• Aging in Place: An Analysis of Land Use Accessibility in Madison, WI 

  Sanford, Cassandra (2021)

  Introduction: Americans are living longer than they ever have before. By 2060, there are expected to be 98 million Americans aged 65 and over, twice as many as there were in 2015. Additionally, the 85+ population, which ...

• The Katrina Moment: Rethinking Disaster with Black Geographies 

  Caldwell, Kela E. (2021)

  Prelude: I spent two years working in homeless services in Los Angeles after graduating from college in 2016, matching unhoused individuals to long-term housing opportunities, supporting outreach, ...

• Dance, Precarity & Covid-19 in Two Global Art Cities 

  Gerlowski, Lauren (2021)

  During time in isolation and quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, professional dancers have had little interaction with their careers amidst the global health crisis. While technological innovations have been creatively ...

• Living with Coyotes; Madison Citizens’ Experiences and Attitudes 

  Eddy, Raina (2019)

  The prevalence of some wildlife species in urban areas draws attention from ecologists and social scholars, alike, especially for controversial species like the coyote (Canis latrans). Geographers investigate urban citizens’ ...

• Pandemic-Era Agroecology in Guatemala: Economic Solidarity and Smallholder Resilience to Economic Shock 

  Rice, Anika M. (2021)

  The Covid-19 pandemic’s unprecedented market and mobility restrictions (2020-2021) created a distinct economic shock for Guatemalan smallholders, which arrived on the trails of other economic and environmental shocks. At ...

• Keeping Seeds: Memory, Materiality and Agrobiodiversity Conservation 

  Keeve, Christian Brooks (2020)

  A good amount of commercially produced grocery store tomatoes are grown in the state of Florida, in agricultural landscapes better known for citrus and sugar, but still just a couple hours from my hometown. They are planted, ...

• Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Cartography: Using Deep Learning for Map Style Transfer and Map Generalization 

  Kang, Yuhao (2020)

  Maps have always been considered as a combination of science and art. Following a set of stylistic design criteria that integrates human creativity, perception, and experience, cartographers are able to produce unique map ...

• Developing a dynamic Huff model for business analysis using location big data 

  Liang, Yunlei (2020)

  The Huff model has been widely used in location-based business analysis for delineating a trade area containing potential customers to a store. Calibrating the Huff model and its extensions requires empirical location visit ...

• Processes controlling soil hydrology and pedogenic carbonate formation in loess tablelands, Nebraska, USA 

  McDowell, Taylor (2020)

  As part of a larger project, the objective is to understand how microtopography and the presence of buried soils potentially influence the stability of the landscape in semiarid southwestern Nebraska. It ...

• Ice Age Mapping as a Case Study: Interactive Cartography and Big Open Data in Paleoecology 

  George, Anna Elizabeth (2020)

  Online interactive mapping interfaces are valuable tools in paleoecological and global change research, because these maps demonstrate key ecological concepts such as species moving through time and space and the effects ...

• Linking belowground biotic components and soil organic carbon across tropical forest succession 

  Díaz Vallejo, Emily J. (2020)

  Tropical land cover is continuously changing due to the increasing demand for agricultural products, affecting global carbon dynamics. As a consequence, there are more secondary forests than primary forests in tropical ...

• Gardening in Madison During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Archuleta, Christopher; Tapia, Diana (2020-12-14)

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting people’s social and physical wellbeing. Gardening is a way people have been adapting to the pandemic, as seen in the increased demand and subsequent shortages of seeds. We administered ...

• Impact of COVID-19 on UW-Madison's Community Members’ Consumer Behavior and Economic Security, and what this Means for Local Businesses 

  Calaway, Riley; Erickson, Dillon (2020-12-14)

  Since the beginning of COVID-19 the UW-Madison community as well as communities around the world have been affected in numerous ways, particularly in ways pertaining to their local economy. Both students and businesses in ...

• A Feasibility Study of Wind Power on Lake Michigan: Economic, Political, Cultural, and Environmental Barriers 

  Sweet, Hanna; Thelen, Mackenzie (2020-12-14)

  The Great Lakes present vast potential for wind energy generation, yet no offshore wind projects on the lakes are in operation. This article examines the feasibility of offshore wind development on Lake Michigan and questions ...

• Assessing the UW-Madison Student Housing Market: Student Preferences and Affordability 

  Sellman, Hailey; Lennie, Dylan; Mills, Tristan (2020-12-14)

  This paper details the growing challenges of affordable housing for the undergraduate population at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This study seeks to observe how luxury high rise development both in theory and ...

• Observing State Street as the Axis between Knowledge and Leadership: How the Insertion of Luxury High Rises has Influenced the Character of Madison’s Urban Core 

  Wilson, Matthew; Nastasi, August (2020-12-14)

  The past two decades have brought more change to university towns than any period seen before. Our research directly examines the impacts that student-oriented luxury high rises have on the character of the Greater State ...

• Protest Murals and Community Formation in Madison, WI: An Atlas of Art and Ideology on State Street 

  Andreas, Mike; McAllister, Matthew (2020-12-15)

  How does a community express their grievances and issues within our current society? Cities throughout the world have always been the epicenters of human interaction. The United Nations predicts by 2050, more than 65% of ...

• The Good Life and the Persistence of Exclusive Communities in the Upper Midwest 

  Kapkeo, Alexus; Ellner, Zachary (2020-12-14)

  Our research covers the conceptual framework of the good life and how this concept helps inform thinking about exclusive communities in the present. Looking at wealthy Upper Midwestern communities, River Hills, WI, Shorewood ...

• Social Conceptions of Nature’s Functions in an Urban Landscape: People and Parks in Madison, WI 

  Terry, Kippy; Arndt, James (2020-12-14)

  In this paper, we explore the connection between parks and people in the City of Madison, Wisconsin. Utilizing a survey and a subsequent landscape analysis, we identify features of urban parks that contribute to a positive ...

• Perceptions of Safety at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 

  Tenuta, Nicholas; Tennessen, Henry (2020-12-14)

  We investigated patterns in the perceptions of safety among various demographic groups for undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We collected heat map data and qualitative responses from 62 students ...

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