UCGIS Virtual Seminar - CE797 - AU02

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September 23 - October 18: Mapping Disease Rates

"Mapping Disease Rates: Analyzing Small Area Variation" by Gerard Rushton, University of Iowa and Arthur Getis, San Diego State University.

First Reading (beginner and researcher threads combined): Jemal, A., M. Kulldorff, S. S. Devesa, R. B. Hayes and J. F. Fraumeni, Jr., 2002. A Geographic analysis of prostate cancer mortality in the United States, 1970–89, Int. J. Cancer, 101:168–174. (.pdf file)

Second Reading (available only at Hunter College BlackBoard): Getis, A., K. Gray, A.C. Morrison and T.W. Scott, unpublished. Characteristics of the spatial pattern of the Dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, in Iquitos, Peru, 26 p.

Third Reading: Jacquez, G. M., and D. Greiling (2002). The Geographic Distribution of Breast, Lung, and Colorectal Cancer in Long Island, New York.

October 21 - November 8: Theories of Geographic Information

Berry, B., 1964. "Approaches to Regional Geography: A Synthesis," Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 54:2-11.

Goodchild, M.F., 1992. "Geographical Information Information Science," International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 6(1):31-46.

Molenaar, M., 1991. "Status and problems of geographical information systems. The necessity of a geoinformation theory," ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 46:85-103.

4 November - 6 December: Spatial Modeling of Biophysical Phenomena

Moore, I.D., P.E. Gessler, G.A. Nielsen, G.A. Peterson, 1993. "Soil attribute prediction using terrain analysis," Soil Science Society of America, 57:443-452.

Bleecker, M., S.D. DeGloria, J.L. Hutson, R.B. Bryant and R.J. Wagenet, 1995. "Mapping atrazine leaching potential with integrated environmental databases and simulation models," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 50(4):388-394.

Corwin, D.L., 1996. "GIS applications of deterministic solute transport models for regional-scale assessment of non-point source pollutants in the vadose zone," Soil Science Society of America, SSSA Special Publication 48, p. 69-100.

Paustian, K., E. Levine, W.M. Post, I.M. Ryzhova, 1997. "The use of models to integrate information and understanding of soil C at the regional scale," Geoderma, 79:227-260.