Blake Walker

2022

• Chilla, T., Große, T., Hippe, S., & Walker, B. (2022). COVID-19 incidence in border regions: spatiotemporal patterns and border control measures. Public Health, 202, 80-83. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.11.006
• Kremer, D., Sonnenwald, D.H., & Walker, B. (2022). Explorative spatial analysis of the function of landscape in video games. In Burghardt M, Dieckmann L, Steyer T, Trilcke P, Walkowski N, Weis J, Wuttke U (Eds.), Fabrikation von Erkenntnis – Experimente in den Digital Humanities. Wolfenbüttel: Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften und Melusina Press.
• Schreyer, J., Walker, B., & Lakes, T. (2022). Implementing urban canopy height derived from a TanDEM-X-DEM: An expert survey and case study. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 187, 345-361. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.02.015
• Walker, B., Brinkmann, S., Große, T., Kremer, D., Schuurman, N., Hystad, P.,... Lear, S.A. (2022). Neighborhood Greenspace and Socioeconomic Risk are Associated with Diabetes Risk at the Sub-neighborhood Scale: Results from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study. Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00630-w

2021

• Enoguanbhor, E.C., Gollnow, F., Walker, B., Nielsen, J.O., & Lakes, T. (2021). Key Challenges for Land Use Planning and Its Environmental Assessments in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria. Land, 10(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10050443
• Nobrega Barbosa, K.G., Walker, B., Vieira Da Silva, A., Procopio Gonzaga, G.L., Maio De Brum, E.H., & Ribeiro, M.C. (2021). Spatial-temporal patterns of homicide in socioeconomically deprived settings: violence in Alagoas, Brazil, 2006‒2015. Global Health Action, 14(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1952752
• Pech, L., Levers, C., Büscher, K., & Walker, B. (2021). Armed conflict and cross-border asymmetries in urban development: A contextualized spatial analysis of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gisenyi, Rwanda. Land Use Policy, 109. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105711

2020

• Enoguanbhor, E.C., Gollnow, F., Walker, B., Nielsen, J.O., & Lakes, T. (2020). Simulating Urban Land Expansion in the Context of Land Use Planning in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria. Geo Journal. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-020-10317-x
• Ho, H.C., Man, H.Y., Wong, M.S., Shi, Y., & Walker, B. (2020). Perceived differences in the (re)production of environmental deprivation between sub-populations: A study combining citizens’ perceptions with remote-sensed and administrative data. Building and Environment, 174. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106769
• Scarpone, C., Brinkmann, S.T., Große, T., Sonnenwald, D., Fuchs, M., & Walker, B. (2020). A multimethod approach for county-scale geospatial analysis of emerging infectious diseases: a cross-sectional case study of COVID-19 incidence in Germany. International Journal of Health Geographics, 19(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-00225-1
• Schuurman, N., Walker, B., Swanlund, D., Amram, O., & Yanchar, N.L. (2020). Qualitative field observation of pedestrian injury hotspots: A mixed-methods approach for developing built- and socioeconomic-environmental risk signatures. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062066
• Walker, B., Moura de Souza, C., Pedroso, E., Lai, R.S., Hunter, P., Tam, J.,... Barbosa, K.G.N. (2020). Towards a Situated Spatial Epidemiology of Violence: A Placially-Informed Geospatial Analysis of Homicide in Alagoas, Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249283
• Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Swanlund, D., & Clague, J.J. (2020). GIS-based multicriteria evaluation for earthquake response: a case study of expert opinion in Vancouver, Canada. Natural Hazards. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04390-1
• Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Wen, C.K., Shakeel, S., Schneider, L., & Finley, C. (2020). Cancer resection rates, socioeconomic deprivation, and geographical access to surgery among urban, suburban, and rural populations across Canada. PLoS ONE, 15(10). https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240444
• Wister, A., Rosenkrantz, L., Shashank, A., Walker, B., & Schuurman, N. (2020). Multimorbidity and Socioeconomic Deprivation among Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis in Five Canadian Cities Using the CLSA. Journal of Aging and Environment. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2020.1734138

2019

• Barbosa, K.G.N., Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Cavalcanti, S.D.L.B., Ferreira e Ferreira, E., & Ferreira, R.C. (2019). Epidemiological and spatial characteristics of interpersonal physical violence in a Brazilian city: A comparative study of violent injury hotspots in familial versus non-familial settings, 2012-2014. PLoS ONE, 14(1), 1-19. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208304
• Enoguanbhor, E.C., Gollnow, F., Nielsen, J.O., Lakes, T., & Walker, B. (2019). Land Cover Change in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria: Integrating GIS and Remotely Sensed Data to Support Land Use Planning. Sustainability, 11(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11051313
• Walker, B., Canham, S.L., Wister, A., & Fang, M.L. (2019). A GIS Analysis of East Asian Care Gaps in Residential and Assisted Living Facilities in Vancouver, Canada. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 33(2), 103-119. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2018.1534177
• Walker, B., Shashank, A., Gasevic, D., Schuurman, N., Poirier, P., Teo, K.,... Lear, S.A. (2019). The Local Food Environment and Obesity: Evidence from Three Cities. Obesity, 28(1), 40-45. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.22614
• Yafe, E., Walker, B., Amram, O., Schuurman, N., Randall, E., Friger, M., & Adini, B. (2019). Volunteer First Responders for Optimizing Management of Mass Casualty Incidents. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(2), 287-294. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2018.56

2018

• Haacke, H., Enssle, F., Helbrecht, I., Lakes, T., & Walker, B. (2018). Cluster analysis for the derivation of agents for ABMs in the context of an ageing , super-diverse population : a mixed-methods approach. In Proceedings of the AGILE 2018. Lund, SE.

2017

• Hung Chak, H., Knudby, A.J., Walker, B., & Henderson, S.B. (2017). Delineation of Spatial Variability in the Temperature–Mortality Relationship on Extremely Hot Days in Greater Vancouver, Canada. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(1), 66-75. https://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP224
• Krstic, N., Yuchi, W., Ho, H.C., Walker, B., Knudby, A.J., & Henderson, S.B. (2017). The Heat Exposure Integrated Deprivation Index (HEIDI): A data-driven approach to quantifying neighborhood risk during extreme hot weather. Environment International, 109, 42 - 52. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.09.011
• Michener, S., Bell, L., Walker, B., & Schuurman, N. (2017). Change detection in bone histology using raster-based geographical information systems. Forensic Science International, 277, 57-58.
• Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Auluck, A., Lear, S., & Rosin, M. (2017). Socioeconomic disparities in head and neck cancer patients' access to cancer treatment centers. Rural and Remote Health, 17(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.22605/RRH4210

2016

• Amram, O., Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Pike, I., & Yanchar, N.L. (2016). Disparities in Paediatric Injury Mortality between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations in British Columbia, 2001–2009. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(7). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070651
• Auluck, A., Walker, B., Hislop, G., Lear, S.A., Schuurman, N., & Rosin, M. (2016). Socio-economic deprivation: a significant determinant affecting stage of oral cancer diagnosis and survival. BMC Cancer, 16(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2579-4
• Ruiz-Grosso, P., Miranda, J.J., Gilman, R.H., Walker, B., Carrasco-Escobar, G., Varela-Gaona, M.,... Bernabe-Ortiz, A. (2016). Spatial distribution of individuals with symptoms of depression in a periurban area in Lima: an example from Peru. Annals of Epidemiology, 26(2), 93-99.e2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.11.002
• Walker, B. (2016). Making connections in a tough data scene. Canadian Geographer-Geographe Canadien, 60(3), 285-287. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cag.12296
• Yuchi, W., Knudby, A.J., Cowper, J., Gombojav, E., Amram, O., Walker, B., & Allen, R.W. (2016). A description of methods for deriving air pollution land use regression model predictor variables from remote sensing data in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Canadian Geographer-Geographe Canadien, 60(3), 333-345. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cag.12279

2015

• Schuurman, N., Cinnamon, J., Walker, B., Fawcett, V., Nicol, A., Hameed, S.M., & Matzopoulos, R. (2015). Intentional injury and violence in Cape Town, South Africa: an epidemiological analysis of trauma admissions data. Global Health Action, 8(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.27016
• Walker, B., & Schuurman, N. (2015). The Pen or the Sword: A Situated Spatial Analysis of Graffiti and Violent Injury in Vancouver, British Columbia. Professional Geographer, 67(4), 608-619. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2014.970843
• Walker, B., Schuurman, N., Auluck, A., Lear, S.A., & Rosin, M. (2015). Suburbanisation of oral cavity cancers: Evidence from a geographically-explicit observational study of incidence trends in British Columbia, Canada, 1981-2010. BMC Public Health, 15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2111-9

2014

• Auluck, A., Walker, B., Hislop, G., Lear, S.A., Schuurman, N., & Rosin, M. (2014). Population-based incidence trends of oropharyngeal and oral cavity cancers by sex among the poorest and underprivileged populations. BMC Cancer, 14(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-316
• Walker, B., Schuurman, N., & Hameed, S.M. (2014). A GIS-based spatiotemporal analysis of violent trauma hotspots in Vancouver, Canada: Identification, contextualisation and intervention. BMJ Open, 4(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003642
• Walker, B., Taylor-Noonan, C., Tabbernor, A., McKinnon, T., Bal, H., Bradley, D.,... Clague, J.J. (2014). A multi-criteria evaluation model of earthquake vulnerability in Victoria, British Columbia. Natural Hazards, 74(2), 1209-1222. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-014-1240-2

2013

• Walker, B., & Rinner, C. (2013). A qualitative framework for evaluating participation on the Geoweb. URISA Journal, 25(2), 15-24.

2012

• Walker, B., & Schuurman, N. (2012). Environmental correlates with violent injury. Geomatica, 66(4), 269-278. https://dx.doi.org/10.5623/cig2012-053