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Title: Distance friction and spatial interaction dynamics of international freight transportation
Author: Jung, Paul
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Transportation
Description: The modern economy runs with heavy reliance on the free flow of goods across the international logistic and supply chain. Advances in international freight transportation systems supported by intermodal integration, freight containerization, hub-a...

Title: Gentrification in Charlotte: A Complex Tale of Urban Redevelopment Across Geographic Scales
Author: Yonto, Daniel
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: Gentrification research almost exclusively focuses on traditional postindustrial cities. Despite a growing number of scholars emphasizing the importance of understanding gentrification outside of traditional urban areas, its presence and modalitie...

Title: An Athlete's Humble Beginnings: A Place-Based Narrative in Need of Repair
Author: Lash, Barbara
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: Sports play a unique role in American culture and act as sources of entertainment and community identity. Events that include sports are also a microcosm of society that simultaneously reflects and guides cultural and racial differences that are i...

Title: Choosing a Regional Resilience Partner: A comparative study of urban, suburban, and rural natural hazard preparedness conditions
Author: Danis, Christina
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Government policy, Area studies
Description: Whether urban, suburban, or rural or from different United States (US) geographic regions, communities expect public officials to guide them to better prepare for and adapt to changing conditions and recurring natural hazard threats. Natural hazar...

Title: The local and landscape features associated with roost attendance and nesting success in urban black vulture (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) populations.
Author: Partridge, Hannah
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Ecology
Description: Land cover changes that result from increasing urbanization alter habitat type, structure, and resource availability on local and global scales. Vultures provide important ecosystem services including disease management and nutrient cycling, makin...

Title: Impacts of Light Rail Investment on Commercial Landscapes in Transit Neighborhoods
Author: Shepard, Elina
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Transportation, Geography, City planning
Description: City governments across the country invest in rail transit to provide localized access to vital facilities for vulnerable groups of their populations, and to encourage development around transit lines and stations (Transit Oriented Development). S...

Title: Spatiotemporal Modeling of Disease Spread Through Micromobility Systems
Author: nikparvar, behnam
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geographic information systems, Geodesy, Geography, Epidemiology
Description: New modes of public transportation such as micromobility are rapidly growing in urban areas. Bike sharing and e-scooter sharing, for example, have been advanced to solve the first/last mile problem, providing quick access to bus stops and train st...