Ken Denike (1939-2024)
Education
University of Pennsylvania, 1973, AM, PhD
University of British Columbia, BSc, MSc
About
Much of Ken’s early research focused on the trade off between equity and efficiency of delivery of public and private economic activity most notably in transportation and education. He applied spatial data analysis to develop public infrastructure such as the Expo Transit Line in metro Vancouver and to examine the New York inner-city school funding controversy. More recently he extended his interests into public health and morphed spatial analysis approaches used in transportation to apply to vectors of disease transmission in epidemiology.
To learn more about Ken’s life and legacy read his memorial announcement here.
Teaching
Publications
2014
SULMONA, L.G., EDGINGTON, D.W. and DENIKE, K. 2014 ‘The role of Advanced Border Controls at Canadian airports’ Journal of Transport Geography 39, 11-20 DOI 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.06.006
2010
KOCH, T. and DENIKE, K. 2010 ‘Essential, Illustrative, or … Just Propaganda? Rethinking John Snow’s Broad Street Map’ Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 45(1), 19-31 DOI 10.3138/carto.45.1.19
2009
KOCH, T. and DENIKE, K. 2009 ‘Crediting his critics’ concerns: Remaking John Snow’s map of Broad Street cholera, 1854′ Social Science & Medicine 69(8), 1246-51 DOI 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.046