PhD Theses

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• Blanco Ramírez, Sara. Potential Value of Different Citizen Science Approaches for Water Quality Observations. 2025, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Gehriger, Luisa. Housing Dispossession as a Political Problem – Exploring Political Alienation in Displacement Processes in Basel and Athens. 2025, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Meyer Oliveira, Aline. Hydrology of Seasonally Flooded Forests in Brazil. 2025, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Scherelis, Victoria. Quantifying River Change from Historical Maps: Hydromorphological Metrics for Freshwater Ecosystem Management. 2025, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Hagen, Linnea Isabel. Analysing Critical Climate Risks, Their Management and the Role of Limits to Climate Change Adaptation. 2025, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Reh, Carlotta Marie. The Smartest Ones? An Ethnographic Perspective on Students’ Experiences at the Transition to $\textit{Gymnasium}$ in Zurich. 2025, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Scheller, Mirjam. Quality and Use of Temporary Stream States Observed by Citizen Scientists. 2024, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Zhang, Heng. Assessing Land-Water Linkage of Biodiversity Using Environmental DNA and Remote Sensing. 2024, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Helfenstein, Isabelle. Towards Monitoring Biodiversity from Space. 2024, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Thomas, Carrie. Towards Improved Source Apportionment of Organic Matter in Soil and Peat Using Lipid Biomarkers and Inverse Modeling. 2024, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Lang, Jakob. Investigating Molecular Features of the Push-Pull System – An A-maize-ing Application of Mass Spectrometry. 2024, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Vögtli, Marius. Data Processing Considerations for Biodiversity Products Retrieval from Imaging Spectroscopy. 2024, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Reinthaler, Johannes. Digital Reconstructions of Little Ice Age Glacier Extents and Surfaces. 2024, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Ahmed, Kazi Rifat. Remote Sensing of Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence for Advanced Ecosystem Evapotranspiration Estimates. 2024, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Erdbrügger, Jana. Groundwater Gradients, Soil Moisture and Stream Mapping in a Boreal Landscape. 2024, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Reader, Martin. Ecosystem Service Relationships at the Global Extent. 2024, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Keller, Mariana. Living the Platform Economy – Exploring Digital Labour Geographies by Doing Autoethnographic Research. 2024, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Speckert, Tatjana Carina. Alterations in the Source and Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter in an Afforestation Sequence on a Swiss Alpine Pasture. 2024, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Li, Cheng. Linking Leaf Spectra to Genetic Variation. 2024, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Ballikaya, Paula. Foliar uptake and transport to the wood of airborne nanoparticles in forest trees. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gengqiugelai, Gengqiugelai. Urbanization, post-earthquake reconstruction and land property relations in Qinghai province China. 2023, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Rohner, Christoph. Automated derivation of glacial parameters from spaceborne SAR data. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Vargas Amado, Maria Elena. Spatial aspects of potential disease spread and its containment among free-ranging wild boar in Switzerland considering possible spillover to domestic pigs. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Karki, Darshan. The claims for recognition : a study of identity struggles in the lowlands of Nepal. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bellè, Severin-Luca. The fate of organic and pyrogenic carbon in tropical plant-soil systems across spatial and temporal scales. 2023, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Willemin, Rémi. Fluid resource and conservation frontiers in Switzerland and beyond: Futurity, visuality, and materiality. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bannwart, Jacqueline. Remote sensing of glaciers - improving satellite-based glacier monitoring in terms of space, time and methodology. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gupana, Remika S. Remote sensing of sun-induced chlorophyll - a fluorescence in optically complex waters. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gorelick, Noel. Planetary scale computing for environmental monitoring. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Cheng, Bingjie. Human spatial navigation in the digital era: Effects of landmark depiction on mobile maps on navigators’ spatial learning and brain activity during assisted navigation. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Czyz, Ewa A. Remotely sensing ecological genomics. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Kapaj, Armand. Landmark Visualization on Mobile Maps – Effects on Visual Attention, Spatial Learning, and Cognitive Load during Map-Aided Real-World Navigation of Pedestrians. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Munoz Asmat, Randy. Toward adaptive water management in the glacierized and data-scarce Peruvian Andes. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schiedung, Marcus. Dynamics of Fire-Derived Carbon in Permafrost-Affected Mineral Soils - Transport and Mobility of Pyrogenic Carbon in Soils. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Mempel, Finn. Disentangling the Global Soybean Complex: land use change in the era of reflexive modernity. 2022, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB).
• Bär, Manuel Fabian. Capturing perceived everyday lived landscapes through gamification and active crowdsourcing. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Kaufmann, Christoph. Who ist the threat? Goldmining regulation and citizenship in Colombia. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Ofiti, Nicholas O E. Carbon dynamics in response to warming and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration in temperate forest and boreal peatland plant-soil systems. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Zosso, Cyrill U. Are we losing it? Exploring subsoil organic carbon dynamics in a warming world on the molecular level. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Constance, Annabelle. Advancing mangrove ecosystem and coastline research to support conservation. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Balaguer Rasillo, Xavier. Alternative economies and commoning in Catalonia – degrowth practices for post-capitalist worlds. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Musso, Alessandra. Alpine soil development and erosion dynamics with hillslope evolution. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Joswig, Julia S. Global signals in plant traits. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Müller, Stefanie. Trapped between consensus and conflict: Designing public participatory tools for ’green’ technology planning. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• van 't Veen, Hanneke. Effects of transitions in charcoal production systems on forests and livelihoods. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Rossi, Christian. Remote sensing of grassland biodiversity. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Neureiter, Nico. Travelling with speakers through time and space: Spatio-temporal modelling of language change. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Zhou, Zhiyong. Hierarchical modeling of indoor spaces: Towards route communication at multiple levels of detail for navigation in buildings. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Ferguson, James Christopher. Modelling the dynamics and evolution of debris-covered glaciers. 2022, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Zheng, Zhaoju. Remotely sensed functional diversity in a subtropical forest. 2022, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Maier, Fabian. Effects of soil and vegetation development on surface hydrological characteristics of moraines in the Swiss Alps. 2022, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Shokirov, Qobiljon. Adaptations of wildlife conservation under socioeconomic and geopolitical change in the Pamir region of Tajikistan. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Casalini, Emiliano. Imaging of moving objects in airborne SAR. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Kneib-Walter, Andrea. Using terrestrial radar interferometry to observe and understand calving glacier dynamics. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Stingl, Isabella. (Im)Possible selves : exploring refugees' experiences of work and migration in Switzerland. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Technitis, Georgios. Which route to choose? Generating context-aware and empirically informed random trajectories to investigate movement. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Sayidov, Azimjon. An integrated methodology for automated generalization of geological maps. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Kern, Alice. Waves of attention and abandonment – imaginative geographies of Veddhaness in the margins of post-war Sri Lanka. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Thurairajah, Tanuja. Shifting spaces - Tamil diaspora identifications and translocal engagement in Switzerland. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Steiner, Jennifer. Contested care : negotiating transnational home care arrangements. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Allahbakhshi, Hoda. Using multi-sensor tracking data to analyze human mobility and activity behavior. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Thenne Gedara, Thamali Nisansala Kithsiri. "Fifty-Fifty" : politics, negotiations and transformations in Paanama, Sri Lanka. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Villette, Julia. Exploring landscape through place names : an interdisciplinary approach. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Zahra, Kiran. Information extraction from microblogs during disasters. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Aliakbarian, Meysam. Abstraction and cartographic generalization of geographic user-generated content: use-case motivated investigations for mobile users. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Creutzburg, Leonard Paul. Sustainable forest management in times of change : how the sustainable economy transition affects the Swiss forest. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Motschmann, Alina. Water resource risks in the Andes of Peru : an integrative perspective. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Speck, Sarah. Ageing in the global south - a case study on life in old age from Nepal. 2021, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Rowley, Mike C. Investigating calcium mediated accumulation of soil organic carbon at the Nant Valley alpage, Vaud Alps, Switzerland. 2020, University of Lausanne.
• Böhler, Jonas E. Crop separation using spatial, spectral, and temporal remote sensing data. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Mölg, Nico. Understanding the long-term evolution and dynamics of debris-covered glaciers. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Abegg Maag, Meinrad. Terrestrial laser scanning for forest inventories. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Milani, Gillian. Remotely sensed impact of flow alteration on Swiss floodplains. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Techel, Frank. On consistency and quality in public avalanche forecasting - a data-driven approach to forecast verification and to refining definitions of avalanche danger. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Wirth, Manuel. Doing good with finance? Impact investing and the marketization of youth homelessness in the United Kingdom. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Mabele, Mathew Bukhi. Liberation political ecologies: Pathways towards socio-ecological justice in Tanzania's miombo woodlands conservation. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Cicoira, Alessandro. On the dynamics of rock glaciers. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hakala, Kirsti. Climate change impacts on hydrology - informing the design of the modeling chain and supporting adaptation. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Lokka, Ismini-Eleni. The impact of 3D virtual environments with different levels of realism on route learning: a focus on age-based differences. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bahrehdar, Azam. Extraction of place descriptions from user-generated content. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Koblet, Olga. Extracting perceived landscape properties from text sources. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Kiewiet, Leonie. Searching for the source: using shallow groundwater chemistry to determine the sources for streamflow in a pre-alpine catchment. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Strobl, Barbara. Quality of crowdsourced water level observations. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Brügger, Annina. Walk and learn: effects of human-centered navigation systems on pedestrians’ navigation behavior. 2020, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Etter, Simon. CrowdWater: Motivations of Citizen Scientists, the Accuracy and the Potential of Crowd-Based Data for Hydrological Model Calibration. 2020, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Mercenier, Rémy. Understanding and modeling tidewater outlet glacier calving dynamics - a numerical modeling study. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Acheson, Elise. Extracting and modeling the geography of text documents : resources and applications. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Credé, Sascha. The benefits of global landmarks for spatial learning under stress. 2019, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Herrigel, Johanna. Shifting global market frontiers : performing global fresh vegetable commodity chains in Tanzania. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bernhold, Christin. Upgrading and uneven development : on corporate strategies and class dynamics in Argentinian grain and oilseed value chains. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Xie, Jing. Remote sensing based monitoring of snow-vegetation relationships in the European Alps. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Wang, Ling. Intelligent sampling for event-based hydrological modelling. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Michel, Annina Helena. Park moralities : social and political negotiations in Parc Adula, Switzerland. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Griessinger, Nena Susanna. Relevance of snowmelt processes for cold region hydrology - from measurements to models. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Drenkhan, Fabian. Risks and future options from changing water resources in the deglaciating Andes of Peru. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Burkhard, Oliver. Towards passive tracking and analyses of human mobility at population scale. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Boxleitner, Max Gero. Lateglacial and Holocene glacier development and landscape evolution in central Switzerland. 2019, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Vogel, Christoph. Conflict minerals, Inc. : transnational regulation, fragmented authority and violent resource networks in eastern Congo. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Truong, Jasmine. Networked nightlife : mobile internet technologies in Swiss youth's contemporary nights out. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Petrillo, Marta. Establishing a model about coarse woody debris decay dynamics in subalpine forests : a case study from Trentino, Italy. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Méndez Domínguez, Elías. Change detection with synthetic aperture radar imagery. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Jeszenszky, Péter. Quantitative modelling of spatial variation in swiss german dialects. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Frank, Florian. Debris-flow activity, entrainment and runout modelling in alpine catchments, Switzerland. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Egorova, Ekaterina. From text to space : spatial discourse in alpine route directions and narratives. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Pool, Sandra. Value of Hydrograph Characteristics or Single Discharge Observations in Hydrological Modeling. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Pörtner, Ephraim. Re-cording lives : governing asylum in Switzerland and the need to resolve. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Noori, Simon. The birth of the temporal border : tracing the contested emergence of the EU's Smart Borders Package. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hirte, Juliane. Agricultural management and below ground carbon inputs. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• de los Reyes González Domínguez, Beatriz. Organic carbon vulnerability of Swiss forest soils. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Chau, Huey Shy. Brokering labour migration : the role of home care agencies in the migration of live-in care workers in Switzerland. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bektaş, Muhammed Kenan. Gaze-contingent geovisualization for level of detail management. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Brunner, Manuela Irene. Catchment- and event-type specific synthetic design hydrographs : estimation, characterization, regionalization, and uncertainty. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Kay, Sonja. Assessment of ecosystem services provided by agroforestry systems at the landscape scale. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Weber, Samuel. Rock slope dynamics in bedrock permafrost: insights across scales. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Diek, Sanne. The use of optical remote sensing for large-scale soil mapping. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Boo, Gianluca. Dogs as sentinels for environmental cancers: addressing the challenges of spatial epidemiology. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Ksenofontov, Stanislav. "No fish, no nimat": Arctic social-ecological systems in the context of global change. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Reisser, Moritz. Fire's black legacy: the fate of pyrogenic carbon in soils across scales. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schneider, Fabian Daniel. Remotely sensing functional diversity of temperate forest ecosystems. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Graf, Samuel. Belonging in a translocal field: a case study on second-generation Eritreans living in Switzerland. 2018, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gomez Giménez, Marta. Monitoring agricultural management practices and nitrogen deposition in Swiss agroecosystems using remote sensing. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Militz, Elisabeth. Affective nationalism: bodies, materials and encounters with the nation in Azerbaijan. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Lieberherr, Silva. Protests, prices and the peasantry: mobilising around "agrarian crisis" and suicides in Vidarbha, India. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gomez Giménez, Marta. Monitoring agricultural management practices and nitrogen deposition in Swiss agroecosystems using remote sensing. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Braun, Daniela. Remote sensing of ecosystem services. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Seiler, Ruedi. Tree growth rings as early indicators of volcanic activity on Mt. Etna (Italy). 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Lanini-Maggi, Sara. Depicting movement data with animations for embodied and real-time decision-making: a user study with air traffic control displays and real-time movement data. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Antonetti, Manuel. Runoff generation during heavy rainfall events: integrating expert knowledge about dominant runoff processes in conceptual hydrological models. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hanke, Ulrich Michael. Molecular and isotopic signatures of combustion in the modern environment. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Srivastava, Kavita. Effect of drought on carbon cycling in model temperate grassland and heathland plant-soil systems. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bartmess, Jennifer. Empty enough: indigenous communal land titling in the oil palm frontier of Sabah, Malaysia. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schauwecker, Simone Marianna. Understanding climate-driven processes for data-scarce mountain glaciers : insights from reanalysis data and global climate models, as well as in-situ and remote sensing sources. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bruggmann, André. Visualization and interactive exploration of spatio-temporal and thematic information in digital text archives. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Pelzelmayer, Katharina. Bodies that work, discourses that care: powerful narratives of elder care on the move. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Garonna, Irene. Large-scale dynamics of land surface phenology and its climatic constraints. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Weyermann, Jörg. Reflectance anisotropy effects in optical remote sensing data. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Robin, Catherine. Facetten der kreativen Arbeit: eine empirische Untersuchung von kreativen Arbeitspraktiken im Spannungsfeld von sozialen Feldern und Wertewelten. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Torabzadeh Khorasani, Hossein. Forest characterization by fusion of imaging spectroscopy and airborne laser scanning. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Emmenegger, Rony. Writing space and time: an ethnography of state sedimentation in the Ethiopian Somali frontier. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Zollinger, Barbara. Alpine permafrost and its effect on chemical weathering, soil organic carbon pools and time-split soil erosion - a case study from the Eastern Swiss Alps. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Wartmann, Flurina. From space to place in the Bolivian Amazon: exploring and representing folk landscape categories with ethnographic and GIS approaches. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Leiterer, Reik. Characterization of forest canopy structure using airborne laser scanning. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Rohrbach, Benjamin. Assessing participatory mapping and multi criteria evaluation for land use change analysis. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Müller, Johann Christian. Permafrost landform dynamics in high mountain environments: a multi-sensoral approach to assess rockglacier evolution. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Fischer, Benjamin Michael Clemens. Spatial and temporal runoff generation processes in a Swiss pre-alpine headwater catchment. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Magnard, Christophe. Deriving high resolution 3D information using multibaseline airborne SAR interferometry. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Soleymani, Ali. Cross-scale analysis in classification and segmentation of movement. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Keller, Roger. Ökosystemleistungen in der Schweiz: Chancen und Risiken für die Anwendung in Politik und Praxis. 2016, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Locher, Martina. The ‘Global Land Rush’, Local Land Rights and Power Relations: European Forestry Investments in Tanzania. PhD thesis, University of Zurich. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Byrne, Sarah Louise. Becoming a contender: legitimacy, authority and the power of making do in Nepal's permanent transition. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Venkateswaran, Ramya. Extracting and linking locations and activities from the Geospatial Web. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Staudinger, Maria. Characterization and predictability of low flows based on conceptual modeling. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Wirz, Vanessa. Short-term variability of cryosphere-related slope movements : continuous GPS measurements in the Mattertal, Switzerland. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gschwend, Christian. Relating movement to geographic context: effects of preprocessing, relation methods and scale. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schweiger, Anna-Katharina. Ecological applications of imaging spectroscopy in alpine grasslands. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Addor, Nans Antoine Philippe. Impacts of climate change on discharge in Switzerland: cascading uncertainties and robustness in models. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Knöri, Christof. Agent-based modelling of transitions towards sustainable construction material management: the case of Switzerland. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Lenhard, Karim. Improving the calibration of airborne hyperspectral sensors for earth observation. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Veitinger, Jochen. Release areas of snow avalanches: new methods and parameters. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Studer, Mirjam S. A holistic approach to study carbon cycling in the plant-soil system based on stable isotope labelling. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schaub, Yvonne. Outburst floods from high-mountain lakes: risk analysis of cascading processes under present and future conditions. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Rinderer, Michael. Patterns of groundwater and soil moisture variability: hard data, soft data and dominant controls. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hatcher, Craig. Law, space and the city: a legal geography of urban change in post-socialist Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bereuter, Pia. Quadtree-based real-time point generalisation for web and mobile mapping. 2015, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Griepentrog, Marco. Nitrogen deposition and elevated CO₂ effects on geochemical biomarkers in soil fractions. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hollenbach, Pia. The paradox of good intentions. The biography of private giving in post-tsunami Sri Lanka. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Rastner, Philipp. The local glaciers and ice caps on Greenland: their mapping, separation from the ice sheet and their climate sensitivity. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Wiedemeier, Daniel B. New insights into pyrogenic carbon by an improved benzene polycarboxylic acid molecular marker method. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Henke, Daniel. Object tracking in remotely sensed data. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Fiddes, Joel. Subgrid simulation of land surface variables in heterogeneous and remote environments: application to mountain permafrost. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Crease, Paul. Representation of geographic relevance in mobile application. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Zuberbühler, Lukas Daniel. Einflüsse der Waldstruktur auf die Messparameter voll polarimetrischer abbildender Radarsysteme. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Maestrini, Bernardo. The fate of pyrogenic organic matter in soil and its interaction with native soil organic matter and increased N inputs. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Jörg, Philip Claudio. Assessment of glacial changes, surface properties, and related uncertainties based on airborne laser scanning. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Derungs, Curdin. From text to landscape: extraction of landscape concepts through the resolution of ambiguity and vagueness present in descriptions of natural landscapes. 2014, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gubler, Stefanie. Measurement variability and model uncertainty in mountain permafrost research. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Böckli, Lorenz. Characterizing permafrost in the entire European Alps: spatial distribution and ice content. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Singh, Nimisha. Dynamics of pyrogenic organic matter: physical, chemical and biological transformation and stabilization processes in the soil. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Le Bris, Raymond. Glaciers of Alaska: mapping and change detection using satellite data and geomatics. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• De Sabbata, Stefano. Assessing geographic relevance for mobile information services. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Joos, Ottmar. Impact of summer drought on soil carbon fluxes in Swiss grasslands. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Contzen, Sandra. The PRS is out but poor people are still here : the Honduran Poverty Reduction Strategy and campesino livelihoods in Western Honduras. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Liechti, Katharina. Uncertainty propagation in operational flash flood forecasting systems. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Linsbauer, Andreas. Modeling ice thickness distribution and glacier bed topography from sparse input data to assess future glacier changes. 2013, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Salvini, Marco M. Spatialization von nutzergenerierten Inhalten für die explorative Analyse des globalen Städtenetzes. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hiltbrunner, David. Turnover and stabilization of organic matter in Alpine soils: Effect of livestock grazing and reforestation. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Akhtar, Shazeeb. Wettbewerbsvorteile durch räumliche Distanz? Ein mittelständischer IT-Dienstleister in einem Unternehmensnetzwerk konstruierter Rationalität. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Meyer, Stefanie. Land-use changes in subalpine grasslands: Effects of abandonment on soil organic carbon storage and dynamics. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• D'Odorico, Petra. Monitoring the spectral performance of the APEX imaging spectrometer for inter-calibration of satellite missions. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Wilkening, Jan. The effect of time pressure on map-based decision making. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Klem, Bart Willem Nicolaas. In the wake of war. The political geography of transition in eastern Sri Lanka. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Grünenfelder, Julia. Gender, work and development in northwest Pakistan: working environments of Pakistani female development practitioners. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Mavris, C. Initial stages of soil and clay minerals formation. Case study: Morteratsch proglacial area (SE Switzerland). 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Kaspar, Heidi. Erlebnis Stadtpark: Alltägliche Raumkonstruktionen am Beispiel städtischer Grünräume. 2012, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Seidel, Felix C. Radiative transfer and aerosol remote sensing. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Lüscher, P. Providing enriched spatial data - ontology driven recognition of urban structures from spatial databases. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Dodge, Somayeh. Exploring movement using similarity analysis. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Lautenschütz, Anna-Katharina. Assessing the relevance of context for visualizations of movement trajectories. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schneider, Maximilian P W. Assessment of a molecular marker method to determine the pyrogenic carbon component in charcoals and soils. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Kammer, Adrian. Carbon fluxes from decaying beech litter: insights from a ¹³C-tracer experiment and a new method to analyse the stable isotopes in soil CO₂ effluxes. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schneider, Demian. On characteristics and flow dynamics of large rapid mass movements in glacial environments. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hasler, A. Thermal conditions and kinematics of steep bedrock permafrost. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Landolt, S. Trinkräume und Treffpunkte Jugendlicher: Aushandlungsprozesse im öffentlichen Raum der Stadt Zürich. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Frey, Holger. Compilation and applications of glacier inventories using satellite data and digital terrain information. 2011, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Feola, Giuseppe. Sustainability transition of pesticide use practices: behavioural dynamics and policy options. 2010, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hueni, Andreas. Complete observing systems: components and interactions - integrating in-situ and airborne remote sensing data. 2010, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Frey, Othmar. Synthetic aperture radar imaging in the time domain for nonlinear sensor trajectories and SAR tomography. 2010, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Verrelst, Jochem. Space-born spectrodirectional estimation of forest properties. 2010, Wageningen University (NL), Faculty of Science.
• Suhr, B. A sensor independent concept for the characterisation of imaging spectometers. 2010, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Dell'Endice, F. Improving quality of imaging spectroscopy data. 2010, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schwiter, K. Lebensentwürfe : junge Erwachsene im Spannungsfeld zwischen Individualität und Geschlechternormen. 2010, University of Basel, Faculty of Science.
• Steimann, Bernd. Making a living in uncertainty: agro-pastoral livelihoods and institutional transformations in post-socialist rural Kyrgyzstan. 2010, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Starmanns, M. The grand illusion? corporate social responsibility in global garment production networks. 2010, Universität Köln, Faculty of Science.
• Bühler, Yves A. Automatisierte Erkennung und Kartierung von Lawinenablagerungen mit optischen Fernerkundungsdaten. 2009, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Jehle, M. Estimation of path delays, TEC and faraday rotation from SAR data. 2009, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Fischer, L. Slope instabilities on perennially frozen and glacierised rock walls: multi-scale observations, analyses and modelling. 2009, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hofmann, A. Lignin dynamics in arable soils as determined by 13C natural abundance. 2009, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Helbig, Nora. Application of the radiosity approach to the radiation balance in complex terrain. 2009, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Bartholomeus, H. The influence of vegetation cover on the spectroscopic estimation of soil properties. 2009, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, Faculty of Science.
• Mücher, C A. Geo-spatial modelling and monitoring of European landscapes and habitats using remote sensing and field surveys. 2009, Wageningen University, NL, Faculty of Science.
• Ostermann, Frank. Modeling, analyzing, and visualizing human space appropriation. 2009, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Machguth, Horst. On the Use of RCM Data and Gridded Climatologies for Regional Scale Glacier Mass Balance Modeling in High Mountain Topography; The Example of the Swiss Alps. 2008, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hebeler, F. Modelling topographic uncertainty: Impacts on large scale environmental modelling.. 2008, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Schopfer, J T. Spectrodirectional ground-based remote sensing using dual-view goniometry: field BRF retrieval and assessment of the diffuse irradiance distribution in spectrodirectional field measurements. 2008, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Salcher, Michaela Maria. Seasonality of bacterial phylotypes affected by bottom-up and top-down control in Piburger See, Austria. 2008, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Ejderyan, O. Une renaturation en béton!: comprendre la participation et la nature dans les renaturations de cours d'eau suisses au regard d'une théorie de la pratique. 2008, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Junker, Berit. The social perspective on river restorations: understanding a neglected aspect of substainable river management. 2008, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Huber Gharib, S. Estimation of ecologically relevant land cover variables from imaging spectroscopy. 2008, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Noetzli, J. Modeling transient three-dimensional temperature fields in mountain permafrost. 2008, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Viviroli, Daniel. Ein prozessorientiertes Modellsystem zur Ermittlung seltener Hochwasserabflüsse für ungemessene Einzugsgebiete der Schweiz. Weiterentwicklung und Anwendung des hydrologischen Modellsystems PREVAH. 2007, Universität Bern.
• Kianicka, Susanne. Perceiving the Swiss alpine landscape : a qualitative study of landscape meanings and people-place relations among residents and tourists. 2007, University of Zurich, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science.
• Rüetschi, U J. Wayfinding in scene space: modelling transfers in public transport. 2007, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Steiniger, S. Enabling pattern-aware automated map generalization. 2007, University of Zurich, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Neun, M. Data enrichment for adaptive map generalization using web services. 2007, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Tschopp, M. Verkehrsinfrastruktur und räumliche Entwicklung in der Schweiz 1950-2000. 2007, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Edwardes, Alistair J. Re-placing location: geographic perspectives in location based services. 2007, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hammes, Karen. Analysis and fate of combustion residues in soil. 2007, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Eckmeier, Eileen. Detecting prehistoric fire-based farming using biogeochemical markers. 2007, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Isenegger, Dani. IPODLAS - a framework for coupling temporal simulation systems, virtual reality, and geographic information systems. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Salzmann, Nadine. The use of results from regional climate models for local-scale permafrost modelling in complex high-mountain topography - possibilities, limitations and challenges for the future. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gurung, Ghana S. Reconciling biodiversity conservation priorities with livelihood needs in Kangchenjunga Conservation Area, Nepal. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Herzig, Pascale. LinkGender and generation in diaspora : changing identities and shifting social boundaries among South Asians in Kenya. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Zaugg Stern, Marc. Philosophiewandel im schweizerischen Wasserbau: Zur Vollzugspraxis des nachhaltigen Hochwasserschutzes. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Zemp, Michael. Glaciers and climate change: spatio-temporal analysis of glacier fluctuations in the European Alps after 1850. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Hermann, Michael. Werte, Wandel und Raum: theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Evidenzen zum Wandel regionaler Mentalitäten in der Schweiz. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Leuthold Baumann, Heinrich. Die sozialräumliche Dynamik der urbanisierten Schweiz und ihre politikgeografische Dimenssion. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Morsdorf, F. LIDAR remote sensing for estimation of biophysical vegetation parameters. 2006, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Luetscher, Marc. Processes in ice caves : and their significance for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. 2005, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Laube, P. Analysing point motion: spatio-temporal data mining of geospatial lifelines. 2005, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Gruber, S. Mountain permafrost: transient spatial modelling, model verification and the use of remote sensing. 2005, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Frauenfelder, Regula. Regional-scale modelling of the occurrence and dynamics of rockglaciers and the distribution of paleopermafrost. 2004, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Huggel, Christian. Assessment of glacial hazards based on remote sensing and GIS modeling. 2004, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Machguth, Horst. Messung und Modellierung der Massenbilanzverteilung auf Gletschern der Schweizer Alpen. 2003, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Galanda, Martin. Automated polygon generalization in a multi agent system. 2003, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Imfeld, S. Time, points and space - towards a better analysis of wildlife data in GIS. 2000, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
• Geiser, Urs. Ökologische Probleme als Folge von Konflikten zwischen endogenen und exogen geprägten Konzepten der Landressourcen-Bewirtschaftung: zur Diskussion um Landnutzungsstrategien und ökologisches Handeln im ländlichen Raum der Dritten Welt am Beispiel Sri Lanka. 1993, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.