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Winners and Losers: Gerrymandering and the Wisconsin Supreme Court Case
(2017-12-17)
The objective of this research is to examine the validity of the gerrymandering claims being levied against the current Wisconsin State Assembly map in the Gill v Whitford Supreme Court case. To test these claims we examined ...
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 ...
The Streams of Time: the History of Channelization in Dane County's Riparian Systems and the Hope for Healing
(2017-12-16)
Water is, and likely will always be, both a celebrated and fervently contested natural
resource. Rivers have been both a basis for development of civilization and a victim of
that development. Dane County, Wisconsin is ...
Dialectology in the UW-Madison Community
(2017)
In this study, we researched phonetic and lexical variation across geography, incorporating
knowledge of history, demography, and sociolinguistics. We used surveys and audio recordings
in attempt to identify patterns in ...
An Environmental History of Lake Kegonsa: Perspectives on and Perceptions of a Downstream Eutrophic Lake
(2017)
People have a negative perception of Lake Kegonsa. It has been called the red-headed, carp-filled, green, “scumsusceptible”, impaired, end of the line, phosphorus catching, step-lake. The environmental history of Lake ...
The Relationship Between Voting and Crime: a Neighborhood-Level Analysis
(2017-05)
Why do people vote? Casting a ballot on election day is not just a way to show support for a particular candidate, it also embeds an individual into collective society. Knack argues that voting is a social norm, or a ...
The Role of Cartographic Interface Complexity on Spatial Decision Making: a Case Study in the North American Hazardous Waste Trade
(2017)
Digital interactive maps are part of our everyday lives: we use them for navigation on our smartphones, they enhance stories for online news sources, and they populate our social media timelines. The public has a favorable ...
Spatial Text Mining: an Enhanced Text Mining Framework for Extracting Disaster Relevant Social Media Data
(2017)
In the past decade, the rise in social media has led to the development of a vast number of social media services and applications. Disaster management represents one of such applications leveraging massive data generated ...
Wisconsin's 2011 Act 10: Analysis of Impacts to K-12 Public Education
(2017)
Our research investigates the differential impacts of Wisconsin’s 2011 Act 10 and Act 32 on
K-12 public school districts throughout the state. The 2011 biennial state budget (Act 32), the
reallocation of state aid and ...
Public Attitudes Towards Heroin Addictions: Spatial Consequences for Treatment Options and Access
(2017-12-17)
Over the past 20 years, heroin has become one of the most deadly street drugs available
in the United States. This national narrative is reflected in Madison, where, increasingly, city
agencies are allocating resources ...