This collection includes theses and dissertations from the Department of Geography and Geosciences, in the College of Arts & Sciences. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Classifying the 2022 status of Tsuga Canadensis (Eastern Hemlock) along the Kentucky portion of the Pine Mountain Wildlands Corridor., Grace M. Embree

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A decade of car-cyclist collisions in Louisville: a spatio-temporal analysis., Elizabeth Ferguson Greenwell

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Small-scale variability in warm season, precipitation around an urban area: a case study of Louisville-Jefferson County, KY., Isaiah I. Kingsberry

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A mesonet-based analysis of severe convective winds in west Texas., Quint Long

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The impact of sea-level rise in numerically modeled landfalling hurricanes: Katrina and the gulf coast., Serenity Nadirah Mercuri

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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A spatial analysis of supply-demand of public transportation in Jefferson County, Kentucky., Nastaran Abdoli

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A remote sensing perspective: mapping the human footprint in the Zambezi region of Namibia., Ariel E Weaver

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Geographic imaginaries of urban spatial segregation: a case study of the west end neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky., Amber Dock

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A GIS-based method for archival and visualization of microstructural data from drill core samples., Elliott Holmes

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Analyzing the effects of of seasonal land cover and precipitation on the sediment delivery ratio of an agriculture dominated watershed., Jonah Liebman

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Food insecuity in historically disenfranchised parts of Jefferson county, KY., Kaitlyn Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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A multi-plot assessment of vegetation structure using a micro-unmanned aerial system (UAS) in a semi-arid savanna environment., Nicholas E Kolarik

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Potential for developing run-of-river systems in eastern Kentucky : a GIS approach to site suitability., Thomas Jeffords

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Social determinants of health and a grounded mixed-methods approach to explain declining life expectancy in Eastern Kentucky : 1980 – 2014., William Renda

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Dixie tornadoes : a spatial analysis of tornado risk in the U.S. south., Joshua L. Sherretz

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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A spatial analysis of the relationship between violent neighborhood crime rates and alternative gentrification indicators in Louisville, KY (2010-2016)., George A. Noonan

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Oil, space, and national imaginaries : discursive productions by standard oil New Jersey post WWII., Michael Poindexter

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Remotely sensed heat : variation and change in surface urban heat islands in a temperate eco-region of the United States., Jeremy Sandifer

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Colorectal cancer FIT screening in the hope vi population of Jefferson County, Kentucky., Jeffrey D. Stone

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Greater London in the 21st century : assessing coastal flooding mitigation preparedness and regional population risk in the face of projected sea-level rise., Nathan K Wright

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An analysis of the relationship between snowpack and groundwater across Utah watersheds., Samuel Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Investigating the influences of climate on the high elevation snowpack hydrology in the upper Colorado region., Claire-Louise Bode

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An evaluation of Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis applied to Landsat 8 OLI images for mapping land cover in southern Africa's Savanna., Fernando Ferreira Caixeta

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Urban flooding and sewer inundation on the University of Louisville Belknap campus., Justin T. Hall

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A qualitative analysis of communality in Louisville community gardens., Victoria Ann Montgomery

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Global population distributions and the environment : discerning observed global and regional patterns., Jeremiah J. Nieves

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Analyzing the phenologic dynamics of kudzu (Pueraria montana) infestations using remote sensing and the normalized difference vegetation index., Faye Peters

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Mapping debris-covered glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru : an object-based image analysis approach., Donald J. Biddle

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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An analysis of the potential effects of urbanization on the water quality of the middle fork of Beargrass Creek, Louisville, Kentucky., Olivia Brooks

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Greening Louisville's East Market District : a comparative assessment of sustainability., Ashley O. Dale

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Transboundary groundwater and unsustainable practices of water governance in the Guarani Aquifer : the case of the province of Misiones., Paula Carolina Gomez 1974-

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Land cover classification of active fire and burned area detections for Canadian provinces, 2001-2010., Tyler Kerr

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The role of human awareness on the spatial patterns of the tick-borne disease human monocytic ehrlichiosis in Missouri., James Edward Nunn 1985-