Category Archive: Published Reports

Feb 15

“UB NOW: Geography Help Haiti Recovery” Wins 2nd Place in AAG Video Competition

Shortly after the 2010 earthquake in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, members of LESAM went to work mapping the devastation to aid in recovery efforts. Doctor Chris Renschler submitted the video, created by the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts Video Production Group. The video competition can be found on the AAG’s Projects & Programs webpage. The …

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Feb 08

Following Tropical Storm Irene, Scientists Assess Damage in Flooded New York Communities

On Sept. 10, geographers from UB’s LESAM laboratory and MCEER research center visited populated areas within the Schoharie Creek watershed west of the Catskill Mountains to photograph damage and collect corresponding GPS coordinates. University at Buffalo News Release: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12899 Link to LESAM project page: http://lesami.geog.buffalo.edu/projects/active/schoharie-flood/

Feb 08

U.B. Students Help “Map Out” Road to Future for Haiti

January 2010 In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, University at Buffalo geography students are participating in a global effort to enhance the international response and recovery effort by helping to assess damage, using images hosted by Google Earth and the Virtual Disaster Viewer, which shares imagery of disasters from various sources. WKBW Channel …

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Feb 08

Tapping into Technology and Information Resources to Assess Erosion Risk

Fire Science Brief, Issue 113, June 2010 (PDF): http://www.firescience.gov/projects/briefs/05-4-1-16_FSBrief113.pdf

Feb 08

Mega Disasters: The Next Pompeii?

Dr. Chris Renschler gives insight about what it would take to evacuate if Mt. Vesuvius were to erupt… http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=70235

Feb 08

Soil, conservation experts to reflect on Hurricane Katrina disaster

EurekAlert! Article: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/ssso-sce_1102607.php

Feb 08

UCGIS Winter Meeting

2006 Article: http://www.ucgis.org/News/Newsletter/Winter2006/page4.htm

Feb 08

WHAT’S NEXT; Mapping Technology Speeds Help to Fire Scarred Land

New York Times Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/07/technology/circuits/07next.html

Feb 08

Volcanologists to Fly Over Volcano

UB Reporter news article: http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archives/vol34/vol34n4/articles/Volcano.html