Cervantes De Blois, Chelsea2022-02-152022-02-152021-12https://hdl.handle.net/11299/226426University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2021. Major: Geography. Advisor: Steven Manson. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 175 pages.To investigate the complex human-environmental systems in the Eurasian low- and middle-income countries of Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan, I apply both qualitative and quantitative methods to four different topics: (1) creating a Toxic Site Identification Program dataset, (2) integrating indigenous knowledge and geospatial analyses, (3) designing a model to reduce toxic hazards from inland bodies of water, and (4) forecasting repeated ethnic conflict through the lens of human-environmental challenges from climate, migration, and conflict. I address research gaps in understudied and data-poor LMICs by generating new datasets and models to address human-environmental problems.enAzerbaijanData Poor NationsHuman-Environmental SystemsKyrgyzstanPopulation StudiesVulnerabilityThesis or Dissertation