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Jean Parcher
Jean Parcher
Geographer
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USGS Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center
Texas Office
8027 Exchange Dr.
Austin, Texas 78754
Phone: (512) 927-3523
Email: jwparcher@usgs.gov
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Research Interests:
- Transboundary geographic issues with an emphasis on the US-Mexico
Border region
- Geographic analysis and remote sensing of urban environments
with an emphasis in flood hazards and land cover change
- Use of GIS tools for environmental and human health analysis
Current Projects:
Education:
- M.A. Geography, University of Texas at Austin, Texas 2003
- Master Certificate in Geographic Information Systems,
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, 1996
- B.A Geography, University of Montana, Missoula Montana
1980
Professional Experience:
- 2006 to Current — Regional Geographer — U.S.-Mexico Border
- 2003-2005 Acting Chief Texas Mapping Partnership Office
- 2002-2003 Geographic Science, Texas Mapping Partnership
Office
- 2001-2002 USGS Graduate Study Sabbatical
- 1998-2001 Texas State Mapping Liaison
Professional Affiliations:
- Pan American Institute of Geography and History - US Delegate
for Global Map of the Americas project
- University of Texas Outstanding Thesis Award, May 2004
- Association of American Geographers
Selected Publications:
- Parcher J.W. and Humberson, D.G., CHIPS: A New Way to Monitor Colonias Along the United Status — Mexico Border. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1230, 23p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1230/
- Parcher, J.W., Norman, L.M., Papoulias, D. M., Stefanov, J.E., Wilson, Z.D., Page, W.R., Gary, R.H., Developing a Binational Database to Examine Environmental Health and Quality of Life Issues along the U.S.-Mexico Border. GSDI Conference Proceedings, 6-10 November, Santiago, Chile. http://www.gsdi9.cl/english/papers/TS58.3paper.pdf
- Parcher, J.W., Norman, L.M., Papoulias, D.M., Stefanov, J.E., Wilson, Z.D., Page, W.R., Gary, R.H., 2007 Salud Ambiental y los Asuntos de Calidad de Vida a lo largo de La Frontera de Mexico - Estados Unidos de America, 2007. Boletin de Las Sistemas Nacionales Estadistico y La Informacion Vol. 3, No. 1. INEGI. http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/especiales/BoletinSNEIG/2007/Bsneig6.pdf
- Parcher, J.W., Comparing Impervious Cover Densities Based On Land Use Types Between Sister Cities on the US/Mexico Border, Published in Rates, Trends, Causes, and Consequences of Urban Land-Use Change in the United States. USGS Professional Paper 1726. 2006. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1726/
- Papoulias, D.M, Stefanov, J.E., Parcher, J.W., and Page, W.R., 2006. Interdisciplinary Science in Support of Environmental Health along the United States — Mexico Border. U. S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3054. (English and Spanish) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3054/
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