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A Comparison Of Change Detection Methods In An Urban Environment Using Landsat Tm And Etm+ Satellite Imagery: A Multi-Temporal, Multi-Spectral Analysis Of Gwinnett County, Ga 1991-2000, Paul Alrik Digirolamo
A Comparison Of Change Detection Methods In An Urban Environment Using Landsat Tm And Etm+ Satellite Imagery: A Multi-Temporal, Multi-Spectral Analysis Of Gwinnett County, Ga 1991-2000, Paul Alrik Digirolamo
Anthropology Theses
Land cover change detection in urban areas provides valuable data on loss of forest and agricultural land to residential and commercial development. Using Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (1991) and Landsat 7 ETM+ (2000) imagery of Gwinnett County, GA, change images were obtained using image differencing of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), principal components analysis (PCA), and Tasseled Cap-transformed images. Ground truthing and accuracy assessment determined that land cover change detection using the NDVI and Tasseled Cap image transformation methods performed best in the study area, while PCA performed the worst of the three methods assessed. Analyses on vegetative and vegetation …
Influenza Prevalence In The Us Associated With Climatic Factors, Analyzed At Multiple Spatial And Temporal Scales., Arie Ponce Manangan
Influenza Prevalence In The Us Associated With Climatic Factors, Analyzed At Multiple Spatial And Temporal Scales., Arie Ponce Manangan
Anthropology Theses
Linkages between influenza prevalence and climate (e.g. precipitation, temperatures, El Nino Southern Oscillation ENSO) have been suspected, but definitive evidence remains elusive. This analysis investigated a climatic relationship between influenza mortality (measured by multiple caused pneumonia and influenza deaths) and influenza morbidity (measured by isolates tested for influenza). Influenza-climate linkages were analyzed at multiple spatial scales (e.g. local analysis, and regional analysis) and multiple temporal scales (e.g. annualized mortality counts, and mortality counts based on cumulative percentiles). Influenza mortality and morbidity were found to have significant correlations to seasonal temperatures, precipitation, and ENSO. Influenza-climate associations varied spatially and temporally, and …
Consumption Practices And Middle-Class Consciousness Among Socially Aware Shoppers In Atlanta, Desiree Lynn Tabor
Consumption Practices And Middle-Class Consciousness Among Socially Aware Shoppers In Atlanta, Desiree Lynn Tabor
Anthropology Theses
With the postmodern prevalence of shopping as both a recreational and subsistence activity, social class identity is increasingly constituted around access to the landscape of consumption. U.S. middle-class identity is normalized in commercial spaces and the exclusion of the lower-class from these spaces perpetuates wider social disparities. For socially aware members of the middle-class, distinction may be achieved by selectively shopping throughout the metropolitan area with the goal of influencing corporate practices. Yet this distinction is not without cost as middle-class shoppers are prime targets of identity marketing schemes and of the neoliberal regime’s construction of consent. Through 15 self-proclaimed …
Foraging Responses To Nutritional Pressures In Two Species Of Cercopithecines: Macaca Mulatta And Papio Ursinus, Gretchen A. Clymer
Foraging Responses To Nutritional Pressures In Two Species Of Cercopithecines: Macaca Mulatta And Papio Ursinus, Gretchen A. Clymer
Anthropology Theses
Papio ursinus are dietary generalists that exploit a diverse repertoire of food resources. This study explored the foraging strategies of a group of Papio ursinus and the foraging differences between subgroups classified by age and sex. Food resource preference, nutritional properties of food resources, and nutritional demands were examined to test the hypotheses that the foraging strategies exhibited by the subgroups would differ and that food selection is driven by nutritional demands. Adult females and juveniles were found to seek out food resources higher in proteins, while adult males were found to prefer food resources higher in carbohydrates. The findings …
Informal Development In Cairo, The View From Above: A Case Study Using Aerial Photo Interpretation To Examine Informal Housing In The Imbaba District Of Cairo, Stevan Bullard
Anthropology Theses
The goal of this study is to apply the extraordinarily rich set of historical cartographic and remote sensing data of Cairo, Egypt to the analysis of the problem of informal development in the twentieth century. Remote sensing of urban areas has been dominated in recent years by multispectral analysis of Landsat imagery. This restricts studies both temporally and in spatial resolution. In this study an aerial photo interpretation methodology is applied to images and maps spanning two centuries of Cairo’s history at a spatial resolution on the scale of individual buildings. From these techniques insights can be obtained of the …
The Past In The Present: Archaeology And Identity In A Historic African American Church, John Roby
The Past In The Present: Archaeology And Identity In A Historic African American Church, John Roby
Anthropology Theses
All across the world, people struggle daily to create and enhance their sense of identity. Such struggles are waged in many ways, including through the process of rediscovering and reinterpreting history. Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, an African American congregation in a suburb of Atlanta, is engaged in a search for its church cemetery, lost when the land was sold to the military during the nation’s mobilization for World War II. The church’s efforts are analyzed in the context of identity creation -- a search for links to a mythic and self-sufficient past. Archaeological methods reveal compelling evidence that the cemetery …
Identity As Politics, Politics As Identity: An Anthropological Examination Of The Political Discourse On Same-Sex Marriage, Jeremy Jay Greenup
Identity As Politics, Politics As Identity: An Anthropological Examination Of The Political Discourse On Same-Sex Marriage, Jeremy Jay Greenup
Anthropology Theses
Marriage has come to be center-stage in a semiotic and ideological “culture war.” The issue of same-sex marriage has emerged as a defining political argument shaping the manner by which the contemporary gay rights movement positions itself. In Georgia’s 2004 election, a constitutional amendment was proposed defining marriage as legal unions between only biological men and women. In response, campaigns were organized by both supporters and opponents to same-sex marriage. This thesis examines the politics of spectacle at play through which both sides of this argument positioned themselves. This thesis employs anthropological theory, queer theory and public sphere literature to …
The Wisconsin Hmong Resettlement Taskforce: An Ethnographic Analysis Of Public Policy As A Cultural Process And Product, Karen Fink Devivo
The Wisconsin Hmong Resettlement Taskforce: An Ethnographic Analysis Of Public Policy As A Cultural Process And Product, Karen Fink Devivo
Anthropology Theses
This thesis focuses on the Governor of Wisconsin’s Hmong Resettlement Taskforce that was charged in 2004 with making policy recommendations for the State about a large resettlement of Hmong refugees. Through participant-observation, interviews, and document analysis, the process of policy formation by the Taskforce is examined. This empirical, ethnographic study depicts this taskforce as a group of cultural agents and its work as a cultural process. Findings in this thesis center on the taskforce report and the constraints on the narrative that limited possible recommendations.
The Relationship Between High Ozone Days And Atmospheric Patterns In Atlanta, Georgia, Edward Eugene Unger
The Relationship Between High Ozone Days And Atmospheric Patterns In Atlanta, Georgia, Edward Eugene Unger
Anthropology Theses
Tropospheric ozone pollution is a world-wide problem, based on studies reported from locations as diverse as India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany, Spain, Greece, Canada, and the United States. Ozone is a serious pollutant in the troposphere due to its adverse effects on the health of plants, and on the respiratory systems, eyes, and mucous membranes of humans. Due to the seriousness of the issue, the ozone problem in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area was investigated. A review of the literature revealed a research deficiency, since no environment-to-circulation analysis of the ozone problem in the Atlanta metropolitan area could …
Geographic Analysis Of Two Suburban Mega Church Congregations In Atlanta: A Distance And Demographic Study, Ulrike Krampe Ingram
Geographic Analysis Of Two Suburban Mega Church Congregations In Atlanta: A Distance And Demographic Study, Ulrike Krampe Ingram
Anthropology Theses
This thesis examines the spatial distribution of church members of two suburban mega churches in Atlanta. The research question concerns why people are choosing to drive thirty minutes or more to attend a mega church. A cost-benefit analysis weighs the costs of going to a distant church against the benefits of attending those churches. Examination focuses on the worship style, as well as the sense of community imparted by the two churches. The author also examines demographic factors such as gender, age, marital status, and socio-economic factors such as race, education, and occupation. The findings of the analysis demonstrate that …
Development As Destruction; Geographic Analysis Of Land Use Changes In Port Of Spain, Trinidad, Carla Waldron
Development As Destruction; Geographic Analysis Of Land Use Changes In Port Of Spain, Trinidad, Carla Waldron
Anthropology Theses
Trinidad and Tobago developed from an agricultural colony to a nation whose main economic driving forces include oil, natural gas and the service industries. This study seeks to examine how the changes in the economy and industrial sectors affected changes in the land use of the capital city of Port of Spain. Specifically it seeks to discover how the current service centred industrial boom has affected the urban land use of each district of Port of Spain and compares current trends with those in the past using city boundary, population, employment, housing to support land use data. Findings demonstrate that …
Recovering A Sense Of Place In The Edge City, Michael Chance Page
Recovering A Sense Of Place In The Edge City, Michael Chance Page
Anthropology Theses
The edge city is often criticized as being a center of placelessness. It is the devaluation and commodification of place in contemporary approaches to urban design and planning that is stifling the prosperity of place identity and subsequently the ability for edge cites to create 'a sense of place'. It is probable that a broadened understanding of the situational context and the role of human experience in place making can suggest alternatives to current practices that reduce place to location. Capturing the essence of place inspires superior strategies for producing place identity and a grasp on the meaning of how …
Spatial Precipitation Variability, Snowfall, And Historical Bison Occurrence In The Northwest United States, Heather Anna Williams
Spatial Precipitation Variability, Snowfall, And Historical Bison Occurrence In The Northwest United States, Heather Anna Williams
Anthropology Theses
Throughout the Holocene, bison have always been more abundant east of the Rocky Mountains with considerably fewer bison found west of the Rocky Mountains. It is likely that drought frequency and snowfall characteristics have influenced the pattern of historical bison occurrence across the northwest United States. Using monthly average snow and precipitation data from the past several decades, average April snow water equivalent (SWE) and summertime drought frequency were analyzed at sites across the northwest United States. A climatic stress index (CSI) was developed by combining average SWE and drought frequency for sites, as these are the climate factors that …
Cartography, Discourse, And Disease: How Maps Shape Scientific Thought About Disease, Stacey L. Martin
Cartography, Discourse, And Disease: How Maps Shape Scientific Thought About Disease, Stacey L. Martin
Anthropology Theses
This research examines public health mapping over two time periods, 1944-1954 and 2000-2004 and explores how mapping disease shaped scientific knowledge about disease. During World War II, the Atlas of Diseases was produced by cartographers and geographers well versed in the subjectivity of maps. Today professionals in a variety of disciplines use digital mapping software to produce maps of disease. This research takes a look at how public health maps and mapping of disease have changed over time and discusses the political implications of public health mapping as an aspect of geographic governance.