Kansas State Geography

Department of Geography
Kansas State University
118 Seaton Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-2904
Tel: 785-532-6727
Fax: 785-532-7310
Email: geog@k-state.edu

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Harrington, J.A., Jr., B. Yarnal, D. Liverman, and B.L. Turner II. 2009. Conmparative assesment of human-environment landscape change. Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 107-136. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Harrington, L.M.B., M. Lu, and J.A. Harrington, Jr. 2009. Fossil Water and Agriculture in Southwestern Kansas. Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 269-291. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Headley, R.M.K., R.G. Pontius, Jr., J.A. Harrington, Jr., and C. Sorrensen. 2009. Landsat mapping of local landscape change: the satellite-era context. Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 137-154. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Polsky, C., A. Comrie, J. Whitehead, C. Sorrensen, L.M.B. Harrington, M. Lu, R. Neff, and B. Yarnal. 2009. Rapid Vulnerability Assessments of exposures, sensitivities, and adaptive capacities of the HERO study sites. Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 175-208. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Polsky, C., C. Sorrensen, J. Whitehead, L.M.B. Harrington, M. Lu, R. Neff, and B. Yarnal. 2009. Evaluating Vulnerability Assessments of the HERO Study Sites. Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 209-228. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Yarnal, B., J.A. Harrington, Jr., A. Comrie, C. Polsky, and O. Ahlqvist. 2009. Infrastructure for observing local human-environment interactions. Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 1-12. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Yarnal, B., J.A. Harrington, Jr., A. Comrie, C. Polsky, and O. Ahlqvist. 2009. Lessons learned from the HERO project. Sustainable Communities on a Sustainable Planet: The Human-Environment Regional Observatory Project, pp. 317-338. B. Yarnal, C. Polsky, and J. O'Brien, eds. Cambridge University Press.
Ryan Bergstrom, “Percepts of Sustainable Community Development and Natural Resource Management: A Case Study of Two Montana Amenity Towns.” Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 32: 86-95.
Iris Wilson, John Harrington, Kendra McLauchlan, Elias Martinson, and Stacy Hutchinson, “The Water Budget, Climate Variability, and Impacts Assessment in Northeast Kansas.” Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 32: 189-196.
Rex Robichaux and Lisa Harrington, “Environmental Conditions and Restoration Actions in the Rainwater Basin Wetland Complex, Nebraska.” Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 32: 217-225.
Benjamin Munro, “Public Perception of Midwestern Corn Ethanol Production.” Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 32: 272-280.
Mike Dulin and Shawn Hutchinson: “Identifying and Assessing Windbreaks in Ford County, Kansas Using Object-Based Image Analysis.” Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 32: 332-341.
Harrington, L.M.B. 2009. Rural Resource Management. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Vol. 9, pp. 390-397. N. Thrift and R. Kitchin, editors-in-chief. Elsevier Science (invited).
Allen, L.J.S., C.L. Wesley, R.D. Owen, D.G. Goodin, D. Koch, C.B. Jonsson, Y. Chu, J.M.S. Hutchinson, and R.L. Paige. 2009. A habitat-based model for the spread of Hantavirus between reservoir and spillover species. Journal of Theoretical Biology 260(4):510-522.
Harrington, L.M.B., and Harrington, J. A., Jr., eds. 2009. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, Vol. 32. Applied Geography Conferences, Inc. 454 pp. (James Barker, Assistant Editor).
Paul, B.K. 2009. Attitudes toward Arsenicosis Victims in Rural Bangladesh: An Empirical Study. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 32: 115-123.
Paul, B.K., D. Che, M. Stimers, and S. Dutt. 2007. Disaster in Kansas: The Tornado in Greensburg. Quick Reponse Report 196. Boulder, CO: The Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Martin, C.W. 2009. Recent Changes in Heavy Metal Storage in Flood-plain Soils of the Lahn River, Central Germany. Environmental Geology 58(4): 803-814.
Stimers, M., R. Bergstrom, T. Vought, and M. Dulin. 2009. American Vice: Geographers Plot the 7 Deadly Sins. WIRED September: 29. Also available online at: http://www.wired.com/culture/education/magazine/17-09/st_sinmaps.
Paul, B.K. 2009. Why Relatively Fewer People Died? The Case of Bangladesh’s Cyclone Sidr. Natural Hazards 50: 289-304.
De Bres, Karen and Jacob Sower. 2009. The emergence of standardized, idealized, and placeless landscapes in Midwestern Main Stree postcards. The Professional Geographer 61(2):216-230.
Walker, Bpb. and Marcellus. Caldas. 2009. The Economy of the Amazon Today and Tomorrow: National Integration and Supply Expansion. In Amazonia: Nature and Society in Transformation, edited by Mateus Batistela and Emilio Moran. IEDUSP: University of Sao Paulo Press.
Margosian, Margaret L., Karen A. Garrett, J.M. Shawn Hutchinson, and Kimberly A. With. 2009. Connectivity of the American Agricultural Landscape: Assessing the National Risk of Crop Pest and Disease Spread. Bioscience 59(2):141-151.
Che, D. 2009. Teaching tourism geography. Tourism Geographies 11(1):220-223.
Hutchinson, Shawn and Rob Daniels. 2009. Memorandum of Agreement, Kansas Forest Service and Department of Geography, State Assessment and Resource Strategy. $45,521. January 2009-June 2010.

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Recent Media Releases

Articles, newspaper stories, and university media releases highlighting the work and accomplishments of K-State geographers.

K-State Team Wins Geobowl Title; K-State Student Will Be Member of Divisional Team Competing at World Geography Bowl (October 9, 2009)
K-State Geographer Working to Clarify What Sustainability Really Means to Rural Decision-Makers (September 22, 2009)
K-State's Senior from Topeka Receive U.S. Department of Defense Scholarship and University's Presidential Award for Undergraduate Research (April 30, 2009)
K-State's Presidential Award Recognizes Six for Excellence in Teaching, Advising and Administration (April 15, 2009)
K-State Graduate Student in Geography Earns Best Paper Award from Association of American Geographers (April 8, 2009)
One Nation, Seven Sins: Geographers Measure Propensity for Evil in States, Counties (March 26, 2009)
Geographer Blake Gumprecht, Author of 'The American College Town,' to Present Lecture About Evolution of Aggieville (March 19, 2009)
K-State Scientists Study How the Connectivity of the U.S. Agricultural Landscape Influences the Risks of Crop Pests, Disease; Findings Could Inform Subsidy Policies (February 16, 2009)
K-State Student First Recipient of New Scholarship from American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (January 28, 2009)
Web Site WWW.PHDS.ORG Rates K-State's Geography Program as No. 1 for Small, Less Expensive Institutions (November 17, 2008)
Visiting Scholar in Geography to Present Public Lecture at K-State (October 28, 2008)
Brad Rundquist to Present K-State's 2008 Distinguished Geography Alumni Address (October 21, 2008)
K-State Geography Student Receives 2008 Gamma Theta Upsilon Buzzard Scholarship (October 1, 2008)
K-State Geography Students Earn Honors for Papers, Posters (September 24, 2008)
K-State Geography Students Present Work at Regional Conference (September 19, 2008)
Geographer, Tourism Expert Dallen J. Timothy to Lecture at K-State (September 18, 2008)
Kansas Geography Conference Sept. 20 at K-State (September 17, 2008)
USDA National Science Program Leader to Present National Agricultural Biosecurity Center Forum at K-State on Protection of Plant Resources (August 28, 2008)
K-State's College of Arts and Sciences Honors Six Faculty with Stamey Awards (May 15, 2008)
The World of 'What If': Collaboration Across Many Disciplines is Key to Geospatial Lab's Analysis, Mapping (April 24, 2008)
Rural Geography Expert Paul Cloke to Present Advance Distinguished Lecture at K-State (April 14, 2008)
Two K-State Students Named Udall Scholars (April 8, 2008)
K-State Working on Web Site about Quality of Hard Red Winter Wheat at Harvest (March 31, 2008)
Noted Geographer Steve Walsh to Speak at K-State (March 26, 2008)
K-State Organization Educates and Informs about Geographic Information Systems (March 13, 2008)
Five K-State Students to Compete for Udall Scholarships (March 11, 2008)
Environmental Historian to Lecture at K-State on the Human Footprint of Agricultural Settlement (March 10, 2008)
Canadian Ecosystem Management Expert Maureen Reed to be K-State ADVANCE Distinguished Lecturer (January 24, 2008)

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