Blake Walker
Prof. Dr. Blake Walker
Department of Geography
Professur für Geographie (Digitale Geographie / Kulturgeographie)
Wetterkreuz 15
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-22467
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-22013
- Email: blake.walker@fau.de
- Website: http://www.geographie.nat.uni-erlangen.de/personen/blake-walker/
Office Hours
By appointment.
Curriculum Vitae
- Since September 2019: Professor of Human Geography and Digital Transformation, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 2018 to 2019: Guest researcher at the Geography Institute of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
- 2017 to 2018: Guest lecturer at the Geography Institute of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 2017: PhD (Spatial Epidemiology), Geography Department, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
- 2013: MSc (Spatial Epidmiology), Geography Department, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
- 2011 to 2017: Researcher / Sessional Lecturer, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
- 2011: BA (Geographic Analysis), Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Publications
2023
- Harden, S., Schuurman, N., Larson, H., & Walker, B. (2023). The utility of street view imagery in environmental audits for runnability. Applied Geography, 162. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103167
- Harkort, L., Walker, B., & Lakes, T. (2023). Spatiotemporal Patterns of Cyclist Collisions in Germany: Variations in Frequency, Severity of Injury, and Type of Collision in 2019. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12061-022-09476-w
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.
- Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2022). Geodaten quantitativ, aber kritisch analysieren – die Methode der explorativen räumlichen Datenanalyse am Beispiel von COVID-19 in Brasilien. In Dammann F, Michel B (Hrg.), Handbuch Kritisches Kartieren. (S. 307-324). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.
- Moura de Souza, C., Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2022). Placial-Discursive Topologies of Violence: Volunteered Geographic Information and the Reproduction of Violent Places in Recife, Brazil. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(10). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11100500
- 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
- Stadlmeier, A., Kremer, D., & Walker, B. (2022). Experiences of place-bound sociality amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis of environment-related coping strategies. Erdkunde, 76(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2022.03.02
- 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
- Walker, B., Brinkmann, S., & Kremer, D. (2022). Modelling eye-level visibility of urban green space: Optimising city-wide point-based viewshed computations through prototyping. In Parseliunas E, Mansourian A, Partsinevelos P, Suziedelyte-Visockiene J (Eds.), 25th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science “Artificial Intelligence in the service of Geospatial Technologies” (pp. 27: 1–7). Vilnius, LT.
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
Teaching
- GIS and Geographic Information Science in Human Geography / applied critical GIScience
- Human Geography Seminars: Globalisation; Socioeconomics; Health Geography
Research
- Spatial analysis of COVID-19 in Germany
- Social and built-environment risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (in collaboration with the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology Study)
- Local-scale socioeconomic and cultural risk factors for interpersonal violence (various studies in Brazil, Germany, and Canada)
- Digitalisation of placial-cultural narratives in digital media and critical analysis of open worlds in video games
Projects
- BMBF (Human Rights)
- REKKE – Resilienz durch Kulturlandschaft im Klimawandel
- VIBRANCE – Violence in Brazil: Analysis of Community Environments
- COVID-19 Narratives
- STAGE – Spatial Transcoding of Artificial Geographical Environments
- DigiDEM
- PURE SPACE – Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology: Spatial Analysis of Cardiovascular Environments
- GEM
- COVID-19
Other