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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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