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Narratives of Environmental Change: Mangroves, Shrimp Farming and Artisanal Fishing Communities in Ecuador
(1999)In recent years, many developing nations have reaped an economic windfall from the growth of shrimp aquacultute. Increasing demand for specialty seafood in the industrialized world, as well as a drive to diversify export ... -
The Needle and the Damage Done: An Exploratory Analysis of Wisconsin's Heroin Epidemic
(2016-06-14)Since the early 2000’s, Wisconsin has experienced an explosive growth in the illicit use of heroin, leading to an epidemic of this highly addictive opioid. This project will attempt to identify hotspots of the use of heroin ... -
Neighborhood Isolation and Mortgage Redlining in Milwaukee County
(2016-06-14)Housing policy can entrench the disadvantages of segregation in communities. We seek to identify and quantify economic disparities and neighborhood isolation associated with mortgage redlining. Mortgage redlining is a ... -
Northwest Passage Shipping in the 21st Century
(2018-05-03)In recent decades, the Arctic has been warming at double the rate of the global average. This has led to a significant loss of ice cover, including 33% of sea ice extent and 63% of total ice volume in September. There ... -
Norwegian-American Cultural Landscapes in Dane County, Wisconsin: Changes through Time
(2010-12-14)Norwegian immigration to Dane County, Wisconsin began in the 1840s because of land availability and economic opportunities and accelerated by the 1870s, due to demographic changes. Norwegian immigrants formed communities ... -
Observing State Street as the Axis between Knowledge and Leadership: How the Insertion of Luxury High Rises has Influenced the Character of Madison’s Urban Core
(2020-12-14)The past two decades have brought more change to university towns than any period seen before. Our research directly examines the impacts that student-oriented luxury high rises have on the character of the Greater State ... -
Off the Rails for Nature Trails: Expansion of the Rails to Trails Program in Wisconsin
(2016-06-14)Increasing the accessibility to nature trails is important in addressing the many public health initiatives geared toward exercise and mental health. Thus, we seek to identify potential sites for expansion of the Rails to ... -
On Varying the Detectability of Symbols to Encode Data Uncertainty
(2010)Visual variables are properties of an image, such as the size or shape of a mark, that can be manipulated systematically to convey information. However, there is another, more fundamental property of images which has not ... -
One Body, Many Members: Landscapes of Christian Congregations in Madison, Wisconsin
(2018-05-06)There is wide diversity amongst Christian churches across the United States, representing dozens of different denominations, each with congregations that differ in size, demographics, and values. However, despite the ... -
Online Communities: Interactions and PlaceMaking in a Virtual Environment
(2014-12)We are studying placemaking online and how and why people participate in these communities. In our literature review we focus on the unique aspects of virtual space such as the varying degrees of anonymity, the disjoint ... -
Optimizing Best Management Practices (BMPS) For Watershed Plans Considering Temporal Dynamics, Maintenance, and Investment Constraints
(2023)In an era increasingly challenged by environmental issues in watersheds, understanding and optimizing land-use management practices becomes crucial. This thesis examines the optimization of Best Management Practices (BMPs) ... -
Optimizing Bus Rapid Transit for Equity in Madison, WI
(2018-05-16)In Madison, WI the 2016 Metro Transit annual report cites overcapacity as the leading detriment to the system’s efficiency. This disproportionately affects low income, minority, and carless populations who rely on the ... -
Optimizing Bus Routes in Detroit, Michigan: an Analysis of Relevant Destinations, Origins and the Routes Connecting Them
(2018-05-06)Due to a high population of residents without personal cars and the limited extent of bus routes in Detroit, Michigan, the city could benefit significantly from redesigned bus routes. We are going to perform a route and ... -
Out of the Loop: Transit Deserts, Health and Well-Being in Chicago
(2017)This project explores access to public transportation in the city of Chicago through the Chicago Transit Authority’s light-rail train network, referred to as the ‘L’. Using this network, we investigated the correlation ... -
Pandemic-Era Agroecology in Guatemala: Economic Solidarity and Smallholder Resilience to Economic Shock
(2021)The Covid-19 pandemic’s unprecedented market and mobility restrictions (2020-2021) created a distinct economic shock for Guatemalan smallholders, which arrived on the trails of other economic and environmental shocks. At ... -
Past, Present and Future Development of James Madison Park
(2018)This case study examines the redevelopment process of James Madison Park by asking two questions: (1) How has James Madison Park changed through time and why? and (2) What populations are best served and not served by ... -
Pastures & Pluralism: Forum Shopping & Community-based Dispute Resolution on Afghanistan's Rangelands
(2014)For over a decade, news stories have despairingly cataloged the American-led foreign forces’ failure to stabilize Afghanistan. From afar, the impoverished country may seem awash with eternal struggles between unreasonable ... -
People, Parks and Places: an Analysis of Green Spaces in Madison Through Sentiment Mapping
(2018)This paper examines the role of parks and green spaces in creating social interaction and strengthening community ties. How park structure, both physical and institutional influence sentiments and the use of the spaces, ... -
Perceptions and Possibilities: Renewable Energy on the UW-Madison Campus
(2017)This study examined the perceptions and possibilities of future renewable energy utilization on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to determine the realistic future of implementation. We accomplished this through ... -
Perceptions of Safety at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
(2020-12-14)We investigated patterns in the perceptions of safety among various demographic groups for undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We collected heat map data and qualitative responses from 62 students ...