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{"title":"A Geospatial Recipe for Identifying Social Values and Fragmentation Issues of the Friends of the Dunes Land Trust","authors":"B. Madurapperuma, Jess Barger, Melissa Collin, C. Emerson, S. Fleming, B. Murphy","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1089","url":null,"abstract":"The beach and coastal sand dunes comprise a dynamic and fragile ecosystem that provides a bounty of ecological services. These lands provide protection from coastal erosion and sea level rise, and are home to a rich biodiversity of plant and animal species in addition to their recreational value. The Humboldt Coastal Nature Center and the surrounding coastal dunes (HCNC) are managed as a land trust by Friends of the Dunes (FOD). FOD prioritize the restoration of dune habitats and encourages public involvement through community supported education and stewardship programs, guided nature tours, and naturalist training programs. The faculty, students, and staff of Humboldt State University regularly collaborate with FOD for research and volunteer programs. For example, mapping of the coastal dune habitats was performed in 2016, 2017 and 2018 by students from the intermediate remote sensing class and produced results addressing research gaps on social trails, dune movement, sea level rise, and invasive species distribution. This paper examines the natural and anthropocentric changes to the dune habitat from a geospatial perspective and identifies the social values of visitors to the dunes using HCNC visitor records. A small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV) was used to acquire high-resolution imagery and then an orthomosaic image with 14 cm spatial resolution was created using the Structure from Motion (SfM) technique within the software Agisoft PhotoScan. sUAV imagery and existing maps were used to digitize social trails and distinguish them from official trails. Coastline change and dune movement were determined us - ing UAV imagery, NAIP satellite imagery, and lidar data. Visitor records of the HCNC were analysed using word clouds and line charts. The results showed that many of the social trails emerged from the neighborhoods southeast of the FOD land trust. As an observation, some directional signs for public access trails pointed out from the trail and may have caused confusion to visitors and mis-guided them into creating social trails. The social trails have disturbed nesting colonies of bees and led to trampling of dune mat habitats and rare plant communities. A word cloud created from visitor logs depicted that visitors had wonderful experiences at the coastal dunes and beach and highly support the conservation efforts underway. In conclusion, we believe these findings can be used as baseline information to help inform management techniques in order to better fit the region of interest and support the mission of the Friends of the Dunes land trust.","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42374826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Agent-based Models in Supporting Pedestrian Transportation Planning and Design","authors":"Nicholas A. Perdue","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1098","url":null,"abstract":"Agent-based models offer a new approach to understanding human-urban interactions in trans portation systems, allowing individual entities within a system to be characterized with cognitive and behavioral properties. This paper discussed the role of agent-based representations of pedestrian transportation systems, detailing the underlying assumptions and techniques behind different types of pedestrian models and illustrating the differences between aggregate and individual agent representations. It then turns attention to the case study and the development of a cognitive pe destrian model as a way to illustrate the spectrum of potential spatial behaviors that are enabled by material changes to the transportation network. The paper concludes with a discussion and specific frameworks for employing agent-based models to support transportation planning decisions. Cities across the country are struggling with how to best address a network of street infrastructure that in many ways opposes shifting views of public health, urban transportation, and environmental sustainability. Many scholars advocate for a “complete street” design that enables safe access for all modes of transportation, maintain-ing that inclusive changes to street infrastructure can address the spatial mismatches in contem-porary cities, while increasing the public safety and walkability of neighborhoods al. Schlossberg The design of walkable neighborhoods and pedestrian-oriented spaces are often portrayed as simple, solution-based approaches to redevelopment that can address myriad structural and social issues in the city 2012), and scholars emphasize deeper engagements between street infrastructure and human-scale pedestrian behaviors can form a strong theoretical foundation for more sustainable urban practices 2006). As the public becomes increasingly aware of walkability as a measure of urban health, scholars and practitioners are beginning to focus more attention on both the structural elements of pedestri-an-oriented design as well as the human experiences in practices of walking.","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44360824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Geographic Account of Economic, Health, and Educational Disparities in Hartford’s Sheff Region","authors":"C. Cobb","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1090","url":null,"abstract":"In the current study, I use geographic techniques to examine the distribution of key housing, economic, health, and educational indicators in metropolitan Hartford. I focus in particular on factors that bear upon the lives of children in this area, also known as the Sheff region—a reference to the long-standing Sheff v. O’Neill school desegregation lawsuit. The results reveal substantial disparities in the geographic distribution of important resources and outcomes across the racially and economically stratified region. Despite earnest school desegregation efforts, the opportunities, access, and resources available to children in municipalities across the metro Hartford region remain starkly different. Children of color living in central Connecticut’s poor urban communities are disproportionately affected by a highly fragmented sociopolitical geography. Recommendations are made for more comprehensive, cross-sector policy interventions as well as regional collaboratives.","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47299287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Historic Landmarks and Points of Interest In Mendocino CA","authors":"J. McFarland","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1112","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47454881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Southern California Coast","authors":"G. Trejo","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44455977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Late Classic Soil Conservation and Agricultural Production in the Three Rivers Region","authors":"Byron Smith, S. Morse","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1097","url":null,"abstract":"Agricultural production during the Classic Period (c.1,700 to 1050 BP) in the Central Maya Lowlands was comprised of a variety of techniques that were used to satisfy dietary needs and to stimulate its subsistence economy. The complexity of those methods was a consequence of a variable to - pography and previous forest management practices that likely resulted in wide-spread deforestation, and subsequently large-scale erosion which limited arable land. The Classic Maya solution to limitations in arable land, augmented by increased erosion seems to have come in the form of geotechnical constructions placed in a variety of positions along the contours of hillsides that could have mitigated soil loss and provide leveled platforms for the cultivation of consumable resources. While retaining wall viability can be measured based on their ability to withstand earth pressures, the effectiveness of the planting platforms would have relied heavily on the nutrient availability re - quired for plant development. This research sought to investigate the geotechnical constructions, as well as the soil properties resulting from their implementation and use at the Central Lowland Maya site of Yax Ch’am. While the results of this investigation indicated comparable designs in two retaining wall structures at the site, those structures had varied responses to lateral earth pressures. Consequently, soil analysis indicated increased phosphorus availability along the northern reaches of the hillside and deficiencies across the westernmost terrace. Agricultural production in the Central Maya Lowlands was encouraged by an increased demand for subsistence resources that appears to have peaked during the Classic Period (c. 1700 to 1050 BP) in the Three Rivers Region of the Central Maya Lowlands. The complexity of methods utilized to produce subsistence goods was the result of a landscape that was naturally prone to varied degrees of erosion due to the stepped patterning of the landscape. That erosion was likely stimulated by previous forest management","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47799557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conflicts on the Klamath","authors":"Massimo Lambert-Mullen, Hop Norris","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1113","url":null,"abstract":"Conflicts on the Klamath is a collaboration between Massimo Lambert-Mullen, a Humboldt State University Geography alumnus, and Hop Norris, a local artist, activist, and water protector based out of Crescent City, California. The inspiration behind this infographic is the complex and rich contemporary history of the Klamath river, including the establishment of reservations and the construction of dams, roads, and monuments that disrupt the flow of salmon and disrespect sacred sites. It is a politically motivated piece that means to convey the cultural and ecological importance of salmon and criticize government and settler actions to disenfranchise local Yurok, Hoopa, and Karuk tribal members of their fishing rights. The visual effect of depicting water diversions in the Upper Klamath basin as salmon eggs conveys that salmon should be allowed to swim the full length of the river, and restore its poisoned ecology. Un-Dam the Klamath! 23 Massimo Lambert-Mullen is an urban farmer, activist, and geographer who recently graduated from Humboldt State University with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Geography, and has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area. When he is not tending to vegetable gardens or installing irrigation systems, he is volunteering in local community projects and traveling.","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42173281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Salmon of the Klamath","authors":"Melissa Collin","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1114","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45162838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Northern Appalachian Land Cover","authors":"Joshua Shindelbower","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44916630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ball Court Map","authors":"Adam Wall","doi":"10.55671/0160-4341.1118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55671/0160-4341.1118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84867,"journal":{"name":"Humboldt journal of social relations","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43201805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}