Student Papers

URISA Student Papers

Student members of URISA may post their scholastic and research papers for comment and review. If you are a student member, send your paper to Education Manager Scott Grams at sgrams@urisa.org for posting. You will also need to complete a copyright release form.

2007 Student Paper Competition

The following papers were submitted as part of the first Annual Student Paper Competition.

1st Place:
Safaa Z. ALDwaik
Clark University 
Department of International Development, Community, and Environment 
Worcester, MA

The Corridor: Using GIS to Propose Satisfactory Transportation Paths between the West Bank and Gaza Strip

2nd Place:
Tomáš Václavík
Department of International Development, Community and Environment Clark University Worcester, MA

Identifying Trends in Land Use/Land Cover Changes in the Olomouc Region, Czech Republic

3rd Place (tie):
Debarchana Ghosh 
University of Minnesota Department of Geography
Minneapolis, MN 

Robust Principal Component Analysis and Geographically Weighted Regression: Urbanization in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA)

Seth E. Spielman
Department of Geography 
SUNY-Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Social Area Analysis, Data Mining, and GIS

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