Publications
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Rogan, T.M. Wright*, J. Cardille, H. Pearsall, Y. Ogneva-Himmelberger, R. Riemann, K. Riitters & K. Partington, 2016. Forest fragmentation in Massachusetts, USA: a town-level assessment using Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis and Affinity Propagation, GIScience & Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2016.1141448
Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., Dahlberg, T*., Kelly, K., and Moore Simas, T., 2015. Using Geographic Information Science to Explore Associations between Air Pollution, Environmental Amenities, and Preterm Births. AIMS Public Health, 2(3): 469-486. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2015.3.469
Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. and Huang, L*. 2015. Spatial distribution of unconventional gas wells and human populations in the Marcellus Shale in the United States: Vulnerability analysis Applied Geography, 60: 165-174. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.03.011
Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., Meng, F.* 2014. Geospatial analysis of neighborhood characteristics and access to fresh produce: The role of farmers’ markets and roadside farm stands. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 5 (3):68-81.DOI: 10.4018/ijagr.2014070105
Shatz,A.*, Rogan, J., Sangermano, F., Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. , and Chen, H. 2013. Characterizing the potential distribution of the invasive Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) in Worcester County, Massachusetts. Applied Geography, 45: 259-268.DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.10.002
Lenhardt, J.* and Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. 2013. Environmental Injustice in the Spatial Distribution of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Ohio. Environmental Justice, 6 (4) DOI: 10.1089/env.2013.0023
Harun, R.* and Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. 2013. Distribution of Industrial Farms in the US and Socio-economic, Health and Environmental Characteristics of Counties. Geography Journal. Volume 2013, Article ID 385893, 12 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/385893
Schwert, B.*, Rogan, J., Giner, N.*, Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., Blanchard, S.*, Woodcock, C. 2013. A comparison of support vector machines and manual change detection for land-cover map updating in Massachusetts, USA. Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 4 (9): 882-890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2013.809497
Taus, A.*, Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., Rogan, J. 2013. Conversion to Organic Farming in the Continental US: A Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis. Professional Geographer 65 (2), 187-204. DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.639634
Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., R. Rakshit* and H. Pearsall *, 2013. Examining the impact of environmental factors on quality of life across Massachusetts. Professional Geographer 65(1): 87-102. DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.639631
Hattis, D.*, Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. Ratick, S. 2012. The Spatial Variability of Heat Related Mortality in Massachusetts. Applied Geography 33: 45- 52.doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.07.008
Carnes, A.*, Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. 2011. Temporal Variations in the Distribution of West Nile Virus within the United States; 2000-2008. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 5: 211-229.DOI 10.1007/s12061-011-9067-7
Downs T.J., Ogneva-Himmelberger Y., Aupont O., Wang Y.*, Raj A.*, Zimmerman P.*, et al. 2010. Vulnerability-based Spatial Sampling Stratification for the National Children’s Study-Worcester County, Massachusetts: Capturing Environmental and Socio-Demographic Variability. Environmental Health Perspectives 118 (9): 1318-1325.doi:10.1289/ehp.0901315
Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., Ross, L., Burdick, W. * and Simpson, S*. 2010 Using Geographic Information Systems to Compare the Concentration of Stores Selling Tobacco and Alcohol: Youth Making an Argument for Increased Regulation of the Tobacco Permitting Process in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tobacco Control 19:475-480. doi:10.1136/tc.2008.029173
Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. and Cooperman, B.* 2010. Spatio-temporal analysis of noise pollution near Boston Logan airport: Who carries the cost? Urban Studies, 47: 169-182. doi:10.1177/0042098009346863
Müller, J., Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., Lloyd, S.* and Reed, M. 2010. Predicting pre-historic taro lo’i distribution on Hawaii. Economic Botany, 64(1): 22–33. DOI 10.1007/s12231-010-9113-4
Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y., C. Pearsall* and R. Rakshit*, 2009. Concrete evidence & geographically weighted regression: A regional analysis of wealth and the land cover in Massachusetts. Applied Geography 29: 478-487. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.03.001
Rakshit, R* and Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. 2009. Teaching and learning guide for “Application of virtual globes in education” paper. Geography Compass 3(4): 1579-1595.
McEntee, J.* and Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y. 2008. Diesel particulate matter, lung cancer, and asthma incidences along major traffic corridors in MA, USA: A GIS analysis. Health and Place 14:815-826. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.01.002
Geoghegan, G., S.C. Villar, P. Klepeis*, P.M. Mendoza, Y. Ogneva-Himmelberger, R.R. Chowdhury*, B.L. Turner, C. Vance*, 2001. Modeling tropical deforestation in the southern Yucatan peninsular region: comparing survey and satellite data. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 85 (1-3): 25-46. DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00201-8
Cortina Villar, S., P. Macario Mendoza, and Y. Ogneva-Himmelberger, 1999. Cambios en el uso del suelo y deforestación en el sur de los estados de Campeche y Quintana Roo, México. Investigaciones Geográficas, 38 : 41-56 (in Spanish)
Himmelberger, J. J., M. L. Baughman, and Y. A. Ogneva-Himmelberger, 1995. Tourism Impacts of the Three Mile Island and other adverse events: Implications for Lincoln County, Nevada and other counties bisected by radioactive wastes intended for Yucca Mountain. Journal of Environmental Management, 19 (6): 915-922.
Peer-reviewed books
Agyeman, J and Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y (editors.) 2009 Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union (FSU). MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
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Peer-reviewed book chapters
Chowdhury, R.R., L. Schneider, Y. Ogneva-Himmelberger, P. Macario Mendoza, and S. Cortina Villar, 2004. Land Cover and Land Use: Classification and Change Analysis. In B. L. Turner II, Jacqueline Geoghegan, David R. Foster (Editors), Integrated Land-Change Science and Tropical Deforestation in the Southern Yucatan – Final Frontiers, Oxford University Press, pp. 105-141.
Ogneva-Himmelberger,Y., 1998. Simulation of land-cover changes: Integrating GIS, socio-economic and ecological processes, and Markov chain models. In H. Onsrud and M. Craglia (eds.) Geographic Information Research: Transatlantic perspectives. Taylor and Francis Ltd., pp. 263-274.