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The Move for Food: Food Desert Alleviation for the Greater Madison, WI Area
(2016-06-14)
As communities in the United States focus on a national initiative for improving quality of life, the complexity to provide healthy, affordable food for households becomes more apparent. Our objective is to identify potential ...
Walkability, Amenities, and Housing Choice in Downtown Madison
(2018-08-10)
High-Rise apartments are a quintessential living option for residents in major cities and downtown areas. Two important aspects of high-rise apartments are the amenities that are offered and how walkable the area surrounding ...
Madison, Wisconsin: the Danger of Liberal Havens an Analysis of Neighborhood Formation
(2017-05)
To better explore the question of Madison as a liberal haven, I have chosen to study the low-income, minority neighborhood of South Madison. Due to Madison’s large white population, there is little inter-racial mixing in ...
Junior Hockey in Madison, Wisconsin: Predicting the Capitols? Success
(2014-12)
The Madison Capitols, located in Madison, Wisconsin, are a first year team in the United States Hockey League, the premier junior hockey league in the United States. In this paper, we analyze the Capitols? potential to be ...
Lowering the Lakes: the Environmental, Economic and Recreational Impacts of Returning Lake Mendota to Historical Levels
(2018-12-17)
After extensive flooding in the Madison, Wisconsin area in August 2018, there have been
calls by the public to permanently lower the largest body of water in the region, Lake Mendota,
which has been artificially raised ...
The History of Food Systems and Accessibility in Madison, WI: 1970-Today
(2016-12-15)
The retail food landscape is a dynamic sector: Large chains are constantly forcing
locally-run stores out of business, retail capital is becoming increasingly consolidated, and the
number of food insecure individuals is ...
A 20-Year Analysis of Economic & Renewable Energy Policies Across Wisconsin: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Institutional Player Disjuncts
(2019)
While Wisconsin has produced relatively fewer greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than some of its Midwestern neighbors, in 2003 it was the 42nd largest GHG emitter in the world. The state of Wisconsin generates only 10-percent ...
An Enclave of Affordability Past? Resident Perceptions of Development and Housing on Madison’s North Side
(2019)
In the summer of 2019, the City of Madison classified the majority of neighborhoods in North Madison as susceptible to gentrification and its population as vulnerable to displacement. In this report, we document residents' ...
Plant-Based for the Madison-Based: University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Perceptions of the Plant-Based Diet and Options in and Around Campus
(2019)
The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the perceptions and knowledge of plant-based diets among university students. We focused on showcasing local options, the benefits and barriers of the diet, ...
Proactive Prediction: Mapping PFAs Risk in Dane County
(2019-12-16)
This paper mapped soil and bedrock characteristics, demographic information and the locations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAs) point sources in Dane County, in an attempt to predict municipal wells that would ...