Browsing UW Geography Undergraduate Colloquium by Subject "Wisconsin"
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The Distance Between Them: The Economic Geography of Students in Wisconsin
(2011)Urban economics is an extensive field with innumerable externalities that affect consumer spending. College communities create dynamic seasonal changes in demands and varying populations, offering a unique opportunity for ... -
Evaluating the Potential for Urban Agricultural Production in Madison, Wisconsin
(2016-06-16)Population growth and the widespread destruction of natural resources for increased food production are quickly becoming a global crises. Increasingly popular responses to these crises include urban agriculture and local ... -
Exploring Geospatial Trends in Urban Attitudes Toward Wolves in Wisconsin and Implications for Future Management
(2010-12-14)In 2004, the recovering Wisconsin timber wolf (Canis lupus) population reached the state management goal, set by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, of 350 wolves. Since then, the state's wolf population has ... -
Fighting the Big Cheese: The Artisanal Cheese Industry of Wisconsin
(2010-12)Wisconsin maintains its title, held by the state for decades, as America's Dairyland; but its industry and producers have recently been challenged by larger scale production. Archival research and a literature review ... -
Geography of Apple Orchards in Wisconsin: Examining the Core of Cultivation
(2012)This study looks at the locations of orchards in Wisconsin and examines the reasons behind the initial choice for those locations as well as recent changes in popular locations and orchard methods. The most significant ... -
Permanent Public Art in Madison
(2016-06-16)Where is the public art in Madison and who is served by it? We catalogued, photographed, and geotagged 81 permanent, publicly owned, outdoor artworks in Madison, creating a GIS layer from their locations and other ... -
The Progressive Landscape of Organic Dairy Farming in Wisconsin
(2020-12)Wisconsin is known for its historic dairy industry, with the farms serving as a longstanding, crucial cog in the state’s economy and a key aspect of the state’s culture as well. Beginning in the middle of the 20th century ... -
Public Perceptions of Lake Mendota Water Quality in Madison, Wisconsin
(2016-06-16)Public perception is an important part of human geography and affects how citizens approach environmental issues. We researched differences in public perception of water quality on Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin. ... -
Recreation and Conservation in Wisconsin State Parks
(2010-12-14)There exists a debate on whether Wisconsin state parks should focus on conservation or recreational activities. The question posed was, how do recreational activities at Devil's Lake State Park and Wyalusing State Park ... -
A Return to the Walking City: Consumer Experience and the History of Transportation and Business on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin
(2016-06-16)Directly connecting the Wisconsin State Capitol and the eastern edge of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, State Street has long been the premier transportation artery as well as the cultural and economic heart of ... -
A Social and Spatial Analysis of Madison's Bicycling Community
(2016-06-16)For many cities across the United States biking is not just a leisurely activity; it is a means of transportation, exercise, and an important staple that helps form a sense of identity and community. This study looks at ... -
Stances with Wolves: The Story of Ojibwe Opposition to Wisconsin?s Wolf Hunt and the Proposed Use of Buffer Zones as a Geographic Solution
(2013-12)Upon its establishment in 2012, the wolf hunt forged a divide between the state of Wisconsin and its sovereign Ojibwe nations. The purpose of this research is to explore the history of cultural, political, and scientific ... -
Viability of Offshore Wind Energy Across Wisconsin's Great Lakes
(2016)This research project was designed to determine suitable sites for an offshore wind farm within Wisconsin’s jurisdiction of Lake Michigan and Superior. In the research process, we used GIS data to create a map of ideal ... -
Wild to Tame: The Presentation and Experience of Nature at Four Madison Landmarks
(2016-06-16)Our research deals with the recursive relationship between the presentation and experience of nature at four sites in Madison, Wisconsin. We attempt to understand how common conceptions of nature influence the unfolding ... -
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 ... -
Wisconsin Barns: Stewards of Our Values and Dynamic Cultural Landscapes
(2010-12)Wisconsin is rooted in the agrarian rural landscape. We can make this identification while driving anywhere in the state and seeing the numerous farms adjacent to the highway or on license plates of passing cars. Barns are ... -
Wisconsin on Fire: an Interactive History of Wildfires in Wisconsin
(2018-12-17)Wildfire is a common occurrence in Wisconsin, and has serious effects to the landscape and the lives of people in its way. Predicting future wildfire occurrence is impossible without first understanding and synthesizing ... -
The Wisconsin Rebound: the Fall and Rise of Housing Prices in Wisconsin During the Great Recession
(2018-12-17)This paper details the Wisconsin housing market during the Great Recession. We explore how race, income and density factored into the fall and rise of housing prices from 2003 to 2018, a period spanning before, during ... -
Wisconsin State Parks and the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2020-12-14)This paper explores how the Wisconsin State Park System has been affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. First and foremost, we seek to understand how the DNR has changed the park system’s operations, and how visitors’ experiences ... -
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 ...