This dissertation consists of five papers and an introduction. In Barriers in travel models, the focus is on modelling mobility in border regions, both borders within nations and between nations. We use travel surveys and networks from Sweden and Norway to model the barrier effect caused by the borders in the region between two counties on each side of the national border. In Identifying local ...

BACKGROUND Marine diseases are of increasing concern for coral reef ecosystems, but often their causes, dynamics and impacts are unknown. The current study investigated the epidemiology of Aplysina Red Band Syndrome (ARBS), a disease affecting the Caribbean sponge Aplysina cauliformis, at both the individual and population levels. The fates of marked healthy and ARBS-infected sponges were exami...

The spatial distribution of commercial activities is vital to support healthy lifestyles and achieve livable public spaces environmental, social economic sustainability in our cities. However, require a constant flow expenditure for their own viability. As result, understanding the temporal fundamental, although lack detailed, complete data sources has impeded this task until now. Bank card pav...

Poverty is a crucial problem that often occurs in Indonesia, including the province of Bali. The poverty rate Bali has increased significantly over last 3 years, so further analysis needed this can be reduced. pattern between regions different because it depends on geographical and socio-cultural conditions each area. effect location cases identified by global local spatial autocorrelation meth...

Significant risk factors that influence the occurrence of heavy vehicle accidents have been explored in numerous studies order to lower injury severity traffic accidents. It is imperative explore road sections with a high accident by considering significant consequences such for users, despite low number vehicles flow. To address this, this study proposes method predict clustering hotspots on b...

Land use is closely related to the sustainability of ecological development. This paper employed a patch-generating land simulation (PLUS) model for multi-scenario urban agglomerations. In addition, mathematical analysis methods such as Theil-Sen Median trend analysis, R/S Getis-Ord Gi* index and unary linear regression were used study temporal spatial evolution characteristics net primary prod...

Abstract Qiang religious culture is the result of its adaptation to natural environment and socio–economic development. The Upper Reaches Min River has been main inhabiting district ethnic group in China. Based on construction resource system for culture, this study quantitatively illustrated cognitive characteristics basin factors influencing regional differentiation using statistical methods,...

Building resilience to disasters has become a strategic goal of many risk reduction programs across the globe. This is because ensures that communities develop capacities which prevent or minimise loses disasters. In view this, there need baseline tracks changes in through time. study responded this gap Zimbabwe by developing composite indices (CRI) using 26 variables reflected 5 subdomains res...