Natural hazards threaten the existence of many communities, landscapes and human-environmental systems. Planners, community leaders - and the public - make decisions and policies that can influence the role of natural hazards on communities. This is particularly true when thinking about our long-term future of development, settlement and issues of equity. Our work focuses on creating a range of visualizations to help communicate impacts and study the perception of natural hazards. We use a range of different software and develop visualizations in 2D, 3D and 4D. The primary topic of focus has been on representing climate change. However, there are a range of potential applications including flooding and fire.
Keywords: climate change, mountain pine beetle, seal-level rise, storm surge, maps, virtual reality, future scenarios
Presentations
- Storm Surge Visualization: future space, place now. EcoSummit, Cold Coast, Queensland, Australia (Originally June 2020, postponed to 2021).
- Wasatch Front Planning 2050: Growth Meets Hazard. International Geodesign Collaboration 2020. Redlands, CA. February , 2020.
- The Public's Perception of Air Pollution in China. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2017. Beijing, China, May 2017.
- Storm Surge Sense of Place. Interdisciplinary Research Forum, Ecology Center, Utah State University. November 19, 2019. (Invited presentation).
- "Representing Sea-level Rise Using 3D Software". National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, July 29, 2018. (Invited presentation).
- "Inundation: Our Changing Cities". Inspirational Thematic Presentation to the K-State Computer Science Gaming Club's Annual Game Jam, February 2017. (Invited presentation).
- 3D/4D Visulaization, Representation and Photorealism to support scientific exploration and communication. Association of American Geographers 2016 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, March 2016.
Funding
- An Analysis of the Integration of Place Attachment into Visualization of Hurricane Storm Surge Threats ($400,000). National Science Foundation.
Non Referred Articles
- Visualizing management responses to the pine beetle epidemic in BC. ESRI International User Converence, San Diego, Aug., 2006. ESRI Press Redlands.
- Visualizing International Deforestation Trajectories Using ArcGIS. ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, July, 2005. ESRI Press. Redlands.
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