Publications
Papers in Journal Articles and Refereed Conference Proceedings
Carlson K, Buttenfield BP, and Qiang Y. 2024. Wetland Classification, Attribute Accuracy, and Scale. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 13(3): 103. doi: 10.3390/ijgi13030103.
Xu J & Qiang Y. 2024. Environmental Justice Implication of Flood Risk in the Contiguous United States – A Spatiotemporal Assessment of Flood Exposure Change from 2001 to 2019. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 51(4): 492-512. doi: 10.1080/15230406.2024.2328159.
Qiang Y, Buttenfield BP, and Xu J. 2022. Analyzing multi-scale spatial point patterns in a pyramid modeling framework. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 49(4): 370-383. doi: 10.1080/15230406.2022.2048419.
Xu J and Qiang Y. 2021. Analysing Information Diffusion in Natural Hazards using Retweets - a Case Study of 2018 Winter Storm Diego. Annals of GIS doi: 10.1080/19475683.2021.1954086.
Xu J and Qiang Y. 2021. Spatial Assessment of Community Resilience from 2012 Hurricane Sandy Using Nighttime Light. Remote Sensing 13(20): 4128. doi: 10.3390/rs13204128.
Qiang Y, Buttenfield BP, and Joseph M. 2020. How to Measure Distance on a Digital Terrain Surface and Why it Matters in Geographical Analysis. Geographical Analysis 53(3): 588-622. doi: 10.1111/GEAN.12255.
Qiang Y, Huang Q and Xu J. 2020. Observing community resilience from space: Using nighttime lights to model economic disturbance and recovery pattern in natural disaster. Sustainable Cities and Society 57. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102115.
Carlson K, Buttenfield BP, and Qiang Y. 2020. Visualizing Uncertainty Metrics Across Multiple Attribute Resolutions. Proceedings 23rd International Research Symposium on Cartography and GIScience (AutoCarto2020) (meeting held virutally due to COVID-19). Slides.
Conference Presentations
Qiang Y. 2022. CroScalar: A Multi-Scale Modeling Framework for Spatio-Temporal Data. The 24th International Research Symposium on cartography and GIScience (AutoCarto2022), Redland, CA, November 2022.
Qiang Y. 2022. CroScalar: An Integrated Framework for Cross-Scale Spatio-Temporal Modeling. 2022 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers (virtual)
Qiang Y. 2021. Tracing the Curves of Rebound: Data-Driven Methods for Disaster Resilience Modeling. Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, April 2021 (meeting held virtually due to COVID-19).
Xu J. 2021. Assessing Disaster Resilience from Nighttime Light and Social Media in Hurricane Sandy. Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, April 2021 (meeting held virtually due to COVID-19).
Charisoulis G and Buttenfield BP. 2021. Network-Based Routing in Rough and Smooth Terrain. Presented at Annual Symposium of the University Consortium of Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), June 2021 (meeting held virtually due to COVID-19).
Carlson K and Buttenfield BP. 2020. Integrating Visualizations of Spatial and Temporal Uncertainty. GIS in the Rockies (GISITR_2020), 7-9 October 2020 (meeting held virtually due to COVID-19).
Completed Theses and Dissertations
Carlson K. 2021. Wetland Classification Accuracy and Scale: Visualizing Uncertainty Metrics Across Multiple Resolutions. MA Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Colorado-Boulder, defended in July 2021 (Advisor BP Buttenfield).
Xu J. 2023. Prepare for, Respond to, Recover, and Learn from Disasters: Using Data-Driven Methods to Model and Understand Disaster Resilience. PhD Dissertation, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, defended in March 2023 (Advisor Y Qiang).
