Publications & Talks

Publications

Journal article, Journal of Rural Studies, August 2026

Urban-Rural Transfer and Distributive Environmental Justice in Biosolids Land Application: A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis of Florida

Fernandez, E. (2026). Journal of Rural Studies, 126, 104324. doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104324

Map of Florida's rural and urban census tracts, with tracts that contain biosolids sites outlined

Highlights

  • Urban-rural transfer produces environmental inequality.
  • Biosolids sites are disproportionately located in rural areas.
  • Income is a stronger predictor of exposure than race.
  • Results reveal within-rural socioeconomic stratification.

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Talks

Florida Planning Conference, APA Florida, Daytona Beach, 2025

Environmental Justice Concerns in Urban–Rural Planning for Biosolids: A Literature Review

Warren, H. & Fernandez, E. (2025).

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LEEF Mini Conference, Vero Beach, 2024

Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in Environmental Education

Fernandez, E. (2024).

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Course Projects

Class project, Florida State University

Principal Component Analysis: Pine Island Sound Monitoring Station

Fernandez, E. A principal component analysis of 12 water quality variables (2009–2018) from a Lee County monitoring station in Pine Island Sound, near the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River.

Slide 1: Title
1 / 11 Title
Slide 2: Pine Island Sound
2 / 11 Pine Island Sound
Slide 3: What is PCA?
3 / 11 What is PCA?
Slide 4: Data & methods
4 / 11 Data & methods
Slide 5: Reducing dimensionality
5 / 11 Reducing dimensionality
Slide 6: Loadings
6 / 11 Loadings
Slide 7: Correlation matrix
7 / 11 Correlation matrix
Slide 8: PC1: Salinity & nutrients
8 / 11 PC1: Salinity & nutrients
Slide 9: PC2: Oxygen & temperature
9 / 11 PC2: Oxygen & temperature
Slide 10: PC3: pH & ammonia
10 / 11 PC3: pH & ammonia
Slide 11: Conclusion
11 / 11 Conclusion

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