2008-2009 Thesis Abstracts and Slides
Bachelor of Arts Theses
| Sarah Clark | Brownfields: Blight, Beneficial Reuse, and…Community? |
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| Elizabeth Delucia | Rhode Island’s Proposed Offshore Wind Farm: Recommendations for Long-Term Contracting |
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| Eva Kranjc | Nuclear Power and Lay Perception: One Community’s Fight for Answers | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Ryohei Moriguchi | Implementing Feed-In Tariffs: Lessons from Willingness-to-Pay Studies and Customer Research |
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| Joshua Morrison | Urban Sustainability and Neighborhood Revitalization: The South Providence Public Street Vision and an analysis of Urban Sustainability Improvements as Capital from Community Revitalization |
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| Kelly Nichols | From Climate Justice to Green Business: A Rhode Island Case Study of Current Trends in the Environmental Movement |
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| Isak Pertee | Appropriate Architecture |
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| Elizabeth Piper-Goldberg | Transboundary Water Governance: A Case Study of the New England Interstate Water Compact Commission |
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| Claire Santoro | On the Rebound? An Econometric Analysis of the Effect of Energy Star Appliances on Residential Energy Consumption |
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| Matthew Wheeler | A Survey of Drinking Water Quality in Providence Public Buildings |
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| Stephan Wollenburg | Closing the Gap: Promoting Residential Energy Efficiency Investment in Rhode Island |
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Bachelor of Science Theses
| Alex Chuman | A Sensitivity Analysis of Bristol Harbor: Circulation and Sediment Patterns |
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| Lindsay Hagamen | The Impact of Land Use Practices on Nutrients in Freshwater Streams, Guanacaste, Costa Rica |
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| Joshua Lehman | Energy Efficiency in Multifamily Affordable Housing: How can precedents of high performance affordable housing inform energy efficient building practices in this sector? |
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| Qinghui Lin | The Short-term Effects of Camu Camu Cultivation on Crop Earnings and Environmental Conservation in Amazonian Villages in Peru |
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| Deborah Lipson | As Seattle Expands: Carbon Stock Changes in Soil and Biomass from House Lot Development |
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| Lindsay McAlpine | How effective are large-scale invasive species removal programs? A case study from the Berkshire/Taconic Plateau in Western Massachusetts | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Gi On Gideon Ng | Climate Changes in the Mediterranean During the Development of Northern Hemispheric Glaciation |
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| Shuying Tan | Epigenetic Inactivation of SFRP1 and SFRP2 Genes as Biomarkers of Invasive Bladder Cancer | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Christina Tang | Water Quality Study and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Rainwater Harvesting in Kuttanad, India |
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Master Theses
| Naira Aslanyan | Financing Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries: Case Study for Armenia | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Nora Buckman | The Grass Isn’t Greener: Exploring the Motivations for and Barriers to Home Gardening in Rhode Island | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Michael Clark | Reducing Drinking Water Demand in the Hunt-Annaquatucket-Pettaquamscutt Basin |
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| Marie-Laure Couet | Strengthening Providence with Community Gardens |
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| Nick Greenfield | Environment and Conflict: The Case of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda |
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| Andrew Posner | Green Microfinance: Advancing Social Equality and Sustainability in the United States | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Laura Mattison | Participatory Equality in the Governing of Marine Resources: A Gender Focused Study on Fisheries Management in Kerela, India and Southern New England, USA |
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Celia Riechel |
Socio-demographic drivers of land use change on non-industrial private forestland | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Will Yandik | Impacts of past land use and residential development on birds in an exurban temperate forest |
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