Mark W. Horner
Associate Professor and Graduate Director
Contact Information
| Office: | Bellamy 306 |
| Phone: | 850/644-8377 |
| Email: | mhorner@fsu.edu |
| Webpages: | http://mailer.fsu.edu/~mhorner/ |
Education
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2002
Field
- Geographic information science, spatial modeling, sustainability, transportation, urban geography
Current Research
- Modeling urban travel and land use patterns; spatial analysis of commuting, jobs-housing, and segregation issues
- Understanding scale and representation impacts in geographic information science
- Measuring accessibility to goods, services, and opportunities
- Network analysis in GIS; designing strategies of disaster relief provision
- Social exclusion and transportation
Selected Publications
- Mark W. Horner and Bernadette Marion. 2009. Development of a Spatial Dissimilarity-Based Index of Jobs-Housing Balance: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Tests. In press in Urban Studies.
- Mark W. Horner. 2008. 'Optimal' Accessibility Landscapes? Development of a New Methodology for Simulating and Assessing Jobs-housing Relationships in Urban Regions. Urban Studies 45(8), 1583-1602.
- Joni A. Downs and Mark W. Horner. 2008. Spatial Modeling Pathways of Migratory Birds for Nature Reserve Site Selection. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 22(6), 687-702.
- Mark W. Horner and Sara Groves. 2007. A Network Flow Based Approach to Siting Urban Rail Terminals. Socio-economic Planning Sciences 41(3), 255-268.
- Mark W. Horner and Joni A. Downs. 2007. A Flexible GIS-Based Network Flow Model for Routing Hurricane Disaster Relief Goods. Transportation Research Record 2022, 47-54.
- Mark W. Horner. 2007. A Multi-Scale Analysis of Urban Form and Commuting Change in a Small Metropolitan Area (1990-2000). Annals of Regional Science 41(1), 315-322.
Recent Fellowships & Achievements
- Horner, M.W. “Rethinking Representation in Spatial Modeling: Theoretical Developments and a Computational Study of Hurricane Disaster Relief. ” National Science Foundation, co-sponsored by the Geography and Regional Science Program and Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program ($64,760). 2006- 2008.