This resource describes a website and playlist of YouTube videos using open source software (R, GeoDa, and QGIS) designed to help get scholars up and running with analyzing their own data. In the series sample data, handouts, code, and map files are provided. The course covers the basics of...

This resource describes a website and playlist of YouTube videos using open source software (R, GeoDa, and QGIS) designed to help get scholars up and running with analyzing their own data. In the series sample data, handouts, code, and map files are provided. The course covers the basics of...

This resource gives a brief overview of a website and playlist of YouTube videos using open source software (R, GeoDa, and QGIS) designed to help get scholars up and running with analyzing their own data using Spatial Econometrics. Sample data, handouts, code, and map files are provided for ease...

This paper examines the effects of hospital closures on geographical access by potential patients, using data from four southeastern U.S. states. Using optimization models designed to minimize the adverse effects of hospital closures, extensive computations are performed and the results are...

This paper examines the effects of hospital closures on geographical access by potential patients, using data from four southeastern U.S. states. Using optimization models designed to minimize the adverse effects of hospital closures, extensive computations are performed and the results are...

This resource describes several options for making educational videos using "screencasting", or "screen capture" software. The author (who has over 300 screencasted videos on YouTube and indexed on his website, www.burkeyacademy.com) describes the software and hardware tools needed, including...

This resource describes several options for making educational videos using "screencasting", or "screen capture" software. The author (who has over 300 screencasted videos on YouTube and indexed on his website, www.burkeyacademy.com) describes the software and hardware tools needed, including...

Among many, increasing the price of municipal water is considered to be the most effective mechanism for enhancing municipal water conservation, whether during times of drought or not. However, increasing the price of something that is considered to be, literally, a life-giving resource is...

On the nation’s largest aquifer live 2.3 million people, most of whom depend on the Ogallala’s water for household consumption, as well as for agricultural and industrial use. As the Ogallala’s levels decline, policies need to be developed to encourage conservation of this resource that...