Joe Weber
Department of Geography Phone: (205) 348-0086
202 Farrah Hall Fax: (205) 348-2278
Box 870322 E-mail: jweber2@bama.ua.edu
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0322
Education:
PhD. Ohio State University, Department of Geography, 2001, Advisor: Mei-Po Kwan
M.A. University of Arizona, Department of Geography and Regional Development, 1994, Advisor: David Plane
B.A. University of Arizona, Department of Geography and Regional Development, 1992
Professional Experience:
1995 - 2001: Graduate Assistant, Department of Geography, Ohio State University.
Research Interests:
Transport geography: Individual accessibility, time geography, travel behavior, accessibility and urban form, transportation network conceptualization and development, highway networks and roadside landscapes, sustainable transportation.
Geographic Information Systems: Network and spatial analytical approaches to transport and accessibility.
Urban geography: Urban sprawl, suburbs, emerging urban forms.
Courses Taught:
GY 466/566: Regional and Urban Transportation Systems, University of Alabama.
GY 438/538: Application Issues in Geographic Information Systems, University of Alabama.
GY 430/530: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, University of Alabama.
GY 358: Urban Geography, University of Alabama.
GEO 400: Geography of United States and Canada, Ohio State University.
GEO 240: Economic and Social Geography, Ohio State University.
GEO 200: World Regional Geography, Ohio State University.
Publications:
Sultana, Selima, and Joe Weber. An Approach to Defining and Mapping Residential Sprawl and its Implications for Journey-to-Work Patterns. Forthcoming in the Professional Geographer.
Weber, Joe, Selima Sultana, and Isabelle Maret. 2006. Urban Sprawl, Commuting, and Access to Public Transportation in the Southeast. Papers of the Applied Geography Conference. 29: 282-291.
Weber, Joe. 2006. Reflections on the Future of Accessibility. Journal of Transport Geography 14: 399-400.
McCall, Andy and Joe Weber. 2005. Predicting Attendance at Southeastern Amusement Parks Using Accessibility and Amenity Based Models. The Geographical Bulletin 47: 45-59.
Weber, Joe. 2005. The Morphogenesis of State Highway Networks in the United States. Journal of Historical Geography 31: 723-743.
Sultana, Selima, Hare, J., and Weber, Joe. 2005. The Relationship of Income, Density, and Commuting Times on Overweight/Obesity Rates in North Carolina. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference 28: 254-263.
Weber, Joe, and Selima Sultana. 2005. The Impact of Sprawl on Commuting in Alabama. Final report to University Transportation Center for Alabama. http://utca.eng.ua.edu/projects/final_reports/04108fnl.pdf
Weber, Joe. 2004. Diverging Narratives: Evaluating the Uses of the Ideal-Typical Sequence of Transport Network Development. Journal of Geography 103: 211-217.
Weber, Joe. 2004. Everyday places on the American freeway system. Journal of Cultural Geography 21: 1-26.
Weber, Joe, and Kwan, Mei-Po. 2003. Evaluating the Effects of Geographical Contexts on Individual Accessibility: A Multilevel Approach. Urban Geography 24: 647-671.
Kwan, Mei-Po, and Joe Weber. 2003. Individual Accessibility Revisited: The Implications of Changing Urban Form and Human Spatial Behavior. Geographical Analysis 35: 341-353.
Weber, Joe. 2003. Individual Accessibility and Distance from Major Employment Centers: an Examination Using Space-Time Measures. Journal of Geographical Systems 5: 51-70.
Weber, Joe, and Kwan, Mei-Po. 2002. Bringing Time Back In: A Study on the Influence of Travel Time Variations and Facility Opening Hours on Individual Accessibility. Professional Geographer 54: 226-240.
Book Reviews:
Weber, Joe. Forthcoming. Review of Geography of Transport Systems, by Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Claude Comtois, and Brian Slack. London, Routledge, 2006. Journal of Regional Science.
Weber, Joe. Forthcoming. Review of Black Rock. By Paul F. Starrs and Peter Goin. Reno, University of Nevada Press, 2005. Journal of Cultural Geography.
Weber, Joe. 2002. Review of Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel, by Marlon G. Boarnet and Randall Crane. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 92: 372-374.
Weber, Joe. 2002. Review of The Tainted Desert: Environmental and Social Ruin in the American West, by Valerie L. Kuletz. New York, Routledge, 1998. Journal of Cultural Geography, 19: 127-128.
Presentations:
2006. Urban Sprawl, Commuting, and Access to Public Transportation in the Southeast. Joe Weber, Selima Sultana, and Isabelle Maret, presented at the 29th Annual Applied Geography Conference, Tampa, Florida, October 11 - 14.
2006. Identifying Social Exclusion to Support a Sustainable Transport System: A Methodological Comparison Via a Case Study of Urban Opportunities in Buffalo, NY. Irene Casas, Mark Horner, and Joe Weber, presented at New Scholars Conference on Sustainable Transportation, Bloomington Indiana, May 15 - 16.
2006. Urban Sprawl and Employment Accessibility in the Metropolitan South, Joe Weber and Selima Sultana, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, March 7 - 11.
2006. Exploring the Links Between Sprawl, Race and Commuting: Does Job Sprawl Reduce the Distance Between the Home and Workplace?, Selima Sultana and Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, March 7 - 11.
2005. Employment Sprawl and the Journey to Work: Linking the Home and Workplace, Selima Sultana and Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, West Palm Beach, Florida, November 20 - 22.
2005. The Impact of Urban Sprawl on Commuting Behavior, Joe Weber and Selima Sultana, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado, April 5 - 9.
2005. Measuring Job Accessibility in Segregated Neighborhoods in Atlanta, Selima Sultana and Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado, April 5 - 9.
2004. Evaluating the Effects of Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics on Commuting Distance: A Multilevel Analysis, Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Biloxi, Mississippi, November 21 - 23.
2004. Urban Sprawl and Children�s Journey to School, Joe Weber and Selima Sultana, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 14 - 19.
2004. Accessibility, Social Exclusion and the Transport System: Disentangling the Web, Irene Casas, Joe Weber, and Mark Horner, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 14 - 19.
2003. Urban Sprawl and Access to Public Transportation, Joe Weber and Isabelle Maret, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 22 - 25.
2003. Urban Sprawl and Access to Public Transportation, Joe Weber and Isabelle Maret, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, Louisville, Kentucky, April 10 - 12.
2003. Incorporating Fear and Security Constraints into Individual Accessibility in a Post-September 11 Society, Joe Weber and Irene Casas, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4 - 8.
2002. Evaluating the Effects of Geographic Contexts on Individual Accessibility, Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Richmond, Virginia, November 23 - 26.
2002. Evaluating the Effects of Scale on Individual Accessibility: A Multilevel Approach, Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, California, March 19 - 23.
2001. Evaluating the Effects of Scale on Individual Accessibility: a Multilevel Approach, Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Lexington, Kentucky, November 17 - 20.
2001. Using GIS to Model and Visualize Congestion Effects on Individual Accessibility, Joe Weber, poster presented at the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Summer Assembly, Buffalo, New York, June 20 - 24.
2001. Evaluating the Effects of Location in Individual Accessibility: a Multilevel Approach, Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, New York, February 27 - March 3.
2000. Using GIS to Model and Visualize Congestion Effects on Individual Accessibility, Joe Weber and Mei-Po Kwan, presented at the Annual Meeting of the East Lakes and West Lakes Divisions of the Association of American Geographers, Oxford, Ohio, October 19 -21.
2000. The Influence of Time‑of‑Day Travel Time Variations on Individual Accessibility, Joe Weber and Mei-Po Kwan, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 4 ‑ 8.
1999. Individual Accessibility Reconsidered: Concepts and Measurements, Joe Weber and Mei-Po Kwan, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 23 ‑ 27.
1999. Reconceptualizing Urban Form and Individual Accessibility, Joe Weber and Mei-Po Kwan, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 23 ‑ 27.
1998. Individual Accessibility and Urban Form: A Reconsideration of Concepts, Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Meeting of the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Columbus, Ohio, October 30 - 31.
Panels, Invited Lectures, Workshops, and Guest Lectures:
2006. Participated in panel on Transport Geography: Identifying Emerging Research Trends and New Directions in the Subdiscipline, at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, March 7 - 11.
2005. Guest lecture on accessibility in Transport Geography class, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, March.
2003. Guest lecture on geocoding in Geographic Information Systems class at Auburn University Department of Geography, September.
2003. ICT, Innovation and the Transport System, Alice Jackson, Chris Lee, Qisheng Pan, and Joe Weber, presented at the STELLA Focus Group 2 Workshop, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK , May 8 - 10.
2003. Guest lecture on accessibility in Geographic Information Systems and Urban Planning course, Department of Geography, University of Louisville, April 11.
2003. ICT, Innovation and the Transport System, Alice Jackson, Chris Lee, Qisheng Pan, and Joe Weber, presented at the STAR/STELLA NextGen Colloquium, Montreal, March 19 -22.
2003. Demand Responsive Transport, Joe Weber, presented at the STAR/STELLA NextGen Colloquium, Montreal, March 19 -22.
2003. Participated in panel on Teaching Urban Geography: Bringing the City into Focus for Undergraduate Students, at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4 - 8.
2003. The Influence of Time and Distance on Individual Accessibility, Joe Weber, presented at the Department of Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, February 27.
2003. Presentation on GIS for University of Alabama Department of Geography Capstone Day events, January 25.
2002. Cancer Disparity in the DSN: A Multiscale Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis, Joe Weber, presented at the Annual Deep South Network for Cancer Control Institute, Jackson, Mississippi, October 14.
2002. Guest lecture on GIS and geocoding in Social Work 628 Research Practicum, University of Alabama, October 7.
2002. Visiting Instructor for Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS) workshop on accessibility, Ohio State University, July 2002.
2002. Participated in Institute for Social Science Research sponsored workshop on Mobile Youth Survey in Mobile, Alabama, May.
2001. Evaluating the Effects of Time on Individual Accessibility using Geographic Information Systems, Joe Weber, presented at the quarterly meeting of the Tucscaloosa County Geographic Information Association (TCGIA), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October 26.
2000. Bringing Time Back In: A Study on the Influence of Travel Time Variations and Facility Opening Hours on Individual Accessibility, Joe Weber, presented at the Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, September 28.
Lindsey Eaton Bartlett. 2006. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Landfill Site Selection Using a GIS: Are Tuscaloosa�s Landfills Where They Should be? M.S. non-thesis paper, Department of Geography.
Brandy Phillips Wilkerson. 2006. A Geographic Analysis of Accessibility Change on Corridor X. M.S. thesis, Department of Geography.
John Travis. 2006. A Spatial Interaction Model of Branch Bank Deposits. M.S. thesis, Department of Geography.
Kathy Banks. 2006. Transportation Planning in Rural Alabama. M.S. non-thesis paper.
James Andrew McCall. 2003. Predicting Attendance at Southeastern Amusement Parks With Accessibility and Amenity Based Models. Thesis.
John Damon Osbourne. 2003. Controversies and Geographical Implications Related to Airport Development and Expansion. Non-thesis paper.
Rebecca Zark. 2003. A Study in Accessibility of the East Bypass in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Non-thesis paper.
Keith Weaver. 2002. Alabama State Docks and a Southeastern Intermodal Port Comparison. Non-thesis paper.
Completed Thesis and Non-Thesis Committees Served on:
Lindsey Eaton Bartlett. 2006. An Analysis of Sinkholes Using GIS Data for Talladega County, Alabama: A Model for the Entire State. M.S. non-thesis paper, Department of Geography.
Kathy Banks. 2006. Journey to Work Patterns of People Living in the West Alabama Region.
M.S. non-thesis paper, Department of Geography.
Gang Wang. 2006. Modeling Nutrient Dynamics Using a GIS Based Hydrological Model: A Case Study of the Tallapoosa River Watershed in East Alabama and West Georgia. M.S. non-thesis paper, Department of Geography.
Linda Watson. 2006. An Overview of the United States Geological Survey�s Geographic Names Information System: Issues Impacting its Origin, Content, and Application as a Geographic Information Product. M.S. non-thesis paper, Department of Geography.
Gang Wang. 2006. Land Use/Land Cover Classification of Tallapoosa River Watershed, AL Using Multi-Temporal Landsat TM Data. M.S. non-thesis paper, Department of Geography.
Suhasini Karyamapudi. 2005. Development of a GIS-Based Geotechnical Data Management System for ALDOT. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Pam Johnson. 2005. The Occupational History of Mound �W� at Moundville, Alabama. Thesis, Department of Anthropology.
Gautam Mistry. 2005. Display and Analysis of Crash Data. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Yongtao Luo. 2004. Using Landsat 5 TM Images to Estimate Chlorophyll Concentration in the Pensacola Bay Area, Florida. Non-thesis, Department of Geography.
Yongtao, Luo. 2004. Using Landsat 7 ETM+ Images to Estimate Sea Surface Temperature (SST) in the Pensacola Bay Area, Florida. Non-thesis, Department of Geography.
William Thomas. 2004. A Mobile Bay Watershed Model. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Brett Tucker. 2004. Non-thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Rafi-Ud-Din Khawaja. 2003. Aerial Measurements of Ozone Migration in Alabama. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Eric St. Clair. 2003. Predicting Biodiversity Gaps in an Alabama Streams by Using GIS: A Case Study for Bibb and Shelby Counties. Non-thesis, Department of Geography.
Damon Osbourne. 2003. Upward and Outward: Selected Land-Use Issues and Solution Stategies Related to Urban Sprawl. Non-thesis, Department of Geography.
Jinchul Kim. 2002. GPS and GIS Technologies Employed to Collect and Manage Crash Location Data. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Awards:
Dissertation Award, Transportation Geography Specialty Group of Association of American Geographers, 2002.
Second Place in Best Student Poster Competition, at the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Summer Assembly, Buffalo, New York, June 20-24.
Last updated: December 2006
