Instructor: Brian Klinkenberg

Office: Room 209
Office Hours: Tues 12:30-1:30
Wed 12:00-1:00

Lab Help: Jose Aparicio

Office: Room 240D

Computer Lab: Room 239


 

 

Class Projects

Over the years many interesting projects have been conducted in Geob 479 (previously known as Geography 471).  Some of these projects are listed below.

Class of 2012
  Accessibility and Distance Analysis of Hospitals on Vancouver Island: A GIS Approach
  Edmonton Over Time: A GIS Analysis on Income Distributions
  Effects of Urbanization on Metro Vancouver birds
  Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Assessment
  Future Growth in the ALR Abbotsford
  Injury Atlas of BC
  Sedimentation in the Missouri River Basin
  Spatial Location of Forestry Wood Waste
  Subprime Mortgages in Phoenix and Detroit
  Unpaid Work: A GWR Analysis of Vancouver and Burnaby
Class of 2011
  Access to Health Services in the North Shore: Identifying Vulnerable Populations
  An Analysis of EDI Physical Health and Well-Being Scores in Vancouver
  An Analysis of Flowering Times in British Columbia
  Feng Shui & Vancouver Real Estate: A Geographically Weighted Analysis
  The Effects of Different Tillage Practices
Class of 2010
  Ecosystem Services of the BC Coast: Modeling the Impacts of Agriculture on the Provision of Shellfish
  Fire History of the Darkwoods: Quantifying the Past to Plan for the Future
  The Geographic Accessibility of Emergency Services
  A Geographic Model for Wind Farm Siting in BC
  Megan's Law in Vancouver, BC
  Multi-Family Housing and Crime in Vancouver
  The Spatial Variation of the Temporal Response of NDVI to Precipitation in the Serengeti Maasai Mara Ecosystem, South Africa (Only viewable in IE)
  Vancouver Municipal Elections 2008
  Walkability in Greater Vancouver (Best viewed in IE)
Class of 2008
  • Aquatic Invasives: A Spatial Analysis
  • Children at Risk in BC's Columbia River Basin
  • Cycling and the Build Environment
  • Mortality Risk and Proportional Economic Loss Risk: A Statistical Analysis of Hurricane Impacts in the State of Florida
  • Olympic Changes in Atlanta
  • Vancouver: A Place to Pan
  • Vancouver Density: Investigating Current Patterns and Potential Future Densification Areas
Class of 2007
  • Aquatic Invasive Species: Calculating a Ballast Water Threat Index for Canada
  • Comparison of Floodplain Mapping Methods: The Fraser and Nechako Rivers, Prince George BC
  • Crime in Ottawa
  • Integrated Neighbourhood Networks in Richmond, BC
  • UBC Organics Bins Accessibility Analysis
  • Vancouver Transit Accessibility: Frequency, Capacity, and Service
Class of 2006
  • GWR Analysis of Canadian Health Indicators
  • GWR Analysis  of the 2005 BC Provincial Elections
  • Investigating Crime: A Spatial Analysis of Criminal Activity in Ottawa, Ontario
  • Local dynamics of the Vancouver housing market
Class of 2005
  • Can GIS be used to predict educational outcomes in Vancouver?
  • Crime intensity and land use analysis for Vancouver, BC
  • Gentrification in Vancouver: A study of changing urban dynamics
  • GWR analysis of low-income singles housing in Vancouver's downtown core.
  • West Nile virus surveillance in British Columbia