. Geocarto International, 20(2): 15-20.
  • Sun, W., Liang, S., Xu, G., and Fang, H. 2005. Improving MODIS PFT product using multisource evidential reasoning. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, 1: 225-227.
  • Sun, W. 2004. Land-Use Classification Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery: A New Information Fusion Method  An Application in Landau, Germany. Mainz: University of Mainz Press, 95 pp.
  • Sun, W., Heidt, V., Gong, P., and Xu, G. 2003. Information fusion for rural landuse classification using high resolution satellite imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41(4): 883-890.

Gang Xu

  • Xu, G., & Wang, R. 2007. The effect of foreign direct investment on domestic capital formation, trade, and economic growth in a transition economy: Evidence from China. The Global Economy Journal, 7(2): 1-21.
  • Xu, G. 2006. Tourism. In Geography and Economy of China, (B. Staiger, S. Friedrich and H. Schuette, editors). Darmstadt: WBG (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft), pp. 161-163.
  • Sun, W., Xu, G., Gong, P., and Liang, S. 2006. Fractal analysis of remote sensing images: A review of methods and applications. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(22): 4963-4990.
  • Litvin, S., Xu, G., and Kang, S. 2004. Spousal vacation-buying decision making--revisted across time and place. Journal of Travel Research, 43(2): 193-198.
  • Sun, W., Heidt, V., Gong, P., and Xu, G. 2003. Information fusion for rural landuse classification using high resolution satellite imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41(4): 883-890.
  • Xu, G. 2003. China in the Pacific Rim: Trade and investment links. In The Changing China: A Geographic Appraisal, C. Hsieh and M. Lu, eds. Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 173-194.
  • Xu, G. 2003. Economic impacts of tourism in China. In Tourism in China, A. Lew and L. Yu, eds. New York: Haworth Press, pp. 83-101.

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