Monitoring Hate Speech and Offensive Language on Social Media
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Author Sidney Gig-Jan Wong Abstract Hate speech and offensive language content on social media platforms has increased in both volume and tone across Aotearoa. The current study aims to develop a method to monitor hate speech and offensive language using transformer-based pretrained language […]
Uncertainty in Bathymetry Estimation
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Authors M. Nguyen, M. D. Wilson, E. M. Lane, J. Brasington, R. Pearson Introduction River bathymetry plays a crucial role in flood modelling in the form of Digital Elevation Model (DEM). It increases the reliability, accuracy and continuity of the DEM. However, river […]
Building Future Urban Development Scenarios into Assessments of Future Flood Risk
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Author Katherine Booker Supervisors Professor Iain White, University of Waikato and Professor Matthew Wilson, GRI University of Canterbury Research Problem The devastating impact of flood events demonstrates the need for more comprehensive assessments of future flood risk in urban policy. Risk assessments based […]
Unravelling the Biosecurity Implications of International Tourism in New Zealand
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Authors Ishwarya Anand, Vanessa Bastos, Steve Pawson, Andrew Robinson, Heyang (Thomas) Li Abstract New Zealand is a treasure of biodiversity in the heart of Pacific. Tourism is one of the main causes of the accidental introduction and spread of harmful foreign plants and […]
Smoked Out: The Spatial Variation of Vape Retailer Provision in New Zealand
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Author Waterman, I., Marek, L., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Mohammed, J., Epton, M., Hobbs, M. Abstract We know little about the spatial patterning of e-cigarette retailers, particularly their socio-spatial patterning around schools. We obtained the nationwide vape retail locations from the Specialist Vape Retailers register, […]
Water Allocation and the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Author Katherine Booker Supervisor Phil Davies Sponsors Suzanne Gabites and Ilja van Nieuwpoort Project Aim The Land and Water Regional Plan sets limits on the quantity of fresh water in each river or stream that can be allocated to consents to take water, […]
URBAN TREES AND HOUSING INTENSIFICATION: A SPATIAL CONFLICT?
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Author David Pedley Supervisors Dr Justin Morgenroth (UC) and Dr Grant Pearse (Scion) Abstract Urban trees provide a multitude of environmental and amenity benefits for city occupants. In recognition of these benefits, many cities have developed strategies and plans seeking to protect and […]
Use of Felt Rapid Reports as a reliable data source in the production of Earthquake Intensity Maps
Date September 5-6, 2023 Submitted to The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium Author Hazel Fraser Abstract Crowdsourcing has the potential for use in a wide range of hazard applications by timely collection of large quantities of data. One example is GeoNet’s Felt Rapid Report (FRR) data which has received up to 61,000 reports within 15 […]
USING RISKSCAPE TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF FLOOD UNCERTAINTY ON DECISION-MAKING
Date 7 November 2023 Submitted to The Waterways Postgraduate Student Conference Author Clevon Ash Supervisors Prof Matthew Wilson, Prof Iain White, and Dr Carolynne Hultquist Abstract Flooding is a major hazard in Aotearoa. In 2022 and 2023 alone, the combined cost of damage was more than 3.5 billion dollars. To address this problem, flood hazards […]
Analysis of New Zealand daily weather patterns (DWTs) and large-scale climatic patterns as extreme rainfall and flooding drivers
Research team Andrea Pozo, Matthew Wilson, Marwan Katurji, Fernando Méndez, Emily Lane Summary The overall aim of this research project is the generation of flood inundation maps for a specific study site, namely the Wairewa catchment (Little River, Canterbury) for the benefit of community stakeholders. To this end, accurate analysis and characterization of extreme rainfall […]