GeoSciences MSc thesis collection
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Exploring the alcohol use disorders risk level changes and influencing factors among Scottish residents from April (easing of restrictions) to June (after moving to level one restrictions) 2021
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-08-31)From December 2020, re-imposed lockdown can effectively control the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in Scotland in winter. However, this sudden and prolonged life interruption will cause people to have psychological ... -
Quantifying changes in vegetation heterogeneity in a savanna ecosystem
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-01)Vegetation heterogeneity is crucial to sustaining herbivore populations in a savanna ecosystem, but increasing anthropogenic pressures in recent years have led to land degradation and homogenization (Hunter et al. 2020, ... -
'In the field' Story Telling via Mobile Technologies
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-08-05)As tourism continues to develop, people are increasingly focused on the experience of the journey. With the popularity of mobile devices and 5G networks, people are getting information in a variety of ways, and the problems ... -
Urban ‘Steet View’ identification for Adaptive music – does High-resolution aerial imagery and object-oriented methods offer a new possibility?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-23)Adaptive music is a concept originally developed from game technology, in which the tone, rhythm and key dynamically change with event happening and environment switching as players interact. Many recent works have promoted ... -
Data Fusion in Archaeological Survey: Integrating Drone-Based Thermal and Multispectral Imaging with Established Techniques
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-10-01)Current practices in archaeological survey are well established and consist of both ground-based and remote sensing techniques. However, whilst passive remote sensing techniques employed within this field have traditionally ... -
Development of A Mobile GIS Tool for Reducing COVID-19 Infection Risk During Daily Travel, a case study in Hebei province, China
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-01)A densely populated area often faces a high risk of the rapid spread of a novel and infectious coronavirus. When the confirmed cases increased in Shijiazhuang City in January 2021, the public feels discontent and panic due ... -
How have socio-economic deprivation; environmental and anthropogenic factors influenced the impact of COVID-19 within certain areas of Scotland?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-01)The coronavirus (COVID-19) is a serious, sometimes fatal, infectious disease that has had a massive impact on society since the end of 2019, and has become a serious health concern globally. Due to the virus being a ... -
Landscape Pattern Simulation in Xinyang City and Its Driving Factors Analysis from 2001 to 2025
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-11)As the demand for living space and development increases due to population growth worldwide, the depletion of natural resources such as forests dramatically increases, which has led to a number of environmental problems. ... -
Do green spaces bring people happiness: determining people's emotional responses to urban green spaces based on social media data
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-08-31)Several studies have indicated that urban green spaces are a significant component in improving well-being. And it has long been believed that urban green spaces can improve mental health. For studying green space, most ... -
An Agent-Based Model of COVID-19 Epidemic: A Case of Barking and Dagenham, London, UK
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-23)The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has swept across the globe, taken countless lives and grievously wounded the economy. Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been implemented worldwide, and lockdown has ... -
Evaluating the suitability of Sentinel-2 imagery for marine macro-plastic detection in coastal areas
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-08-31)This study evaluated the suitability of the multispectral Sentinel-2 satellite to detect Ghost Nets off the coast of Scotland. Ghost nets are abandoned or lost fishing equipment at sea, and makeup 46% of the surveyed “Great ... -
Visualizing the change of human mobility to national government measures and its compliance during COVID-19 in High-risk Local Authorities of England
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-10)The COVID-19 pandemic is still a severe public health issue around the world, including England. This research was aimed to examine the relationship between the cases growing and mobilities of people during the second ... -
Exploring Historical Links between Scotland and India using Geoparsing
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-01)A significant amount of spatial information can be derived from unstructured datasets available in web pages, e-books, and digital archives. When attached to a geographical perspective, this information can bring a whole ... -
Using Social Media to Explore Spatio-temporal Pattern of the Fear of Crime
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-12)The analysis of spatial information and temporal patterns via social media content such as Twitter has received substantial attention recently. Aiming to generate deeper understanding of human sentiment, thousands of tweets ... -
The 1967 Steinholtshlaup: The use of Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry to understand its geomorphological legacy
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-01)Landslide-induced jökulhlaup are an increasingly pertinent glacial hazard with climate change enacting paraglacial landscape responses which are instigating more frequent landslide and proglacial lake interactions, a matter ... -
Assessing the Impact of District Heating Network Expansion in Edinburgh
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-01)Heating buildings accounts for 30% of CO2 emissions in the UK. To address this, our heating systems must be redesigned, improving efficiency and replacing fossil fuels. Renewably sourced district heating networks (DHNs) ... -
An Exploration of the Feasibility of Degradation Classification in Plastic Bottles by Remote Sensing using two UAV Case Studies
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-10-12)There are three justifications for classifying the extent of marine degradation in plastic samples. They could… 1. offer insight into the potential damage of plastics, 2. offer insight into the rate of plastic degradation ... -
Measuring the Accuracy of Forest Change Detection at Multi-temporal Resolutions using the Breaks for Additive Season and Trend Algorithm, a Case Study of Forests in Northern California.
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11)Forest disturbances are closely connected to the global climate, key ecological processes, and can directly impact human livelihoods. Reliable and systematically acquired information about the timing of forest change, is ... -
Gazetteer for Scotland: Automated Tourist / Local History Guides
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-23)With the growing tourism industry and the impact of the existing COVID-19 pandemic, tourists are increasingly demanding tourist guides that cover not only basic geographical information about a destination, but also provide ... -
Creation of a liveability index for Dundee adopting Your Housing Group (YHG) methodology to analyse Dundee’s Local Development Plan (2019)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-01)With predicted economic and population growth the council need to determine the housing situation in Dundee. Since they plan to attract young skilled workers and families, they need to identify areas where development is ...
