Texas

Texas Research Map Photo Christian Brannstrom
Hidalgo County, Texas
Brannstrom is working on a book-length study of the historical geography of irrigated agriculture, focusing on the ideas used to promote the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the transformations to land and water systems essential for irrigation (see also Brazil).

Andrew Millington & Charles Lafon
Beaumont, Texas
Hurricane damage to forests, and post-hurricane forest recovery north of Beaumont (see also Saudi Arabia, Appalachian Mountains, Sweden).

Wendy Jepson
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Water governance, poverty and environmental justice (see also Brazil).

 

Andrew Millington & Anthony Filippi (in collaboration with Michael Hhill, University of North Dacota)
Post-Oak savanna
Hyper- and multispectral remote sensing of vegetation and carbon dynamics of Post-Oak savanna (see also Saudi Arabia).

David Cairns & Chris Houser
Texas coastal marshes
Influence of changing climate and hurricanes on saltmarsh vegetation (see also Denmark, Sweden).

 
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