Ongoing MSc Theses
| Besse, Martine GEO |
The wolf debate in Switzerland: A spatial and temporal analysis performing geographic information retrieval on newspaper articles
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Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Besson, Nils ESS |
Optimizing Snow Avalanche Hazard Assessment: A Data-Driven Model for Enhanced Interpretation and Spatial Interpolation of Snowpack and Weather Data
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Dr, Frank Techel Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Bozzi, Laura GEO |
Nomen est omen – Naming the world’s glaciers from open web sources
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Michael Zemp |
| Brenn, Jana GEO |
Assessing the Impact of Metal Mining on Different Ecosystems Using Environmental Indicators
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
| Cui, Xiao GEO |
Green Space Exposure and Healthy Aging: Evidence from Multiple Green Space Measurements
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Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Changyu Han Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Eberhard, Fabio GEO |
Mapping Tranquility: A Comparative Study of Local and Modeled Perceptions in Glarus, Switzerland
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Franz, Jann Micha GEO |
Between nature and law: Approaches to enhance the definition of the upper treeline
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Geistlich, Cyril GEO |
Modeling Small-Scale Demographic Changes
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Dr. Marco Schmid Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Hadobas, Amanda Michelle ESS |
Impacts of Extreme Droughts on Global Biodiversity
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Dr. Dirk Karger Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Hamm, Marie GEO |
Bewertung der Auswirkungen von Photovoltaikanlagen auf die Biodiversität in der Schweiz: Integration von Biodiversitätskriterien in die Standortplanung freistehender PV-Anlagen
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Leonhard Zwiauer Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Haus, Laura GEO |
The Role of British Media in Shaping Public Perception of Resilience During Natural Disasters
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Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Jud, Alessandro GEO |
Automated Image Annotation and Visual Profiling of Swiss Parks Using COCO-Stuff and Flickr Data
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Marcel Hunziker |
| Kaufmann, Dominik GEO |
Semantic Similarities - A systematic approach to characterize and classify cities
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Moffat, Nina Danielle GEO |
Towards a holistic assessment approach for forests in Europe’s Natura 2000 network
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Tang, Jing GEO |
A Citywalk Route Recommendation System Based on User Preferences and Scenic Features: A Case Study of Paris |
Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Vacek, Christopher Jan GEO |
Using Computer Vision to Enrich Level of Traffic Stress Mapping with Spatio-Temporal Traffic Volumes in the City of Zurich
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Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Maria J. Santos Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Wang, Leqi GEO |
Detecting Sidewalk Accessibility Features Using Deep Learning: A Case Study in the City of Zurich with Street View Imagery
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Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Wei, Yilin GEO |
Understanding Public Engagement with Macao’s Urban Heritage via Social Media
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Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Widmer, Claude GEO |
School Route Safety: A Computer Vision Framework for Automated Evaluation in Zurich
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher |
| Xue, Yaze GEO |
Deep generative Land Surface Temperature reconstruction using synthetic cloud data
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Dr. Jennifer Susan Adams Franz Mauthner Max Aragon Carla Arellano Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
Completed MSc Theses
| 2025 | ||
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| Rohr, Philipp Sebastian GEO |
Landscape Perception: Analyzing Environmental Discourse in Spanish-Speaking Central and South America Using Twitter Data PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Carlota de Benito Moreno |
| 2024 | ||
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| Bolliger, Lynn GEO |
The Perception of Urban Change: A Computational Text Analysis of Newspaper Articles in Zurich North from 1991-2024 PDF |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann |
| Di Vincenzo, Simona GEO |
Exploring the frequencies and thematic context of place names in the Swiss National Park in the past 110 years using computational text analysis PDF |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Stefanie Gubler Tamara Estermann |
| Fässler, Tim GEO |
Low-Stress Connectivity and Accessibility; 'Leave no one behind' in the Bicycle Network in the City of Zurich PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Gomes, Diego GEO |
Geoparser: A Transformer-Based Bi-Encoder Approach for Efficient Toponym Disambiguation PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Michele Volpi |
| Koenig, Fabienne GEO |
Geomorphometric analysis of a debris flow event in Buffalora and catchment properties in the Swiss National Park PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Isabelle Gärtner-Roer Dr. Samuel Wiesmann |
| Kunz, Annika GEO |
Developing a Spatially Explicit Humanitarian Flood Vulnerability Index for Refugee Camps using Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis PDF |
Bruna Rohling Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Maiani, Nicola GEO |
Traffic coverage quality by bike in Switzerland: A comparison of cities' bikeability PDF
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Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Morlang, Marc GEO |
Creating a Diffuse Bicycle Traffic Assignment Model for Switzerland PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Pfoster, Carmen GEO |
Energy Poverty in Switzerland? A Geospatial Analysis. PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
| Pleisch, Hans Peter GEO |
Modelling the Effects of Tourism Development Scenarios on Land Use/Cover Change PDF
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Dr. Franziska Komossa Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Soland, Katia GEO |
Towards automating avalanche forecasts: A kriging model to interpolate modelled snow instability in the Swiss Alps PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Frank Techel, SLF Günter Schmudlach |
| Stutz, Marco GEO |
Geospatial Sentiment Analysis of different Energy Sources using historical Twitter Data PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Tharmalingam, Eric GEO |
Extracting Structured Flood Information for Nigeria from News Media in GDELT PDF
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Dr. Thomas Phillips Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Wang, Songlin GEO |
Comparing Semantic Geographic Information of Toponyms through Landscape PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Sara Racca |
| Xu, Leyi GEO |
Discovering Visiting Behaviors and City Perceptions by Mining Semantic Trajectory PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Zhang, Anjing GEO |
Using Social Media Data to Understand People’s Activities in Urban Green Spaces (UGSs) PDF |
Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| 2023 | ||
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| Asper, Lino GEO |
Electronic governance with an infrastructure reporting platform: The case of Züri wie neu. PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Hanna Hilbrandt |
| Durband, Gabriele GEO |
Partizipative Erfassung der kulturellen Ökosystemleistungen in der Valposchiavo PDF |
Dr. Enrico Celio Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Groenveld, Quinten GEO |
Scenicness Model Based on the British Scenic-or-Not Data Set for Switzerland, Landscape Beauty Through the Eyes of a Computer PDF |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Maximilian Christoph Hartmann |
| Hauser, Joel GEO |
Spatial Accessibility to Pediatricians in Switzerland An Improved Application Approach of the MHV3SFCA Method PDF |
Dr. Oliver Grübner Micheal von Rhein Reto Jörg Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Meier, Chantal Angela GEO |
Identifying toponyms and location references in residential real estate listings in Zurich City PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Özvegyi, Thomas GEO |
Modelling Bicycle Ridership Using Crowdsourced Data in the Urban Area of Zurich PDF |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Ralph Straumann Arnim Wagner |
| Schäfer, Leonie GEO |
Predicting and Characterizing Backcountry Skiing Activity in the Swiss Alps using VGI Data PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Frank Techel Günter Schmudlach |
| Schär, Eric ESS |
Cross linguistic comparison of Wilderness Perception in Switzerland - Perceptions of French-speaking and German-speaking Switzerland in two Regional Nature Parks PDF |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Felix Kienast |
| Schenker, Patrick GEO |
Effect of Urban Area Definition on Urban Sprawl Measurement PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Yves Maurer |
| Sigrist, Jan GEO |
Multifunctionality of Urban Green Spaces in the EU PDF
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Dr. Franziska Komossa Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Steinmann, Nicolas GEO |
Analysing Spatial Patterns of Coastal Cultural Ecosystem Services using Flickr and Wikipedia Data PDF |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Yuan, Mingyang GEO |
What Roles do social media Play in Hurricane Ian, Before, During and After the Event PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| 2022 | ||
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| Graf, Philipp GEO |
Trends in European Climate Change Perception: Where the Effects of Climate Change go unnoticed PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Kirsteina, Dace GEO |
Characterising London City Parks Using Open Data. PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Marie Mueller |
| Stuber, Julian GEO |
Opportunities for geomorphological and glaciological research from the Arctic-wide high resolution ArcticDEM PDF
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Vieli Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Sturzenegger, Sophie GEO |
What Makes an Urban Public Space Popular? A Data-Based Analysis of Existing Urban Public Spaces in the City of Zurich PDF |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| 2021 | ||
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| Arnet, Hans Thomas GEO |
Die Abgrenzung von Wald - Wo beginnt der Wald und wo hört er auf? Fallstudie im Kanton Aargau PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Flurina Wartmann |
| Biland, Fabian GEO |
Perception of landscape along hiking trails in the UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch, Switzerland PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Vuokko Heikinheimo |
| Brandenberg, Natalie GEO |
Automatisches Extrahieren von Landschaftsbeschreibungen aus öffentlich zugänglichen Texten über den Kanton Schwyz PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Maarten van Strien |
| Christen, Fabienne GEO |
Extracting cultural landscape properties of UNESCO cultural heritage sites in Switzerland PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Wyler, Lisa GEO |
Characterisation of the Evolution of Vineyards in Canton of Ticino and Moesa Region since the 1930s PDF
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Patrik Krebs Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Wysling, Laura GEO |
Where to improve cycling infrastructure? A case study on the city of Paris. PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| 2020 | ||
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| Amrhein, Adina GEO |
Three-Dimensional Topographic Model as Public Participation GIS: A tool for place-based Wind Energy Planning? |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Stefanie Müller |
| Frey, Tobias GEO |
The Cultural Eye. Exploring Cultural Differences in Landscape Preference based on Flickr Images. PDF
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Dr. Olga Koblet Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Füglister, Benjamin GEO |
From Text to Coordinates: Machine-Coding the Location of Historical Battles to Create a New Spatial Conflict Dataset PDF
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Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Grcic, Tomislav Spec. MA |
Understanding changes in tourists' behavior in the last decade of tourism in Croatia using User-generated content PDF |
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Hug, Dario GEO |
Comparison of Bike Sharing Systems (BSS) in Different Cities and the Impact of Different Influencing Factors PDF
|
Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Ralph Straumann |
| Lechtenböhmer, Marius Spec. MA |
Uncertainty aware density estimation with user-generated tick bite data PDF
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Prof. Dr. Patrick Laube Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |