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2005-2006 Thesis Abstracts and Slides

Bachelor of Arts Theses

Robin Averbeck	Neighborhood Inequalities: Vacant Properties in Providence; Rhode Island from 1996 to Present	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Rachel Betesh	green in the body, honey in the heart: exploring the roles of nature and friendship in long-term care	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Liza Cochran	Environmental Justice and EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Molly Deringer	From Woodlots to House Lots? A Parcel-level Analysis of Private Forestry in Four Central New Hampshire Towns	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Brian Flynn	Global Food, Local Hunger: Investigating Government Incentives For an Equitable Local Food System	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Maggie Frye	A Body’s Burden: Advocacy Based Biomonitoring Studies	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Brionnia Hair	Women of Color, Breast Cancer and the Environment	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Caroline Merighi	Learning by Doing? Experience and Service Based Pedagogies in Environmental Studies at the University	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Blair Nelson	Conserving What is Ours: Challenges to Sustainable –Use Conservation Among the Ribeirinhos of the Tapajos National Forest	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Christian O’Mara	Rising Energy Costs & The Economics of Solar Hydronic Heating	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Marian Tsongas	Brownfield’s and School Siting in Providence: An examination of children’s health, city politics, and environmental justice	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Noah Weinstein	The Design and Piloting of a Web-based Educational Outreach Tool for Gauging and Influencing the Public's Wind Energy Perceptions	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Anna Willard	Saving the Past, One Farm at a Time: Historical Preservation of Rhode Island Agricultural Land	Abstract	Presentation Slides

Bachelor of Science Theses

Elizabeth Forsyth	Patterns of Typhoon Damage in Two Subtropical Forests	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Maria Harris	Recent and Historic Land Covers of the Big River Management Area: Implications for Early Successional Habitat Management	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Noam Ross	Soil Organic Carbon at Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia: The Role of Grazing and Permafrost	Abstract	Presentation Slides

Master Theses

Stephanie Elson	Exurban Sprawl in the Northern Forest: The Role of Local Planning in Conserving Ecosystem Goods and Services	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Benjamin Freitas	Apex Predator Protection: Assessing Shark Landings and Conservation Measures in Rhode Island	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Eric Gamage	Is Carbon Trading a Desirable Option for Brown?	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Angela Hackel	Citizen Perspectives on Environmental Health Hazards in “Cancer Alley”	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Amy Lerner	Transboundary Conservation Planning for Ecological and Human Values: A Case-Study of the Moosup River Watershed	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Farhod Maksudov	Land Use Pattern in Uzbekistan: Residential Expansion and Environmental Degradation	Abstract	Presentation Slides
C. Peterson	Humans, Carnivores, and Nature: A Study of Public Perceptions of Large Carnivores and Nature in the United States and Canada	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Angela Smith	Faith-based Environmental Groups in the United States and Their Strategies for Change	Abstract	Presentation Slides
William Space	Looking for a Climate Signal in the US Nuclear Power Debate	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Adam Wienert	From Forestland to House Lot: Carbon Stock Changes and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Exurban Land Development in Central New Hampshire	Abstract	Presentation Slides

Doctoral Theses

Daniel Orenstein

The Drivers and Ecological Implications of Land Use/Land Cover Change in Israel

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