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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Critical GIS"”.
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Geographic inequities in local higher education opportunities? : identifying college deserts with critical GIS
… with the Python programming language and ArcGIS. A sample of six metropolitan statistical areas were identified and analyzed using the developed methodology. Within this sample, college access varied primarily by socio-economic status although some variation between race/ethnicity was …
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Thinking the Geoweb: Political economies, `neo'geographies, and spatial media
Critical GIS and GIScience face tremendous methodological and conceptual challenges at present as they grapple with the emergence and proliferation of a diverse range of new, Web-based geographical information technologies that cannot be defined or engaged in terms of conventional GIS. Together, …
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Where can I find services that will help me meet my basic needs?: Developing a geospatial tool to support college students experiencing basic needs insecurities
… of design science research, public participatory GIS, and critical GIS and tools such as Esri's QuickCapture, Esri's Web App Builder, React Native Listings, Termly, ATLAS.ti, Qualtrics, and Google Forms, this dissertation illustrates the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a …
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Leveraging Open-Source and Crowdsourced Data to Evaluate Spatial Justice in Cultural Planning
… highlighted the need for the integration and critical examination of institutional and community-sourced data with insights from the community. The second study focused on the lived dimension of the social ecological framework emphasizing the lived experiences of the community. Taking a …
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The Gundlach Collection : a study of projectile points from the Albeni Falls Reservoir
… derived from the collector’s and tribal archaeologist’s notes. Depositional information is unknown and artifacts are as surface finds. Analyses performed in this study include the morphological and technological dimensions of style, geographic and temporal distribution of artifacts by site, …
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Investigating the built environment of Fort George Wright, Spokane, Washington: a historic archaeological approach
<p>This thesis investigates the built environment of Fort George Wright in Spokane, Washington. This fort was active from 1898 until 1957, when it was declared surplus by the United States government (Meyer, 1994, p.84). It was bought by the Sisters of the Holy Names in 1960, renovated, and turned …
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The academic performances of community college transfer students at Eastern Washington University (EWU)
<p>This thesis assesses the academic progress of transfer students at Eastern Washington University. Over %60 of college graduates attend multiple institutions (United States Department of Education, 2006) and more than %70 of Washington students attend a technical or community college before …
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A hard kind of labor: an archaeological analysis of small-scale hard rock mines in northeast Washington
… mines in northeast Washington for the National Register of Historic Places and contribute to our understanding of small-scale mines and prospectors in the region.</p>
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'Amageddon': the unholy trinity of class monopoly rent in the Emerald City
… over people. This thesis therefore applies a critical mixed methods approach in conjunction with land rent theory to achieve two goals. First, I analyze the ‘roll-with-it’ circumstances of neoliberalized policy-making decisions by the City that leads to an unveiling of Amazon’s dual-natured …
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Cultural competence and mental health care: an assessment of Lutheran Community Services Northwest-Spokane
<p>Offering counseling services to communities of diverse ethnicities, incomes, and needs can be a layered process. Many government or non-profit resources and their clinicians are providing their cultural understanding and expertise in mental health to the services needed. Clinicians naturally …
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Overcoming loneliness: first-generation Slavic immigrants' experience with loneliness in the Inland Northwest
<p>The plight of loneliness has caused devastation to many social and cultural groups’ well-being. Scholars have analyzed and documented its adverse health such as suicide (Stravynski and Boyer 2001), Alzheimer’s disease (Wilson et al. 2007), depression (Erzen and Çikrikci 2018), immune system …
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Homelessness in the West: business improvement districts as the strategic weaponization of class monopoly rent
<p>The objective of this study is to examine business improvement districts (BIDs) as a form of class monopoly rent (CMR) within the broader production and spatial management of the ongoing homeless crisis in Seattle Washington. The city of Seattle Washington is home to a plethora of successful and …
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Rocks for the homeless: the health conditions of Spokane homeless people
<p>Over the past four decades, the United States has seen an increase in the numbers of homeless. Upward of half a million people in the United States experience homelessness per night. This thesis discusses causes and conditions of homelessness in Spokane, Washington. Specifically, the thesis …