Hodgkinson et al. aims to investigate the changes in the spatial patterns of auto theft in Vancouver, British Columbia between the years 2003 to 2013. The team of researches wanted to determine what areas are declining and why they are declining to understand what strategies are effective for reducing crime levels in certain areas.

In this lab, we used CrimeStat to conduct several analyses to identify the relative risk of and crime hot spots in Ottawa.

Hoang et al. conducted a study in Vietnam, specifically in the DakNong province, to analyze factors that affect the outbreak of malaria.

In the analysis, we have used ordinary least squares (OLS) and geographically-weighted regression (GWR) to determine the relationship between language scores and factors that affect a child’s development across Vancouver.

Here is a summary of the second lecture on health geography!

Here is a summary of our first lecture on health geography!

In Cumming and Vernier’s research, they address the spatial resolution and scaling problem in forest management. The study focusses specifically on the southern edge of a large forest estate in northeast Alberta.

In this lab, we explored how the landscape around Edmonton, Alberta has changed over time from 1966 to 1976.

Here is a summary of the lecture on landscape metrics!

Here is a summary of what we talked about in our lecture on the importance of geography!