Brian Klinkenberg
Lab for Advanced Spatial Analyses
Department of Geography
University of British Columbia


Obejctives:  to explore spatial analysis and GIScience.  We explore theoretical concepts in GIS and spatial theory, and applications to diverse fields of study.  In particular, we explore neighbourhood theory and its applications to both the physical and social sciences, and biogeography theory and applications, including medical biogeography.  GIS, remote sensing, and spatial statistics play a major role in our work.  Current initiatives include rare plant conservation and mapping, predictive mapping, landscape modelling and the use of geomatics to explore immigrant settlement.

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Research Team  Research Projects Funding Peer-Reviewed Publications  Technical Publications  Links GIS Tools

RESEARCH TEAM 2004

Dr. Brian Klinkenberg

M.Sc. (Biogeography) University of Western Ontario (Michael F. Goodchild)
Ph.D. (GIS) University of Western Ontario (Michael F. Goodchild)

 
Dr. Kaoru Tachiiri Post-Doctoral Fellow   Medical Biogeography:  West Nile Virus, Climate and Drought (GIS and biogeography)
Dr. Rene Garcia-Daguer Visiting Researcher Medical Biogeography:   Water quality (Remote Sensing and GIS)
Sunny Mak M.Sc. Candidate Medical Biogeography:  Cryptococcus neoformans epidemiology (GIS and biogeography
Brad Maguire M.Sc. Candidate Landscape modelling:  Landscape Classification in a TIN environment (GIS theory)
Sonja Talwar Ph.D. Candidate Information Management:  Georgia Basin Digital Data Library (GIS)
Dr. Tara Sharma Ph.D. (2004) Resource management:  Modelling Agricultural Scenarios (GIS)
Devon Cathers Research Assistant Bioinformatics--E-Flora BC Programming and Development
Claudiu Herman Research Assistant Bioinformatics--E-Flora BC Programming and Development
Ashley Horne Research Assistant  GEOIDE Immigrant Settlement (GIS)
Wayne Kwok Research Assistant Bioinformatics--E-Flora BC  Internet Mapping (ARC-IMS)
Bill Liang Research Assistant Bioinformatics--E-Flora BC Programming and Development
John Sture Research Assistant Bioinformatics--E-Flora BC Programming and Development
Rachel Wiersma Research Assistant Bioinformatics--E-Flora BC Internet Mapping (ARC-IMS)
Dzinita Jaric Research Assistant GIS mapping

 
 
SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS 2004

Integrating climate, biology and epidemiology:  predicting West Nile Virus (with Dr. Kaoru Tachiiri, BCCDC, Environment Canada).

Understanding Cyptococus neoformans:  biogeographic analyses of the distribution and occurrences of this human pathogen (with Sunny Mak, BCCDC)

Exploring immigrant settlement patterns:  spatial analysis of settlement versus support systems (GEOIDE research team).
 


 

FUNDING 2003/2004/2005

 
GEOIDE (2003-2004) Spatial Analysis Feasibility Study of Alternative Computational Approaches for the Estimation of Spatial Dependence
SSHRC (2003) Spatial Analysis Initiative for a New Economy, Letter of Intent Grant, Cost of Spatial Data in Canada
UBC-HSS (2003) Spatial Analysis Constrasting the social and computational aspects of neighbourhoods
UBC-HSS (2004) Spatial Analysis Rethinking Spatial Analysis
TLEF (2004-2005) Spatial Analysis Spatial Analysis Initiative
GEOIDE (2003-2004) GIS and Immigration A Geomatics Approach to Immigrant Settlement Services: Integration of Supply and Demand over Time
HEALTH CANADA (2004-2005) GIS and Health Georgia Basin Health Initiative
UBC Arts IT Fund (2003-2004) Biogeography/Conservation Biology Internet mapping and biogeographic analyses
COSEWIC (2002-2004) Biogeography/Conservation Biology Investigations in Rare Plant Distributions and Status
RENEW (2003) Biogeography/Conservation Biology Endangered Species Recovery
HABITAT CONSERVATION TRUST FUND (2003-2004) Biogeography/Conservation Biology Endangered Species Recovery
ABBOTSFORD LAND TRUST (2004) Biogeography/Conservation Biology Endangered Species Recovery 

 
 
RESEARCH LINKS

Conservation Biology Research
Neighbourhood Analysis
Health and Environment
Medical Biogeography
Bioinformatics:  E-Flora BC
Rules of Thumb for Spatial Data
Immigration and Greater Vancouver: A 1996 Census Atlas 
Immigration and Greater Vancouver:  A 2001 Census Atlas


 

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2003-2004

 A detailed publications list is available
 

Articles in preparation:

Antle, Alissa and Brian Klinkenberg.  In prep.  Visualization and user confidence:  An exploration of tool type and task type on digital map use effectiveness.  Cartography and GIS.

Klinkenberg, Brian.  In prep.  Using raised incidence modelling to separate bias from biodiversity in rare plant distributions:  hot spots or artifacts? 

Klinkenberg, Brian, Fred Ganders and Rose Klinkenberg. In prep.   The importance of primary data re-evaluation in rare plant conservation. 

Articles submitted:

Sharma, Tara, Jeff Carmichael and Brian Klinkenberg. Submitted.  AgFutures: An integrated land-use and assessment model for exploring future agricultural scenarios in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 

Er, Kenneth, John Innes, Kathy Martin and Brian Klinkenberg.  Submitted.  Forest Loss with Urbanization Predicts Bird Extirpations in Vancouver.  Biological Conservation.

Articles accepted or in press:

Albani, Marco, Brian Klinkenberg, Dave Andison and J. P. (Hamish) Kimmins.  Accepted.   The choice of window size in quadratic approximation of topographic surfaces from Digital Elevation Models. International Journal of GIS.

Davis, Trevor, Brian Klinkenberg and C. Peter Keller.  Accepted.  Evaluating Restoration Success on Lyell Island, British Columbia using oblique videogrammetry.  Restoration Ecology.

Sharma, Tara, Jeff Carmichael and Brian Klinkenberg.  In press.  Exploring alternate scenarios of sustainable agriculture futures in the Georgia Basin, British Columbia.  Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing.

Schiefer, Erik and Brian Klinkenberg.  In press.  The distribution and morphometry of lakes and reservoirs in British Columbia: a provincial lake inventory.  Canadian Geographer.

Published articles:

Warman, Leanna D., A. E. R. Sinclair, Geoff G. E. Scudder, Brian Klinkenberg and Robert L. Pressey.  2004. Sensitivity of systematic reserve selection to decisions about scale, biological data and targets--a case study from southern British Columbia.  Landscape Ecology 18 (5):  655-666..

Albani, Marco and B. Klinkenberg.  2003. A spatial filter for the removal of striping artifacts in Digital Elevation Models. Photogrammetic Engineering & Remote Sensing 69 (7):  255-265.1

Klinkenberg, B.  2003.  The true cost of spatial data in Canada.  Canadian Geographer 47 (1):  37 - 49.

Ganders, Fred, Brian Klinkenberg and Rose Klinkenberg.  2003. Taxonomy in Conservation Biology:  Investigating the Enigmatic Vancouver Island Beggarticks.  Davidsonia 14 (3): 63-70.



1 Winner of the 2004 John I. Davidson Award (2nd place) given by The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.(ASPRS)

GIS TOOLS DEVELOPED BY THE LAB


Java applets: Simple demonstrations of fundamental GIS operations (binary overlays, buffers, group function, cross-tab and reclassification)
MARTHA Multimedia Arcview Research and Teaching Help Assistant  (on-line learning assistant)
Searchable Linkbase  Searchable links database for GIS and Remote Sensing

 

SELECTED TECHNICAL REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS 2003-2004


Klinkenberg, Brian.  2004.  National Recovery Strategy for the Streambank Lupine (Lupinus rivularis) in Canada.  Preliminary Draft.  Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Surrey. 

Klinkenberg, Brian.  2004.  National Recovery Strategy for the Phantom Orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae) in Canada.  Draft.  Abbotsford Land Trust and the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Surrey. 

Klinkenberg, Brian.  2004. Identified Wildlife Management Strategy:  Species Account for the Phantom Orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae).  Report Update.  Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Victoria. 

Hiebert, Dan, Brian Klinkenberg and Lisa Oliver. 2003.  Immigration and Greater Vancouver:  A 2001 Census Atlas.  RIIM Working Paper Series, 03-17.  Metropolis Project. Web Publication.  Department of Geography, University of British Columbia.
 

NEW ADVANCED GIS COURSE


Applied GIS:  Using your knowledge (Geography 471):  In this course we examine the application of GIScience in both the social and physical sciences, and explore the overlap in methodologies.  This is achieved by specific investigations in:

    • GIS and  crime analysis 
    • GIS and landscape ecology 
    • GIS and health geography 

Topics that are covered include:  point pattern “hot spot” analysis, the use of census data, scale and hierarchy theory, understanding landscape metrics, linking remote sensing and GIS, spatial clustering of events, case/control issues, Bayesian methods. Issues such as scale, data quality and confidentiality will be highlighted.

This course will be important to those with an interest in GIScience and spatial analysis, and to students and researchers in fields where space is considered an important explanatory element, including landscape ecology, conservation biology, forestry, geography, health, archaeology, planning and criminology. 

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