Publications

Andrea Rissing, Emily Burchfield (2024). Crop diversification as landscape change: using land systems science to understand agricultural trajectories in North Carolina. Regional Environmental Change.

Jean Ribert Francois, Kate Nelson, EmilyBurchfield (2024). Linking Diversity–Productivity Conditions of Farming Systems with the Well-Being of Agricultural Communities. Sustainability.

Jean Ribert Francois, Kate Nelson (2024). Examining the State of Community Well-Being at the Intersection of Rurality and Agricultural Engagement in the Contiguous United States.. International Journal of Community Well-Being.

Emily Burchfield, Michael Crossley, Kate Nelson (2024). Rotational complexity across US counties is currently insufficient to observe yield gains in major crops. Environmental Research Letters.

Michael Madin, Kate Nelson, Kanij Fatema, Karina Schoengold, Abhilekha Dalal, Ikenna Onyekwelu, Rushrukh Rayan, Sanaz Saki Norouzi (2024). Synthesis of current evidence on factors influencing the suitability of synthetic biodegradable mulches for agricultural applications: A systematic review. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research.

Michael Madin, Kate Nelson (2024). Effects of landscape simplicity on crop yield: A reanalysis of a global database. PLOS One.

Kate Nelson, Colin Goodman (2023). Multiscale Social Vulnerability in U.S. (1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo.

Kate Nelson, Tuan D. Nguyen (2023). Community assets and relative rurality index (1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo.

Emily K. Burchfield, Kate Nelson (2023). County-level Estimates of Landscape Complexity and Configuration in the Coterminous US. Ag Data Commons.

Kate Nelson, Emily K. Burchfield (2023). Defining features of diverse and productive agricultural systems: An archetype analysis of U.S. agricultural counties. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.

Kate Nelson, Tuan D. Nguyen (2023). Community assets and relative rurality index: A multi-dimensional measure of rurality. Journal of Rural Studies.

Kate Nelson, Tuan D. Nguyen, Jean Ribert Francois, Shreya Ojha (2022). Rural sustainability methods, drivers, and outcomes: A systematic review. Sustainable Development.

R. Sikorsky, Sharp, Fefer, Kate Nelson, & Shivley (2022). The use of drones for recreational impact monitoring of public lands. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration.

Katherine S Nelson, Buddhika Patalee, Becatien Yao (2022). Higher landscape diversity associated with improved crop production resilience in Kansas-USA. Environmental Research Letters.

Kate Nelson, Emily K. Burchfield (2021). Landscape complexity and US crop production. Nature Food.

Emily K. Burchfield, Kate Nelson (2021). Agricultural yield geographies in the United States. Environmental Research Letters.

Kate Nelson, Michael Molloy (2021). Differential disadvantages in the distribution of federal aid across three decades of voluntary buyouts in the United States. Global Environmental Change.

Kate Nelson, Tuan D Nguyen, Nathan A Brownstein, Devon Garcia, Hayden C Walker, Jordan T Watson, Aote Xin (2021). Definitions, measures, and uses of rurality: A systematic review of the empirical and quantitative literature. Journal of Rural Studies.

Janey V. Camp, Kate Nelson, Craig E. Philip, Miguel Moravec, Douglas W. Scheffler, Paul Johnson (2020). Utilizing agent-based modeling to evaluate operational impacts of an incident and possible alternatives on US waterways. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

Kate Nelson, Janey V. Camp (2020). Quantifying the Benefits of Home Buyouts for Mitigating Flood Damages. Anthropocene.

Emily K. Burchfield, Kate Nelson, Kaitlyn Spangler (2019). The impact of agricultural landscape diversification on US crop production. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.

Leslie Gillespie‐Marthaler, Kate Nelson, Hiba Baroud, Mark Abkowitz (2019). Selecting indicators for assessing community sustainable resilience. Risk Analysis.

Kate Nelson, Leslie Gillespie-Marthaler, Hiba Baroud, Mark Abkowitz, David Kosson (2019). An integrated and dynamic framework for assessing sustainable resilience in complex adaptive systems. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure.

Leslie Gillespie-Marthaler, Kate Nelson, Hiba Baroud, David S Kosson, Mark Abkowitz (2018). An integrative approach to conceptualizing sustainable resilience. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure.

Kate Nelson, Emily K. Burchfield (2017). Effects of the structure of water rights on agricultural production during drought: A spatiotemporal analysis of California's Central Valley. Water Resources Research.

Kate Nelson, Janey V. Camp, Craig E. Philip, Mark D. Abkowitz (2017). Agent-Based Model of Navigable Inland Waterway Tow Operation Procedures. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR).

Leah A Dundon, Kate Nelson, Janey Camp, Mark Abkowitz, Alan Jones (2016). Using climate and weather data to support regional vulnerability screening assessments of transportation infrastructure. Risks.

Kate Nelson, Mark D.Abkowitz, Janey V.Camp (2015). A method for creating high resolution maps of social vulnerability in the context of environmental hazards. Applied Geography.