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This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies at Brown University.

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Christina Zarcadoolas, Assistant Professor, Center for Environmental Studies

Harold Ward, Director, Center for Environmental Studies

Carol Baker , GIS Administrator, Town of South Kingstown, RI

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Nathan James
Center for Environmental Studies
Box 1943
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912

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All geographic data was accurate as of January 2001. However, because the parcel level GIS data on which this project was based changes regularly, no decisions should be based on the results of this work.

For more information regarding access to the GIS coverage created from this study, contact the South Kingstown Planning Department.

Acknowledgments
I am grateful to many people for their help with this project including primary advisor Christina Zarcadoolas; my secondary advisor, Harold Ward, whose class on watersheds got me thinking about this topic; the South Kingstown planning department, Carol Baker, and planning director Tony Lachowicz; the staff of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission for access to their files; Rich Youngken of the Dunn Foundation; Peter Flinker of Dodson Associates; the residents of South Kingstown who generously shared their time and ideas with me as well as all the participants in the Village Inventory.

I owe a special debt to the Center for Environmental Studies, the staff, and students who work there around the clock. It is a truly unique place, both at Brown and, I expect, among most universities. I would not have had the courage or ability to undertake this project without it.