A5030231365- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Social Media and Politics
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Geography Education and Pedagogy
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Data Analysis with R
- Marine animal studies overview
- Media Influence and Health
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Brain Tumor Detection and Classification
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
University of Michigan
2022-2025
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
2024
Association for Asian Studies
2024
University of Southampton
2019-2023
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2020-2021
Holistic conservation of ecosystem services (ES) requires a greater understanding how the interactions biotic and abiotic aspects nature provide them. Currently, geodiversity, diversity geology, geomorphology, sediments soils hydrology, as well that they in isolation with – geosystem (GS) are overlooked ES literature frameworks. Here, we series three nested frameworks which together help to clarity for both theoretical role geodiversity service production basis real-world management...
Rapid technological development opens up new opportunities for assessing ecosystem services (ES), which may help to overcome current knowledge gaps and limitations in data availability. At the same time, emerging technologies, such as mobile devices, social media platforms, artificial intelligence, give rise a series of challenges limitations. This study provides comprehensive overview broad range technologies that are increasingly used collecting, analyzing, visualizing on ES, including...
Abstract Geodiversity—the diversity of abiotic features and processes the Earth's surface subsurface—is an increasingly used concept in ecological research. A growing body scientific literature has provided evidence positive links between geodiversity biodiversity. These studies highlight potential to improve our understanding biodiversity patterns complement current conservation practices strategies. However, definitions research vary widely. This can hinder progress...
The social media website Flickr contains a wealth of spatial and temporal metadata, which can play an important role in environmental research including cultural ecosystem service ecological assessments. However, the uptake is potentially limited by issues with accessibility to Application Planning Interface (API), limits results restricts searches. Here, we introduce photosearcher, R package aimed at overcoming these challenges. We provide examples how photosearcher be used as accessible...
Abstract Temperate grasslands provide various cultural ecosystem services that are appreciated in diverse ways. Capturing these appreciations requires different methodological approaches, such as questionnaire surveys and social media analyses. In this study, we combined the potential of both approaches to capture two aspects what people appreciate agricultural grasslands, i.e., aesthetic quality differently managed plant communities objects frequently found grassland-based images. The...
Abstract Geodiversity is under threat from both anthropogenic activities and environmental change which therefore requires active management in the form of geoconservation to minimise future damage. As research on role geodiversity ecosystem service (ES) provision has been limited, there a need improve our understanding aspects are most important providing ES better inform approaches its conservation. Here, we focus cultural hiking Wales, UK. Harnessing big data social media website Flickr,...
Urban residents are often unevenly vulnerable to extreme weather and climate events due socio-economic factors insufficient greenspace. This can be amplified if citizens not meaningfully consulted in the planning design decisions, with changes greenspace having detrimental impacts on local communities, e.g., through green gentrification. These deficiencies addressed inclusive landscape-level collaborative processes, where fully engaged co-creation of urban greenspaces. A promising way...
In this paper we present PPGISr, an open source R package for Public Participatory GIS (PPGIS). The online Shiny application and customisable function enables capturing using spatial information participatory planning processes scientific inquiry. With functionality to add a user-defined editable map, basemaps mapping categories, the is highly flexible guiding decision-making in diverse contexts. Moreover, reduces time cost barriers participation through synchronous asynchronous engagement....
Globally, geodiversity and the associated ecosystem services it provides, are both under threat from anthropogenic pressures environmental changes. The UNESCO Global Geoparks Programme was established to create protected areas that not only preserve but enhance human wellbeing cultural heritage. Understanding role plays in providing such is necessary for holistic conservation priorities ensure their sustainable use. Studies have extensively used social media data assess services, however,...
Outdoor recreation provides vital interactions between humans and ecological systems with a range of mental physical benefits for people. Despite the increased number studies using crowdsourced online data to assess how people interact landscape during recreational activities, focus remains largely on mapping spatial distribution visitors or analyzing content shared images little work has been done quantify perceptions emotions assign landscape. In this study, we used textual from an outdoor...
Viewshed-based viewscape analysis supports a range of scientific domains, including urban planning and ecosystem service research, focusing on enhancing well-being benefits. However, most viewshed tools applications are proprietary may not be accessible to all. Here, we introduce the open-source R package created for reproducible calculations visual landscape metrics within environment. We demonstrate use this by analyzing viewsheds georeferenced social media photographs.
Climate change is changing the timing and intensity of pollen seasons, thereby increasing human exposure to allergenic pollen. Climate-driven changes in seasons present a unique opportunity craft messaging aimed at communicating climate impacts on public health through biological systems. However, it unclear how are experienced understood by public, including well we detect or what factors view as responsible for seasons. Here, use social media data United States from 2012 2022 assess...
Floods are prevalent disasters in the United States, posing escalating risks due to climate change-induced factors like rising sea levels and erratic rainfall patterns. Despite governmental efforts, flood risk communication remains inadequate, hindering preparedness response capacity. While agencies predominantly employ traditional, one-sided information dissemination approaches, social media platforms pose as crucial early warning indicators sources of real-time information. This study...