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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

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Rachel Betesh

green in the body, honey in the heart: exploring the roles of nature and friendship in long-term care

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Liza Cochran Environmental Justice and EPA’s Brownfields
Job Training Program
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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
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Maggie Frye

A Body’s Burden: Advocacy Based Biomonitoring Studies

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Brionnia Hair

Women of Color, Breast Cancer and the Environment

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Caroline Merighi

Learning by Doing? Experience and Service Based Pedagogies in Environmental Studies at the University

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Blair Nelson

Conserving What is Ours: Challenges to Sustainable –Use Conservation Among the Ribeirinhos of the Tapajos National Forest

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Christian O’Mara

Rising Energy Costs & The Economics of Solar Hydronic Heating

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Marian Tsongas

Brownfield’s and School Siting in Providence: An examination of children’s health, city politics, and environmental justice

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Noah Weinstein

The Design and Piloting of a Web-based Educational Outreach Tool for Gauging and Influencing the Public's Wind Energy Perceptions

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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

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Maria Harris

Recent and Historic Land Covers of the Big River Management Area: Implications for Early Successional Habitat Management

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Noam Ross

Soil Organic Carbon at Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia: The Role of Grazing and Permafrost

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Master Theses

Stephanie Elson

Exurban Sprawl in the Northern Forest: The Role of Local Planning in Conserving Ecosystem Goods and Services

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Benjamin Freitas

Apex Predator Protection: Assessing Shark Landings and Conservation Measures in Rhode Island

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Eric Gamage

Is Carbon Trading a Desirable Option for Brown?

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Angela Hackel

Citizen Perspectives on Environmental Health Hazards in “Cancer Alley”

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Amy Lerner

Transboundary Conservation Planning for Ecological and Human Values: A Case-Study of the Moosup River Watershed

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Farhod Maksudov

Land Use Pattern in Uzbekistan: Residential Expansion and Environmental Degradation

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C. Peterson

Humans, Carnivores, and Nature: A Study of Public Perceptions of Large Carnivores and Nature in the United States and Canada

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Angela Smith

Faith-based Environmental Groups in the United States and Their Strategies for Change

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William Space

Looking for a Climate Signal in the US Nuclear Power Debate

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Adam Wienert From Forestland to House Lot:
Carbon Stock Changes and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Exurban Land
Development in Central New Hampshire
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Doctoral Theses

Daniel Orenstein

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

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