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Madison State of Mind: Demographics and Urban Form on State Street
(2013-12)
The 500 block of State Street, in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, is currently undergoing a radical landscape change through the construction of a new high rise apartment complex called ?The Hub?. This study seeks to discover ...
Evaluating Madison From Two Wheels
(2013-12-17)
Bicycling is not only a childish pastime, but also an activity that can help the environment, both built and natural, while promoting equality and community among its residents. This study determines the bike-friendliness ...
Food Deserts: Evaluating Grocery Stores and Bus Accessibility using GIS in Madison, Wisconsin
(2013-12)
A major challenge facing low-income neighborhoods is the growing presence of food deserts. Food deserts are caused by lack of availability of healthy food and poor public transit systems. In order to assess food deserts ...
Madison's Urban Fire Regime
(2013-12)
This research looks at documented major fire incidents from 1855 to the present day, Madison, Wisconsin. It draws mostly upon primary sources including fire marshall reports, newspaper articles, and interviews
from first ...
Divided Digitally: Literacy in the 21st Century
(2013-12)
Socioeconomic inequalities receive much attention in academic literature, but scholars are just beginning to grasp what may amount
to one of the most significant disparities of the 21st century: that of technological ...
Beneath the Surface: Urban Fishing and Environmental Justice
(2013-12-12)
Urban fishing and shoreline fishing are popular year round activities that have received little attention in research and literature. We specifically looked at Monona Bay and Lake Wingra in Madison to examine the various ...
Ladies of Langdon: the Safety and the Perception of Gendered Spaces
(2013-12-12)
A popular downtown residential neighborhood in Madison, WI, Langdon Street is home to many
of the University of Wisconsin's fraternity and sorority houses. This article examines how
women's experiences on Langdon Street, ...