Jerome E Dobson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 645151 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jerome E Dobson |
| PRENOMES | Jerome E |
| SOBRENOME | Dobson |
| ASSINATURA | DOBSON J E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4923-6316 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 77 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1979 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Global Choke Points May Link Sea Level and Human Settlement at the Last Glacial Maximum
Global choke points are preeminent nodes in geographic networks and geopolitical touchpoints subject to control by nations. They appear today as recurring theaters of conflict worldwide and also in archaeological investigations delving thousands of years back in time. How different were today’s global choke points at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ~ 20,000 years ago? For the first time, we map nine of them to visualize their conditions at LGM. Th…
Sea People
Christina Thompson. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2019. xvi and 365 pp., maps, photos, sketches, notes, index. $29.99 cloth (ISBN 978-0-06-206087-7); $26.58 paper (ISBN 978-0-00-833902-3); $14.99 el
Popular Geographics
Geographers have worked to communicate with broader audiences and the general public for centuries. Ongoing efforts through literature, news media, and popular geographics remain a key challenge for geography today as research frontiers expand and outlets multiply. Historical precedents dating back as far as classical antiquity help to inform current debate, but the opportunities and challenges of reaching and engaging contemporary audiences are …
The Flatness of U.S. States
Does perception match reality when people judge the flatness of large areas, such as U.S. states? The authors conducted a geomorphometric analysis of the contiguous United States, employing publicly available geographic software, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission () elevation data, and a new algorithm for measuring flatness. Each 90‐meter cell was categorized as not flat, flat, flatter, or flattest, and each state was measured in terms of percenta…
Aquaterra Incognita
The author proposes scientific recognition of an existing, previously undefined and unnamed global feature. Aquaterra is suggested as the new name for the lands that were alternately exposed and inundated as ice sheets advanced and retreated over the past 120,000 years. The vertical amplitude of sea level change amounts to 130 meters, and the aggregate global area of aquaterra equates to the continent of North America. The time period coincides w…
"Karen Morin's Gendered "Geography
Karen Morin's Civic Discipline is not about Charles P. Daly and not about the American Geographical Society. It is about social theory. As positivists would say, Professor Morin tests two null hypotheses: (1) gender played no role in Judge Daly's public life; and (2) archives play no role in our memory of him today. The null hypotheses are rejected, of course, and they should be. Gender does influence people and institutions. Archives do preserve…
Fieldwork in a Digital World
A Digital Geography of Indigenous Mexico
2008). A Digital Geography of Indigenous Mexico: Prototype for the American Geographical Society's Bowman Expeditions. Geographical Review: Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 395-415
The Panopticon's Changing Geography
Over the past two centuries, surveillance technology has advanced in three major spurts. In the first instance the surveillance instrument was a specially designed building, Bentham's Panopticon; in the second, a tightly controlled television network, Orwell's Big Brother; today, an electronic human‐tracking service. Functionally, each technology provided total surveillance within the confines of its designated geographical coverage, but costs, g…
Why Can't Geographers Write Their Own Story
When Bill Woods returned from the CLAG conference in Morelia, he recounted to me a dramatic exchange that had occurred in the forum on Charles Mann's 1491. All of the papers had been given. The audience had had its say. The moderator noticed Dan Gade's pensive gaze. You've been quiet, he said. Is there something you'd like to add? Dan waited a moment, then somberly asked, What's wrong with us? Why can't we write our own story? An intense discussi…
Geoslavery
Commercial vendors of human tracking systems tout benefits and diminish, dismiss, or deny any potential for abuse. Indeed, the benefits of location based services (LBS) are myriad, and human tracking is not all bad. However, the countless benefits of LBS are countered by social hazards unparalleled in human history. We explore possibilities for misuse that many would consider unethical. Our principal objectives are to forewarn the public, foster …
Great Feuds in Science
Urban VIII versus Galileo, An Unequal Contest. Wallis versus Hobbes, Squaring the Circle. Newton versus Leibniz, A Clash of Titans. Voltaire versus Needham, The Generation Controversy. Darwin's Bulldog versus Soapy Sam, Evolution Wars. Lord Kelvin versus Geologists and Biologists, The Age of the Earth. Cope versus Marsh, The Fossil Feud. Wegener versus Everybody, Continental Drift. Johanson versus the Leakeys, The Missing Link. Derek Freeman vers…
On the Châtelperronian/Aurignacian Conundrum
Kirk H. Stone, 1914–1997
The Iodine Factor in Health and Evolution
Iodine is essential for modern humans and may have been essential for Neandertals as well. Today about 30 percent of the world's population is at risk of iodine deficiency disorders ( idd ), 750 million people suffer from goiter, 43 million have idd ‐related brain damage and mental retardation, and 5.7 million are afflicted by cretinism, the most severe form of idd . Distinctive Neandertal skeletal traits are identical to those of modern humans w…
Spatial Logic In Paleogeography and the Explanation Of Continental Drift
The scientific methods employed in paleogeography have followed two distinct logics. Spatial logic accepts morphology, spatial distribution, and spatial association as primary evidence of earth processes that must be tested through process-oriented research. Process logic accepts contemporary knowledge about individual earth processes, synthesizes general theory, and proposes spatial tests. Wegener's argument for continental drift, based on spati…
Forest Blowdown and Lake Acidification
We examine the role of forest blowdown in lake acidification. Our approach combines geographic information systems (GIS) and digital remote sensing with traditional field methods. The methods of analysis consist of direct observation, interpretation of satellite imagery and aerial photographs, and statistical comparison of two geographical distributions—one representing forest blowdown and another representing lake chemistry. Spatial and temporal…
Automated geography and emergency management
The value of geographical knowledge to emergency managers at all levels of government is unquestioned. Maps have always been an important tool, and in recent years computers and new information technologies have expanded the ways in which geographical data can be utilized. Technical specialists continue to develop increasingly flexible and powerful tools which allow emergency managers to examine multiple parameter scenarios treating both human‐ca…
A Regional Screening Procedure for Land Use Suitability Analysis
Increasing opposition to proposed energy facilities and regulatory delays in licensing have created a pressing need for a comprehensive and objective method to select potential sites. This paper discusses the results of a research project designed to develop and apply an automated regional screening procedure to identify the land use suitability of every land parcel within any candidate region. Although the current project involves energy facilit…
The Panopticon's Changing Geography
Over the past two centuries, surveillance technology has advanced in three major spurts. In the first instance the surveillance instrument was a specially designed building, Bentham's Panopticon; in the second, a tightly controlled television network, Orwell's Big Brother; today, an electronic human‐tracking service. Functionally, each technology provided total surveillance within the confines of its designated geographical coverage, but costs, g…
The Iodine Factor in Health and Evolution
Iodine is essential for modern humans and may have been essential for Neandertals as well. Today about 30 percent of the world's population is at risk of iodine deficiency disorders ( idd ), 750 million people suffer from goiter, 43 million have idd ‐related brain damage and mental retardation, and 5.7 million are afflicted by cretinism, the most severe form of idd . Distinctive Neandertal skeletal traits are identical to those of modern humans w…
A Digital Geography of Indigenous Mexico
2008). A Digital Geography of Indigenous Mexico: Prototype for the American Geographical Society's Bowman Expeditions. Geographical Review: Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 395-415
Great Feuds in Science
Urban VIII versus Galileo, An Unequal Contest. Wallis versus Hobbes, Squaring the Circle. Newton versus Leibniz, A Clash of Titans. Voltaire versus Needham, The Generation Controversy. Darwin's Bulldog versus Soapy Sam, Evolution Wars. Lord Kelvin versus Geologists and Biologists, The Age of the Earth. Cope versus Marsh, The Fossil Feud. Wegener versus Everybody, Continental Drift. Johanson versus the Leakeys, The Missing Link. Derek Freeman vers…
Aquaterra Incognita
The author proposes scientific recognition of an existing, previously undefined and unnamed global feature. Aquaterra is suggested as the new name for the lands that were alternately exposed and inundated as ice sheets advanced and retreated over the past 120,000 years. The vertical amplitude of sea level change amounts to 130 meters, and the aggregate global area of aquaterra equates to the continent of North America. The time period coincides w…
A Regional Screening Procedure for Land Use Suitability Analysis
Increasing opposition to proposed energy facilities and regulatory delays in licensing have created a pressing need for a comprehensive and objective method to select potential sites. This paper discusses the results of a research project designed to develop and apply an automated regional screening procedure to identify the land use suitability of every land parcel within any candidate region. Although the current project involves energy facilit…
On the Châtelperronian/Aurignacian Conundrum
Global Choke Points May Link Sea Level and Human Settlement at the Last Glacial Maximum
Global choke points are preeminent nodes in geographic networks and geopolitical touchpoints subject to control by nations. They appear today as recurring theaters of conflict worldwide and also in archaeological investigations delving thousands of years back in time. How different were today’s global choke points at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ~ 20,000 years ago? For the first time, we map nine of them to visualize their conditions at LGM. Th…
The Flatness of U.S. States
Does perception match reality when people judge the flatness of large areas, such as U.S. states? The authors conducted a geomorphometric analysis of the contiguous United States, employing publicly available geographic software, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission () elevation data, and a new algorithm for measuring flatness. Each 90‐meter cell was categorized as not flat, flat, flatter, or flattest, and each state was measured in terms of percenta…
Kirk H. Stone, 1914–1997
Forest Blowdown and Lake Acidification
We examine the role of forest blowdown in lake acidification. Our approach combines geographic information systems (GIS) and digital remote sensing with traditional field methods. The methods of analysis consist of direct observation, interpretation of satellite imagery and aerial photographs, and statistical comparison of two geographical distributions—one representing forest blowdown and another representing lake chemistry. Spatial and temporal…
Why Can't Geographers Write Their Own Story
When Bill Woods returned from the CLAG conference in Morelia, he recounted to me a dramatic exchange that had occurred in the forum on Charles Mann's 1491. All of the papers had been given. The audience had had its say. The moderator noticed Dan Gade's pensive gaze. You've been quiet, he said. Is there something you'd like to add? Dan waited a moment, then somberly asked, What's wrong with us? Why can't we write our own story? An intense discussi…
Spatial Logic In Paleogeography and the Explanation Of Continental Drift
The scientific methods employed in paleogeography have followed two distinct logics. Spatial logic accepts morphology, spatial distribution, and spatial association as primary evidence of earth processes that must be tested through process-oriented research. Process logic accepts contemporary knowledge about individual earth processes, synthesizes general theory, and proposes spatial tests. Wegener's argument for continental drift, based on spati…
Automated geography and emergency management
The value of geographical knowledge to emergency managers at all levels of government is unquestioned. Maps have always been an important tool, and in recent years computers and new information technologies have expanded the ways in which geographical data can be utilized. Technical specialists continue to develop increasingly flexible and powerful tools which allow emergency managers to examine multiple parameter scenarios treating both human‐ca…
A Regional Screening Procedure for Land Use Suitability Analysis
Increasing opposition to proposed energy facilities and regulatory delays in licensing have created a pressing need for a comprehensive and objective method to select potential sites. This paper discusses the results of a research project designed to develop and apply an automated regional screening procedure to identify the land use suitability of every land parcel within any candidate region. Although the current project involves energy facilit…
Automated geography and emergency management
The value of geographical knowledge to emergency managers at all levels of government is unquestioned. Maps have always been an important tool, and in recent years computers and new information technologies have expanded the ways in which geographical data can be utilized. Technical specialists continue to develop increasingly flexible and powerful tools which allow emergency managers to examine multiple parameter scenarios treating both human‐ca…
Forest Blowdown and Lake Acidification
We examine the role of forest blowdown in lake acidification. Our approach combines geographic information systems (GIS) and digital remote sensing with traditional field methods. The methods of analysis consist of direct observation, interpretation of satellite imagery and aerial photographs, and statistical comparison of two geographical distributions—one representing forest blowdown and another representing lake chemistry. Spatial and temporal…
Spatial Logic In Paleogeography and the Explanation Of Continental Drift
The scientific methods employed in paleogeography have followed two distinct logics. Spatial logic accepts morphology, spatial distribution, and spatial association as primary evidence of earth processes that must be tested through process-oriented research. Process logic accepts contemporary knowledge about individual earth processes, synthesizes general theory, and proposes spatial tests. Wegener's argument for continental drift, based on spati…
The Iodine Factor in Health and Evolution
Iodine is essential for modern humans and may have been essential for Neandertals as well. Today about 30 percent of the world's population is at risk of iodine deficiency disorders ( idd ), 750 million people suffer from goiter, 43 million have idd ‐related brain damage and mental retardation, and 5.7 million are afflicted by cretinism, the most severe form of idd . Distinctive Neandertal skeletal traits are identical to those of modern humans w…
Kirk H. Stone, 1914–1997
On the Châtelperronian/Aurignacian Conundrum
Great Feuds in Science
Urban VIII versus Galileo, An Unequal Contest. Wallis versus Hobbes, Squaring the Circle. Newton versus Leibniz, A Clash of Titans. Voltaire versus Needham, The Generation Controversy. Darwin's Bulldog versus Soapy Sam, Evolution Wars. Lord Kelvin versus Geologists and Biologists, The Age of the Earth. Cope versus Marsh, The Fossil Feud. Wegener versus Everybody, Continental Drift. Johanson versus the Leakeys, The Missing Link. Derek Freeman vers…
Geoslavery
Commercial vendors of human tracking systems tout benefits and diminish, dismiss, or deny any potential for abuse. Indeed, the benefits of location based services (LBS) are myriad, and human tracking is not all bad. However, the countless benefits of LBS are countered by social hazards unparalleled in human history. We explore possibilities for misuse that many would consider unethical. Our principal objectives are to forewarn the public, foster …
Why Can't Geographers Write Their Own Story
When Bill Woods returned from the CLAG conference in Morelia, he recounted to me a dramatic exchange that had occurred in the forum on Charles Mann's 1491. All of the papers had been given. The audience had had its say. The moderator noticed Dan Gade's pensive gaze. You've been quiet, he said. Is there something you'd like to add? Dan waited a moment, then somberly asked, What's wrong with us? Why can't we write our own story? An intense discussi…
The Panopticon's Changing Geography
Over the past two centuries, surveillance technology has advanced in three major spurts. In the first instance the surveillance instrument was a specially designed building, Bentham's Panopticon; in the second, a tightly controlled television network, Orwell's Big Brother; today, an electronic human‐tracking service. Functionally, each technology provided total surveillance within the confines of its designated geographical coverage, but costs, g…
A Digital Geography of Indigenous Mexico
2008). A Digital Geography of Indigenous Mexico: Prototype for the American Geographical Society's Bowman Expeditions. Geographical Review: Vol. 98, No. 3, pp. 395-415
Fieldwork in a Digital World
"Karen Morin's Gendered "Geography
Karen Morin's Civic Discipline is not about Charles P. Daly and not about the American Geographical Society. It is about social theory. As positivists would say, Professor Morin tests two null hypotheses: (1) gender played no role in Judge Daly's public life; and (2) archives play no role in our memory of him today. The null hypotheses are rejected, of course, and they should be. Gender does influence people and institutions. Archives do preserve…
The Flatness of U.S. States
Does perception match reality when people judge the flatness of large areas, such as U.S. states? The authors conducted a geomorphometric analysis of the contiguous United States, employing publicly available geographic software, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission () elevation data, and a new algorithm for measuring flatness. Each 90‐meter cell was categorized as not flat, flat, flatter, or flattest, and each state was measured in terms of percenta…
Aquaterra Incognita
The author proposes scientific recognition of an existing, previously undefined and unnamed global feature. Aquaterra is suggested as the new name for the lands that were alternately exposed and inundated as ice sheets advanced and retreated over the past 120,000 years. The vertical amplitude of sea level change amounts to 130 meters, and the aggregate global area of aquaterra equates to the continent of North America. The time period coincides w…
Popular Geographics
Geographers have worked to communicate with broader audiences and the general public for centuries. Ongoing efforts through literature, news media, and popular geographics remain a key challenge for geography today as research frontiers expand and outlets multiply. Historical precedents dating back as far as classical antiquity help to inform current debate, but the opportunities and challenges of reaching and engaging contemporary audiences are …
Sea People
Christina Thompson. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2019. xvi and 365 pp., maps, photos, sketches, notes, index. $29.99 cloth (ISBN 978-0-06-206087-7); $26.58 paper (ISBN 978-0-00-833902-3); $14.99 el
Global Choke Points May Link Sea Level and Human Settlement at the Last Glacial Maximum
Global choke points are preeminent nodes in geographic networks and geopolitical touchpoints subject to control by nations. They appear today as recurring theaters of conflict worldwide and also in archaeological investigations delving thousands of years back in time. How different were today’s global choke points at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ~ 20,000 years ago? For the first time, we map nine of them to visualize their conditions at LGM. Th…
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