Master's Theses 2001 to 2010
2010 Master's Theses
Thesis: Through the Rings: A Study of Housing Occupancy Declines Across Major Urbanized Areas in the United States
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Dan Zinder
Thesis: Drivers of Residential Lawn Care in Suburban Massachusetts: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Four Massachusetts Towns
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Kiersten von Trapp
Thesis: A "Reasonable Methodology?": Measuring the Effects of the Mount Laurel Doctrine on Residential Segregation
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Abigail Vladeck
Thesis: Energy Mapping for Community-based Energy Efficiency Initiatives
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Neil Veillieux
Thesis: Integrating Renewable Portfolio Standards and Carbon Cap-and-Trade: Issues and Policy Options
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Erin Sweet
Thesis: Bringing Global Ideas to Local Settings: Localising Agenda 21 in Nakuru, Kenya
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Kristen Stelljes
Thesis: An Analysis of Stakeholder Preferences on a Complex Waterfront: Land Uses and Planning Processes in Chelsea, MA
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Jessica Soule
Thesis: Connectivity for Sustainability: An exploration of real-time information and communication technologies for sustainable transport
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Karen Shilo
Thesis: Shifting from Saying to Doing: Evaluation of an Environmental Course Designed to Create Environmental Change Agents
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Dallase Scott
Thesis: An Assessment and Analysis of Issues and Patterns Associated with the Utilization of Open Spaces by Latino Immigrants in an Urban Neighborhood in Boston
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Juan Sanchez
Thesis: Condominium and Multifamily Foreclosures in Boston: Examining an Overlooked and Under-Studied Phenomenon
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Jeremy Robitaille
Thesis: Approaches to Efficient Investment in Nonpoint Source Pollution Management - A Municipal Approach
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Susan Murphy
Thesis: Reclaiming the Riverfront: Pittsburgh's Opportunity to Redefine Itself
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Joshua Morris
Thesis: Moving from Paper to Practice: An Implementation of Analysis of 10-Year Plans to End Homelessness
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Shannon Moriarty
Thesis: The Role of Youth Sport in Community Development
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Ellen Minzer
Thesis: The Effect of Genetic Introgression of Farm-Raised Fish on the Endangered Wild Atlantic Salmon Populations in Maine.
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Christopher Mancini
Thesis: Bicycle Sustainability: A Geospatial Platform to Identify Safe Cycling Facilities
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
Thesis: From Bean to Bar: An Assessment of Two Approaches to Sustainable Development Through Ethical Trade in the Chocolate Industry
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Rachel Levine
Thesis: Capitalizing Smart Growth: The Feasibility of Private Transfer of Development Rights Banking in Boulder County, CO
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Adam Knoff
Thesis: Hot spots in large solar: Evaluating policy contexts contributing to the growth of utility-scale solar installations
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Patrick Knight
Thesis: Turning Liabilities to Community Assets: Policies for Addressing Property Tax Delinquency
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Erin Kizer
Thesis: Opportunities for Landowner Involvement in Brownfields Re-Use Planning: A Canadian Case Study Analysis
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Jacqueline Holmes
Thesis: Agriculture and the American Suburb: How Development Can Enable Local Food Production and Suburban Revitalization
Topic: Agriculture and Food Systems Policy and Planning
Author: Zoe Harris
Thesis: Opportunities and Challenges of Regionalization Models in Massachusetts Public Housing: Implications for State Policy
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Brendan Goodwin
Thesis: Meeting in the Middle: Balancing the Commonwealth's Clean Tech Growth Objectives with its Pathways Out of Poverty Goals
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Eugenia Gibbons
Thesis: Brownfields + Greenfields = Growth Management Gold: Integrating and Connecting Redevelopment and Protection through State Enabling Law Reforms
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Mark Genua
Thesis: An Analysis of Municipal Tools for Promoting Green Roof Technology into Dense Urban Development
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: David Forbes, J.
Thesis: Building Youth Civic Engagement: How Local Youth Programs Use Youth Organizing and Advocacy
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Alexandra DeGenova
Thesis: The Downtown Crossing Pedestrian Zone: Should It Be Reopened to Vehicular Traffic?
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Joseph Cutrufo
Thesis: Corporate Transparency and Action in Response to Climate Change: Are Companies That Report Regulatory Risks Reducing Their Emissions?
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: Jonathan Crowe
Thesis: Comprehensive Community Initiatives as Place-Based Strategies for Change: An Analysis of the LISC/Chicago New Communities Program
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Ina Anderson
Thesis: Do Bicycle Master Plans Work? A Preliminary Analysis
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Rian Amiton
2009 Master's Theses
Thesis: Nudging Our Way to Sustainability: How Behavioral Science Can Inform Policies Promoting Pro-Environmental Behavior at the Household Level
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Tammy Zborel
Thesis: Civic Engagement Processes in Community Based Arts: A meta-analysis of 23 cases
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Nella Young
Thesis: Overcoming Challenges for a Renewable Energy Future: Next Steps for Texas
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Kaiba White
Thesis: City Governance and Economic Revitalization: An Assessment of Waterfront Planning in Buffalo, New York
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Christina Ungaro
Thesis: A Network Analysis of Climate Change Non-Profit Organizations in Metropolitan Boston
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Ben Steinberg
Thesis: Can Maine Facilitate Local Growth of the Cellulosic Ethanol Industry by Sustainably Using Her Extensive Forest Resources as a Feedstock? A Literature Review and GIS Based Analysis on the How and Where
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: William Smith
Thesis: Learning Lawmakers? A Case Study of Congressional Hearings as a Forum for Information Gathering
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Nicole Smith
Thesis: Sealing the Envelope: How Urban New England Communities can Mitigate Climate Change by Encouraging Energy Efficient Home Renovations
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Katie Resnick
Thesis: Overcoming Funding Obstacles to Island Wind Power Projects in New England: The Case of Monhegan, Maine
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Suzanne Pude
Thesis: Spatial Justice: A New Frontier in Planning for Just, Sustainable Communities
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Julia Prange
Thesis: Development of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Approach to Community Involvement from the Inception of Superfund in 1980 through 2009: Case Studies of the Tar Creek and Libby, Montana Superfund Sites
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Karen Petho
Thesis: Policy Mechanisms Supporting the Expansion of Wind Power in the United States
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Dana Panzer
Thesis: NGOs and CBOs Working in Partnership on Waterborne Disease Prevention in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Makito Ohikata
Thesis: Challenges in Expanding the Feasibility of Bus Rapid Transit as Clean Development Mechanism Projects
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Soichiro Nakahashi
Thesis: Looking for Progress in Raising the Education Levels of Early Childhood Teachers
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Christina Moulin
Thesis: Promoting Equity and Community Integrating for People with Disabilities in Massachusetts: An Analysis of the Community Based Housing Program
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Dana McQuillin
Thesis: Can New Consensus Building Techniques Be Used to Achieve the Common good in Global Environmental Treaty-making?
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Armando Malvone
Thesis: An Implementation of the No Discharge Area Program in Casco Bay, Maine
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Regina Lyons
Thesis: Additionality of the Clean Development Mechanism: Insights from Central American Case Studies
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Abby Lindsay
Thesis: The Power of Unity: Building Civic Capacity and Green Schools in Cincinnati and Boston
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Susanna Jones
Thesis: Insuring Individuals with Pre-Existing Medical Conditions: Does the Massachusetts Health Insurance Mandate Sufficiently Address the Coverage Problems of the Chronically Ill?
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Nathalie Jean
Thesis: Assessing the Community Land Trust Model: A Case Study of Bread & Roses Housing, Inc.
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Kara Hubbard
Thesis: Designing Our Future: Exploring the Boundaries of Design Review
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Kristin Hoffman
Thesis: The Complex Waterfront: A Study of the Chelsea Creek Designated Port Area in Chelsea, Massachusetts
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Erin Heacock
Thesis: Identifying Issues and Solutions to Community-Based Watershed Management in Latin America: An Analysis of Literature
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Michael Gove
Thesis: Preparing First Time Brownfield Developers: An Examination of the Challenges They Face and Their Pathways to Success
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Julia Gold
Thesis: Defining Capacity: Community-Based Watershed Management and Climate Change Adaptation
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Holly Elwell
Thesis: How Are Youth Best Served? The Role of Community Development Corporations for Youth Programming
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Aline Dallaire
Thesis: The Role of Non-profits in Urban Riverfront Revitalization
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Melissa Cryan
Thesis: Urban Shrinkage, Smart Decline and the Erie-Niagara Framework for Regional Growth
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Bernard Cahill
Thesis: Evaluating a Federal Feed-in Tariff for the United States: Lessons from Germany
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Silas Bauer
Thesis: How Are Cities Planning to Adapt to Threats Caused by Climate Change Induced Sea-Level Rise and Flooding?
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Elizabeth Antin
Thesis: Translation of 'Ethical' Motivations into Purchases of Ethically Differentiated Chocolate
Topic: Socially Responsible Marketing
Author: Samuel Anderson
2008 Master's Theses
Thesis: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Luba Zhaurova
Thesis: The Significance of Social Capital as a Concept for Understanding and Analyzing Community-based Organizations: Lessons for Chile
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Constanza Ulriksen
Thesis: Plastic Bag Reduction: Policies to Reduce Environmental Impact
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: Takeo Sugii
Thesis: Bridging to Reach Economic Self-Sufficiency for the Chinese Working-Age Population in Boston
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Chia-Hui Shen
Thesis: Draining the City: Stormwater Management Under Phase II in Providence, RI
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Michelle Sheehan
Thesis: How Science and Politics Influenced the Development of a Drinking Water Regulation for Perchlorate
Topic: Environmental Law
Author: Kara Sergeant
Thesis: The Green Collar Jobs Movement: Integrating Justice into the Emerging Green Economy
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Amelia Schmale
Thesis: The Designated National Authorities: How are National Institutions Working with the Clean Development Mechanisms Projects in Developing Countries?
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Flavia Anguiano Resende
Thesis: Certification and Sustainable Markets: The impact of the Forest Stewardship Council Label on the Wood Products Industry in the United States
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Melissa Peters
Thesis: The Redevelopment of Working Waterfronts: How Lessons learned in Oregon's Working Waterfronts Can Be Applied to Designated Port Areas (DPAs) and the Surrounding Area in Massachusetts
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Katie Moniz, T.
Thesis: Stormwater Low-impact Development Alternatives for Low-income Settlements in Central America: The Case of Ocotillo Anexo, Honduras
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Armando Milou
Thesis: Green Roof Policy: A Sustainable Place to Grow?
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Lauren Jessica Miller
Thesis: Recent Decisions by Owners of Expiring Use Housing in Massachusetts: Do Market Changes and Property Characteristics Matter?
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Rachel L. Meredith
Thesis: Taking Apart an Industry: Examining the Motivations of Organizations Participating in the Deconstruction Industry Through Content Analysis of Organizations' Websites
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: Amy Mattlage
Thesis: Implementing Strategic Sustainability Planning Processes: Lessons from Three U.S. Cities
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Monica Magari
Thesis: Redefining Smart Growth in Massachusetts: Greener Land Use Planning for Natural Resource Protection
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Danielle Lipes
Thesis: Measuring the Impact of Geocoding Error in a Health Exposure Analysis: A Case Study Utilizing the CT-DPH School Bases Asthma Surveillance Dataset
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Kevin Lane
Thesis: Worker Centers: Vehicles for Building Low-Wage Worker Power
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Corey B. Kurtz
Thesis: Growing Cities and Shrinking Rivers: An Investigation of Local Approaches to Balancing Urban Growth, Limited Water Supplies, and the Long-Term Ecological Health of Rivers
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Alexandra Kleyman
Thesis: Corporate Use of Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Greening the Economy or Business as Usual?
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: Kari Hewitt
Thesis: Wildlife and Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies for Land Managers in Massachusetts
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Abigail Hardy
Thesis: Streamflow Protection in Rhode Island: A Study of the Potential Adoption of a Statewide Streamflow Standard
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Jayme Lynn Hamann
Thesis: The Role of Integrated Early Childhood Development Research in Foundation Funding Decisions
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Talia Gursky
Thesis: Reducing per Capita Emissions: California as a Role Model or Rebel?
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Elizabeth Grubin
Thesis: Enhancing Capacities or Following the Money?: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Collaboration among Moldovan NGOs
Topic: NGO Management, Policy & Planning
Author: Chrissy Goldberg
Thesis: Raising Community Voices: Organized Civil Society and the Environmental Movement in Puerto Rico
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Maria Soledad Gaztambide-Arandes
Thesis: Policy Options for the Collection and Disposal of Household Pharmaceuticals
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Angela Augusto Drake
Thesis: Creative Economy: An Answer for Small City Economic Development?
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Benjamin Downing
Thesis: Curbing Our Automobile Use: Can Transportation Demand Management Strategies Mitigate Climate Change?
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Alison Corwin, T.
Thesis: Implementing a Paradigm Shift: Housing First Not Housing Alone
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Emily Cohen
Thesis: Eco-labeling for Change? The Maine Stewardship Council and Creation of Sustainable Fisheries
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Aileen Bonilla
Thesis: A Content Analysis of State Environmental Education Plans and the EIC Model
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Michele Bolduc
Thesis: Into the Mystic - Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) and Community Demographics in the Mystic River Watershed: An Environmental Equity Analysis
Topic: Environmental Justice
Author: Joshua Berkowitz
2007 Master's Theses
Thesis: Planning in Urban Neighborhoods: Implementing the Goals of Neighborhood Master Plans
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Mary Zagar
Thesis: Unit-based Municipal Solid Waste Management Policies: Drivers and Barriers in Massachusetts
Topic: Solid Waste/Pollution Prevention Policy & Planning
Author: Stefanie Young
Thesis: Adaptation to Climate Change in Local Water Resource Management: Lessons from the Metro Boston Area
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Abby Yenco
Thesis: The Green House: Barriers and Breakthroughs in Residential Green Building
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Jennifer Wood
Thesis: An Evaluation of Mill Conversion As an Urban Revitalization Strategy in Lowell, Massachusetts
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Yvette Villa
Thesis: Comprehensive Regional Planning: Providing a Crucial Framework for Smart Growth
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Catherine Theis
Thesis: Minimizing Displacement in Gentrifying Neighborhoods: An Examination of the Community Land Trust
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Melanie Nicole Spencer
Thesis: Common Water: Steps toward a More Sustainable Water Use Policy in Massachusetts
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Elizabeth C. Saggese
Thesis: Exploring the Promise of Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Defense
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Katherine C. Rollins
Thesis: Rethinking Spatial Conflict: An Analysis of LULUs and their Encroaching Communities
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Bobbie Peyton
Thesis: Social Policy and Planning in Cuba: The Case of Public Health and Lessons Learned for U.S Urban Communities.
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Cynthia K. Orellana
Thesis: Minor Teen Parent Program under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): Perceptions on the Effects of the Policy Requirements
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Ketsia Noel
Thesis: Addressing Obstacles in Microenterprise Programs for Low-Income Women: Reflections from Practitioners and Entrepreneurs
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Lauren Nadler
Thesis: Massachusetts Community Preservation Act: An Exploration of the Affordable Housing Component
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Lara Merida-Fernandes
Thesis: Food Deserts in Vermont: Identifying Inadequate Food Access and the Corresponding Policy
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Jesse C. McEntee
Thesis: Navigating Multiple Cultural Worlds: Queer Perspectives on Identity, Community, and Culture
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Kimberly D. Lucas
Thesis: An Assessment of the Case for Local Food Systems
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Kerstin Lindgren
Thesis: Theories on Health and Healthcare: Understanding the Thoughts, Concerns, and Preferences of Boys in the Juvenile Justice System
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Leah Jacobs
Thesis: Brownfields and Sustainability: Strengthening the Link
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Meenakshi Elizabeth Jacob
Thesis: Growing the Urban Forest: A Study of Tree Ordinances in Massachusetts
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Minona Heaviland
Thesis: Connecting Fragmented Landscape and Policies: Green Infrastructure in Connecticut?
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Elizabeth G. Hayden
Thesis: Measure 37 and the Oregon Land Use Planning System: Impacts and opportunities for planners within the new regulatory landscape
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Lauren Haring
Thesis: Sustainability in Post-disaster Recovery: A Case Study of the Coastal Rehabilitation and Livelihood Program in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Nicole Guanzon
Thesis: The Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee: A Case Study of Empowered Participatory Governance
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Jonathan Greeley
Thesis: Child Welfare and Infant Abandonment Policy: A Case Study of the Massachusetts Baby Safe Haven Law
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Kate Golden
Thesis: The Geography of Quality in Three Massachusetts Parks
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Brenna J. Gibson
Thesis: Running Clean: The Inherent Problems of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and the Clean Election Solution
Topic: Political Participation and Media Relations
Author: John David Foss
Thesis: The Use of the Massachusetts Chapter 40R Statute in Its First Two Years: An Analysis
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Elizabeth Fish Glynn
Thesis: Spirituality and the Prevention of Youth Violence: A Policy Perspective
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Deborah Durant
Thesis: A Shift in Development Policy: An Analysis of Community Participation and Roxbury's Parcel P-3 Development Process
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Andrew C. Cohen
Thesis: Driving Away the Traffic: What Lessons can New York City Learn About Congestion Charging from London and Stockholm?
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Alexandra Clee
Thesis: Arizona's Proposition 207: Growth Management Policy and the Property Rights Movement
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Ryan G. Christenberry
Thesis: Civic Agriculture: An Analysis of Citizen and Community Engagement in Vermont's Food System
Author: Vanessa Bittermann
Thesis: Acceptability, Implementation, and Transferability: An Analysis of London Congestion
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Thomas Beraldi
Thesis: Developing a Precautionary Warning for Heavy Metals Using Loons As a Target Species
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Brian Alward
2006 Master's Theses
Thesis: Participants as Evaluators: The Value of Home Visiting as Perceived by Somerville Early Head Start Parents
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Amy L. Verdun
Thesis: Air Emissions and Children's Blood Lead Levels in Massachusetts' Cities and Towns
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Cynthia Veit
Thesis: Program Approaches to the Development of Sexuality in Young Adolescent Girls
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Jennifer Tyson
Thesis: An Inquiry into Alternatives to Perchloroethylene in the Drycleaning Industry in Massachusetts
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Yve Torrie
Thesis: Who Will Pay for the Rain?: The Utility Approach As a Mechanism for Funding and Maintaining Stormwater Management Practices
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: David Sharples
Thesis: Green Electricity in Massachusetts: A Market Assessment
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Sinan Seyhun
Thesis: The Media and a State-Level Climate Change Policy: A Content Analysis of the Newspaper Coverage of the California Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Daniel M. Schulte
Thesis: Does Integrated Water Resources Management Need Private Sector Participation in Developing Countries
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Beau J. Schilz
Thesis: Rethinking the American Dream: Using Smart Growth and Brownfields Redevelopment to Prevent Urban Sprawl in Massachusetts
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Tara A. Santimauro
Thesis: What's Art Got to Do with It? The Role of Arts in Sustainable Urban Development
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Pardis Saffari
Thesis: Tipping Points? A Look at Local Governments and Their Transition Towards Sustainability
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Jenna Ringelheim
Thesis: Constructing Identity: The Role of the Watershed Organization in Bringing Meaning to the Watershed
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Sarah Reich
Thesis: Boston's Empowerment Zone: A Case Study
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Tali Rausch
Thesis: This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land: An Analysis of Public Land Disposal Past and Present
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Joel Paque
Thesis: Pesticide Residues on Food: Implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act's Right-to-Know Requirements
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Kathryn Newhall-Smith
Thesis: Modeling a Waste Land: A Visual Modflow Groundwater Model of Energy Solutions, Clive Utah Facility
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Karen Madsen
Thesis: Beijing Olympic Action Plan: The City's Sustainable Development Games
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Ying Liu
Thesis: Selling Sustainability? An Examination of How City Governments Market Sustainability Programs
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Natalie Lipomi
Thesis: The Future of Fuel: A Case Study Analysis of Bioenergy Opportunities and Policies
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Benjamin Lee
Thesis: The In-State Tuition Bill in Massachusetts: A Case Study for Understanding the Politics of Immigration
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Jennifer Lawrence
Thesis: Energy Star Schools and Attendance: Analyzing Attendance Patterns at Energy-Efficient Elementary Schools in Milwaukee
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Shubhada Kambli
Thesis: Mixed Income Redevelopment and Neighborhood Change: Determination of the Effects of Residential Segregation and Poverty Concentration and Mixed Income Redevelopment
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Meghan Henry
Thesis: Getting With the Program: Rural Radio and Water Resource Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Patrick E. Hall
Thesis: Linking Sustainability Principles and K-12 State Curriculum Standards: Vermont as a Case Study
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Kara Fitzpatrick
Thesis: Carsharing: Establishing Its Role in the Parking Demand Management Toolbox
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Gina Filosa
Thesis: Barriers to Bicycle Infrastructure: Why Do Some Communities Put the Brakes on Sustainable Transport?
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Danielle Fillis
Thesis: Enhancing the Liability of Cities: Land Acquisition Tools and Financing Strategies for Urban Parks
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Jessica Erickson
Thesis: Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Revitalizing and Diversifying the Nigerian Economy
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Vijaya Duvvuri
Thesis: The Massachusetts Brownfields Redevelopment Fund: An Evaluation of the Fund
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Carey Duques
Thesis: Diaspora Contributions to Development in Guyana and Jamaica
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Kathleen Dunn
Thesis: The Faith-Based Community Initiative: A Study in Policy and Service
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Sarah Cupp
Thesis: Creating a Sustainable Central Vermont Food System: Is There a Role for Public Planning
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Elanor A. Chapin
Thesis: The Business of Affirmative Action: From Minority Set-Asides to Strengthening and Expanding Local Business in Inner City Neighborhoods
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Brandy Brooks
Thesis: An Evaluation of Ammonia Leaching from Synthetic Lightweight Aggregate made from Ammoniated Fly Ash and Mixed Plastic: An Engineering and Policy Approach
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Andrea J. Bowman
Thesis: Are Local Governments in New England Planning?: A Comparative Analysis of State Influence on Local Comprehensive Planning
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Samuel J. Bell
Thesis: Sustainability in the Suburbs: The Future of the American Dream
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Lauren A. Baumann
Thesis: "To Till It and Keep It": Engaging the American Christian Community in the Environmental Movement
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Shannon K. Barry
Thesis: Teach for Hartford: The Role of the Alumni Champion in the Teach for America Movement
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Gary A. Anderson
Thesis: Does Receipt of Public Assistance Affect the Educational Attainment of Young Mothers in the Healthy Families Massachusetts Program?
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Kelly Michele Agnese
2005 Master's Theses
Thesis: Social Change and Community-based Ecotourism: A Case Study of Cambodian NGO Mlup Baitong
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Yukiko Yamaguchi
Thesis: Smart Growth in Massachusetts: From Principle to Practice
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Kelley Whitmore
Thesis: Sustainable Design in Massachusetts: Obstacles and Opportunities
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Joanne Telegen
Thesis: Planning Versus Economic Development: Synthesis Strategies for the Revitalization of Cincinnati's Fountain Square
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Julia L. Suprock
Thesis: Illegal Driftnet Fishing in the Mediterranean Sea: Impacts, Implications, and Consequences
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Sarah Smith
Thesis: In What Ways Does Political Ideology Influence Latin American Sustainable Development?
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Carlos Ponce Silen
Thesis: Post Kyoto Protocol: Setting a Long-Term Target of CO2 Emissions and Achieving International Consensus Building
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Shotaro Sasaki
Thesis: Land Reform in Zimbabwe: Have Natural Resources Been Left Out of the Equation?
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Gary Rennie
Thesis: Impact Fees in Rhode Island: Housing and Demographic Effects
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Timothy Potsaid
Thesis: Phase II of EPA's Stormwater Regulations: Considering a Cooperative Approach for the Mystic River Watershed
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Dara Olmsted
Thesis: EPA's Experience with Voluntary Environmental Programs: Reflections on the Past, Visions for the Future
Topic: Environmental Law
Author: Dona Neely
Thesis: The Minor Living Requirement and Teenage Mothers: Policy Friend or Foe?
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Elana Needle
Thesis: Urban and Green? Bridging the Gap between Smart Growth and Green Building through Infrastructure
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Michelle L. Mondazzi
Thesis: Positive Youth Development and the Potential of American Public Schools
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Daniel P. Miller
Thesis: Fair Share: State-Level Affordable Housing Policy in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and California
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Michael A. Lozano
Thesis: Elizabethport HOPE VI: Practical and Theoretical Connections and Departures
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Dana Robyn LeWinter
Thesis: Communities and Wind Power: Acceptance of Community Level Utility-Scale Wind Power in Massachusetts
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: John W. Larsen
Thesis: Using Art As an Economic Stimulus for the Union Square Business District
Topic: Arts and Historical Preservation
Author: Heather M. Knopsnyder
Thesis: The Faith-Based and Community Initiative: A Case Study on Roxbury Presbyterian Church's Social Impact Center
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Lucille Jones
Thesis: Mercury Emission Reductions from Medical Waste Incinerators: Federal/State Regulations and Their Implementation in the New England States between 1996 and 2002
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Matthew Curtis Jones
Thesis: Wrong Again: Massachusetts's Affordable Housing Statute and Smart Growth Zoning
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Barbara Melamed Huggins
Thesis: Marketing GreenUp: Tools and Techniques to Market Clean Energy in Medford, Massachusetts
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: David Hirschler
Thesis: Riding the Bus Rapid Transit Wave: The Bogota Model's Influence in Lima, Peru and Quito, Ecuador
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Gabrielle Hermann
Thesis: Creating a Climate Justice Action Plan: Securing the Link Between State Climate Policy and Environmental Justice
Topic: Environmental Justice
Author: Halida Hatic
Thesis: Upholding the Public Trust Doctrine While Revitalizing the 'Working Waterfront': Master Planning Strategies in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Jonathan Grosshans
Thesis: Farm to School: Linking Local Farms and Childhood Nutrition
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Susan Gilbert
Thesis: Leaping or Stumbling? An Examination of Democracy Assistance and Local Environmental Action Planning (LEAP) in Macedonia
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Victoria Gellis
Thesis: Looking Out, Looking In: Assessing the Public Values of Community Gardens
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Julie Filapek
Thesis: Community Participation in the Process to Develop Sustainability Indicators
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Darien L. Crimmin
Thesis: Cultural Values, Research, and Early Childhood Education and Care Policy: Exploring the Relationships
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Abby Copeman
Thesis: So Nobody is Invisible: Promoting Socio-Cultural Competency in the Classroom
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Megan A. Bartlett
2004 Master's Theses
Thesis: Genetically Modified Organisms: A View from the Farm
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Helen Weatherall
Thesis: Educating Homeless Children: Challenges and Successes
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Katherine Volk
Thesis: The Sustainability Nexus: Linking Human Development and Natural Resource Management in Bolivia
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Rosaura Vega
Thesis: Affordable Family Rental Housing: Successful Practices in Massachusetts Communities
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Jenna Rosie Tighe
Thesis: Bioprospecting under the Convention on Biological Diversity: Domestic Implementation of International Obligations
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Kristine Stratton
Thesis: Transfer of Development Rights: A Vital Tool for Downtown Revitalization
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Karen R. Sobol
Thesis: Educators' Perceptions of the Feasibility of Implementing MCAS Accommodations
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Kimberly Sherman
Thesis: Delinquency and Adolescent Development: An Exploratory Study of the Perceptions and Experiences of Former Juvenile Detainees
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Kristina T. Richardi
Thesis: The Path to Safe Bicycling: Three Massachusetts Communities Attempt to Forge the Way
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Lisa Press
Thesis: Thirst for Certainty: Adapting to Climate Change in Water Supply Planning
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: David P. Moore
Thesis: Targeting Population Control in India through family Planning and Changes in Social Norms
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Julie Hana Moksim
Thesis: Devolution and Social Welfare Policy in the United States
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Jeffrey Meyer
Thesis: Common Sense to Common Cause: Implementing Low-impact Development in Massachusetts.
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Marilyn J. McCrory
Thesis: How Should State Pension Fund Trustees Engage with Their Investments?
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: David Martin
Thesis: Rivers, Response, and Resiliency: A Consideration of Flood Hazard Mitigation Planning and Federal Programs
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Karen Roth LoRusso
Thesis: An Analysis of Landscape-scale Conservation Easements in Maine: An old Technique in a New Application
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Courtney D. Lane
Thesis: Seeing the Light: Finding the Links between Corporate Social Responsibility and Energy Use
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: James R. Huntley
Thesis: Risk Factors and Resiliency among Latina Girls: Barriers and Challenges
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Nia Higginbotham
Thesis: Strategies to Address Investor-owned Distressed Properties in Codman Square
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Sarah Hall
Thesis: Developing Sustainable Communities: Our Generation Needs It Our Seventh Generation Requires It
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Rachael Edinger
Thesis: Head Start's "Shared Governance": The Experience of Parents on One Massachusetts Policy Council
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Sarah R. Conrad
Thesis: The Regional Smart Growth Toolbox: Combining Urban and Rural Planning Tools to Halt Metropolitan Sprawl
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Joshua Channell
Thesis: Innovation, Growth and Sustainable Development in Agriculture: GM Soybean in Argentina as a Case of Study
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Gabriel Bottino
Thesis: The Urban Ring: Searching for Innovative Strategies to Finance Public Transportation
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Ivana Bandura
Thesis: Consumer Based Commentary on Foster Care Policy: "If you don't open your mouth…you lose your power."
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Jessie C. Baker
Thesis: Killing the Big Bad Wolf: How Financial Interests Influence the Enforcement of the Endangered Species Act
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author:Megan Amundson
2003 Master's Theses
Thesis: Divided We Stand: Segregation, Public Opinion, Then and Now
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Gary Van Deurse
Thesis: A Contract with the Community? A Case Study of the Planning Process in Boston's Chinatown
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Jesse J. Valente
Thesis: Vermont's State Wide Planning Initiatives: Balancing Freedom and Unity in the Green Mountain State
Topic: Regional and State Planning
Author: Nathaniel M. Tipton
Thesis: Community-Based Service-Learning: Coming to a Deeper Understanding of Implementation and Development Implications of the Practice
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Wesley Teter
Thesis: Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Creating the Next Generation of the Poor
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Mojisola C. Terry
Thesis: Shuffling Papers: Accounting for GHG Emissions Reductions for Recycling Paper
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Robin L. Taylor
Thesis: Building Hope and Confusion: The Scientific and Social Construction of Golden Rice
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Jessica L. Sprajcar
Thesis: Interpreting Boston's 2001 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data: Does Race Play a Role in Denial Rates for Home Purchase Loans?
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Angie R. Scott
Thesis: The Role and Impact of Culture and Social Capital in Social and Economic Development: The Case of Bitouto, Italy
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Roberto Radicci
Thesis: A Watershed Management Approach: Implementing TMDLs … 30 Years Later
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Siddhartha Y. Parker
Thesis: The State of Arts Education in Massachusetts and the Role Community Based Nonprofits Play as Providers of Arts Education to Boston Public School Students
Topic: Arts and Historical Preservation
Author: Emily O'Neil
Thesis: Beyond Carbon Trading: An Ethical and Media Analysis
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Aki Ohata
Thesis: Vitrification: A Dredge Sediment Technique That Supports Brownfield Redevelopment
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Abu Moulta Ali, Bakr
Thesis: Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities Project: On the Road to Community-Integrated Geographic Information Systems
Topic: Environmental Justice
Author: Yvette A. Mitchell
Thesis: Green Building Architecture: Challenges and Tradeoffs in Affordable Housing Construction
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Patricia A. McCalla
Thesis: Particulate Matter and Exposure Assessment: Assessing Ambient Monitoring As an Alternative to Personal Measurement of Fine Particles
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Denise Lamoureux
Thesis: We Would Like You to Know: Listening to Urban Adolescent Girls
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Sarah Jackson
Thesis: Homeless Mothers and their Children: An exploratory Study of Shelter Life
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Anastasia Hicks
Thesis: Counting for Change: Sustainability Assessment and Community Development
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Aaron Henry
Thesis: Old Patterns, New Paths: A Look at Lawrence Massachusetts' CDBG Program and Allocations
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Katharine S. Gormly
Thesis: Blowing Against the Wind: Motivations for Opposition of the Cape Wind Project
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Takeshi Enoki
Thesis: Policy and Ethics of Non-Therapeutic Human Experimentation
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Andrew duMoulin
Thesis: Public Transportation and Urban Economic Development: A Case Study of the Silver Line
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Ayana Dilday
Thesis: Open Space Protection and Economic Growth: Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Development
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Francis B. Crowley, IV
Thesis: The Water Trap at Towa: Economic Development and Groundwater Sustainability in Pueblo Country
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Douglas P. Crosby
Thesis: People, Porpoises and Protection: Evaluating the Take Reduction Team Process to Reduce Take of Harbor Porpoise
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Winnie Chan
Thesis: Article 97 Land Transfers
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Michael J. Celona
Thesis: Closing the Urban Grocery Store Gap
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Hannah Burton
Thesis: Did Policing Strategies, Incarceration, a Strong Economy, and the Ten Point Coalition Help Mission Hill to Become Safer Over the 1990's? A Community Interview Survey
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: David M. Barry
Thesis: Is Bolivia Ready to Host the Kyoto Protocol's CDM Forestry Projects to Tackle Socioeconomic and Ecological Issues?
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Alejandro Aguilera
2002 Master's Theses
Thesis: Saving the Square: Community Building in Codman Square (1970-1991)
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Daryl Wright
Thesis: On Top of the Big Dig: Economic Analysis of the Urban Parks Created by the Boston Artery/Tunnel Project
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Kayo Tajima
Thesis: Culture, Consumerism, and Conservation: The Role of ISO 14001 in the Japanese Retail Industry
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Kayo Sugai
Thesis: The ICC Business Charter for Sustainable Development: Assessing the Charter before Taking Action
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Flavio Pinheiro
Thesis: Black Suburban Girls: Hear Our Voices
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Marguerite Phillips
Thesis: The Myth of the American Dream: A Case Study of the Contradictions of Class and Gender Constructions in the Lives of Working-Class Women
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Kathleen Pannhorst
Thesis: Scientific Uncertainties in Risk Analysis - Case Study: Human Health Risks to Spraying Scourge for West Nile Virus
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy
Author: Bindu Panikkar
Thesis: Housing Challenges in Turkey: A Case Study of the Housing Development Administration
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Catagay Ozkul
Thesis: Land Conservation in Big Sky Country: Examining Incentive-Based Policies in Montana
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Wendy Muzzy
Thesis: Environmental Education: Working for an Activist Approach
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Cindy Mutumbo
Thesis: Cooling the Campus: A Pilot Study Using Social Marketing Methods to Reduce Electricity Use at Tufts University
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Kristin Marcell
Thesis: Communicating Climate Change: Some Observations from Local Governments Participating in the International Cities for Climate Protection Campaign
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Kim Lundgren
Thesis: Paving the Way: Urban Adaptation to Climate Change
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Jennifer Luftig
Thesis: The Federal Caucus, The Columbia Basin Tribes, and Species Recovery: A Critique of a Government-to-Government Consultation Process
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Trillium Levine
Thesis: Implementation of the Welfare Work Requirement Child Care Exemption in Nashville, Tennessee
Topic: Welfare and Social Services Policy
Author: Paul Lefkowitz
Thesis: Gender and Culture in the Context of Conflict and Economic Crisis in Angola: Urban Women's Coping Strategies
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Sonia Jorge
Thesis: Prospects for Small Business Development in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: David Holtzman
Thesis: A Strategic Framework for Passenger Water Transportation Planning at Massport
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Andrew Hargens
Thesis: Gold, What is it Worth? An Analysis for Sustainability in Modern Gold Mining
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Natasha Greaves
Thesis: A Neighborly Coexistence: Expanding Opportunities for Mutual Gain between Communities and Their Chains and Franchises
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Ilana Gordon-Brown
Thesis: Predicting Groundwater Nitrate Concentrations from Overlying Land Use in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Kristin Gardner
Thesis: Gentrification and Neighborhood Change in Boston: A Look at Dorchester's Codman Square
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: Cameron Gardner
Thesis: Pediatric Asthma and Public, Subsidized, and Private Housing
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Bindi Gandhi
Thesis: Endocrine Disruption and Wildlife in an Urban Watershed: The Need for Biocentric Pesticide Policies
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Danielle Fuligni
Thesis: School Based Family Support Networks: A Case Study
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Terre Daly
Thesis: Bodegas in East Boston: Obstacles and Opportunities of Three East Boston Latino Business Owners
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Jennifer Keohan Capuano
Thesis: Protecting the South River Watershed: Initial Assessments and Their Implications
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Jason Burtner
Thesis: A Household Hazardous Waste Management Plan for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Denise Breiteneicher
Thesis: A Model State Agency: Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning in Massachusetts
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Amy Blessinger
Thesis: Integrating Research, Theory and Practice in Applied Child Development: Rhetoric or Reality?
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Tamara Bates
Thesis: Protecting the Lake Sunapee Watershed for Future Generations
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Aimee Gardner Ayers
2001 Master's Theses
Thesis: Learning from Rhode Island: The Benefits of Planning Consistency Doctrine for Massachusetts Cities and Towns
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Dano Weisbord
Thesis: What Goes Around Comes Around: An Examination of Extended Producer Responsibility and the Treatment of End-of-Life Vehicles
Topic: Corporate Env. Policy & Industrial Ecology
Author: Jodi Theut
Thesis: The Aarhus Convention in Perspective: Environmentalism, Human Rights and Democracy
Topic: Environmental Law
Author: Shefa Siegel
Thesis: Evaluating Tax Increment Financing in Maine from a Community Economic Development Perspective
Topic: Economic Development and Fiscal Policy
Author: Erica Schwarz
Thesis: The Challenge of Reclaiming a Brownfield and Building an Urban Sustainable Community- Case Study: The Former Modern Electroplating Company in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Kaori Sakaguchi
Thesis: Integrating Sustainability: Developing and Integrating a Sustainable Development Framework for the Massachusetts Port Authority
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Michael Rotondi
Thesis: Growth Management in an Era of Scarce Water Resources: Local Government Response to Emerging Water Scarcity in Eastern Massachusetts
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Kathy Roth
Thesis: Local Public Health Preparedness and Response to West Nile Virus
Topic: Public Health and Nutrition Policy & Planning
Author: Nicole Rossbach
Thesis: A Sustainable Development Policy Framework for Marine Protected Areas
Topic: Sustainable Development
Author: Kathi Rodrigues
Thesis: Inclusionary Zoning in Newton, Massachusetts: An Analysis and Critique
Topic: Housing Policy
Author: Whitney Rearick
Thesis: Property and Payment: The State of Regulatory Takings in Oregon
Topic: Land Use Policy & Planning
Author: Adrianne Ralph
Thesis: Demilitarizing Nature: Ecological Restoration of Disturbed Land, Arcadia National Park, Maine
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Lia Morris
Thesis: The Difference a Grant Can Make: A Comparison of the Domestic Violence Programs in Brockton and Fall River
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Heather Mook
Thesis: Community Based Forestry Management: Factors Influencing Economic Decisions in Barrio, Wasid (Philippines)
Topic: Natural Resources Policy & Management
Author: Johanna Meyer Jaafari
Thesis: The Diversity of the Latino Community and Its Impact on Social Service Delivery
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Marty Martinez
Thesis: American Twenty-four Hour City Centers: A Case Study of Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park
Topic: Urban Planning & Design
Author: Matthew Martin
Thesis: Tools for Diversity and Leadership at Tufts University
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Peter Lin-Marcus
Thesis: Norplant and the Family Gap: Feminism's Failure to Protect the Reproductive Rights of Low-Income Women
Topic: Race, Gender, & Elderly Policy
Author: Adrienne Lazeroff
Thesis: Media Framing of Climate Change: A Cross-country Analysis of Newspaper Coverage in the United States, England, and Germany
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Anja Kollmuss
Thesis: Developing Fecal Coliform Bacteria Loading Model as a Management Tool for Shellfishing Beds- Peconic Bay Region, New York
Topic: Water Resources and Fisheries Policy & Planning
Author: Nathan Kelly
Thesis: Cryptosporidium parvum in the Merrimack River Watershed: The Effect on Precipitation and Land-use on Its Presence, and Strategies for Management
Topic: Toxics and Environmental Health
Author: Jaime Kelley
Thesis: When Elephants and Dragons Converge - The Social Venture Partnership: A Framework for Community Learning and Collaboration
Topic: Community Development Policy & Planning
Author: David Hendrickson
Thesis: Phasing Out Ozone Depleting Substances in Countries with Economies in Transition
Topic: International Policy & Planning
Author: Olga Gassan-Zade
Thesis: What Makes University-Community Partnerships Successful: A Closer Look at Community Outreach Partnership Centers
Topic: Environmental Education Policy
Author: Laura Durham
Thesis: Mechanics and Architects: Reviewing Two Companies' Use of Power Plants after Restructuring
Topic: Energy Policy & Planning
Author: Joshua Davis
Thesis: Air Pollution Implications of Chinese Electricity Restructuring
Topic: Air Quality and Climate Change Policy & Planning
Author: Robert Blair
Thesis: Lost Opportunities: The Lack of a Process Evaluation Regarding the Massachusetts’ Structured Job Search Program and the Impact on Low-Income Women
Topic: Employment/Job Development Policy
Author: Rachal Aronson
Thesis: The Boston Family Shelter System: How Is It Serving Families with Fathers Involved?
Topic: Family and Child Policy
Author: Erika Argersinger
Thesis: Using Community-Based Social Marketing to Overcome Barriers to Sustainable Transportation: The Role of Social Capital and Civic Environmentalism
Topic: Transportation Policy & Planning
Author: Briony Angus