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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 ... -
Affordable Housing in Madison, Wisconsin: an Analysis of Four Proposed Sites
(2018)The city of Madison, Wisconsin has been engaged in facilitating the construction of affordable housing developments in order to support low-income residents of the city. Madison’s established Affordable Housing Fund has ... -
Analysis of Distribution of Vulnerable Groups in Relation to Ozone Pollution in California
(2020-12-13)This paper aims to look at the distribution of groups vulnerable to ozone pollution to see if they are disproportionately distributed more in ozone nonattainment areas compared to non-vulnerable groups and to produce a map ... -
Ancient Voices, Modern Ears: Effigy Mounds and the Social Reproduction of Landscape Narratives on the UW-Madison Campus
(2012-12)Effigy mounds have a very long history on the University of Wisconsin - Madison campus. The record of Native American influence spans from 19th century traditions to contemporary buildings and events that take place today. ... -
Assessing the UW-Madison Student Housing Market: Student Preferences and Affordability
(2020-12-14)This paper details the growing challenges of affordable housing for the undergraduate population at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This study seeks to observe how luxury high rise development both in theory and ... -
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 ... -
Beyond the Frame: An Analysis of Museums as Therapeutic Spaces for Persons with Alzheimer?s Disease
(2014-12)The average lifespan of a person in the United States is increasing, along with population. This has a direct effect on the number of persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Since Alzheimer's disease currently ... -
Bulldozed History: a Visual Representation of Greenbush
(2018)The Greenbush neighborhood was once a vibrant immigrant community in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1962, the neighborhood was razed to be redeveloped, and after sitting empty for years a hospital and several apartment buildings ... -
Business is Blooming: An Inquiry into the Development of the Dane County Farmers? Market and the Factors of its Success
(2011)The Dane County Farmers Market is a special part of our lives living in Madison, Wisconsin and we want to know, what trends in the region influenced the development of the Dane County Farmer's Market (DCFM) and what factors ... -
Cacophony of carp -- clarifying the unintelligible noise of the carp debate
(2010-12)The carp as an icon of political ecology's major themes of the 19th through 21st centuries traces the fish's identity as a "subpar" species-turned American enemy. Images of the carp, beginning from its introduction in 1877 ... -
A Case Study in Wealth Distribution: The Evolution of Economic Prosperity and Wealth in Prairie du Chien
(2009-03-30)Historically, Prairie du Chien has played a significant role as a distributor of wealth and goods throughout the Lower Wisconsin Riverway. The railroad became one of the most important means of transportation of goods ... -
The Catastrophic Flood of Glacial Lake Wisconsin
(2009-05)The formation of Glacial Lake Wisconsin begins during the Wisconsin Glaciation approximately 30,000 years ago. As the Laurentide Ice Sheet moved south from Canada into Wisconsin it encountered a high, hard outcropping of ... -
Central Place Theory, the Spatial Dynamics of Professional Sports Teams Relocation and Expansion, and the Public Financing of Stadium Construction
(2016-06-16)The increasingly profitable North American professional sports industry drives individual leagues, like the NBA, NFL and NHL, to continue exploration into either league expansion or franchise relocation. This paper ... -
Cherokee Marsh: a Case Study in Residential Perceptions of Nutrient Runoff in the Yahara River Watershed
(2016)The Cherokee Marsh in Madison, Wisconsin, wrestles with eutrophication issues due to constant influxes of phosphorus from urban and agricultural sources. A lack of vegetative buffers, soils with poor phosphorus storage ... -
Climate Change Perceptions at University of Wisconsin-Madison
(2016)This study seeks to explore perceptions of climate change of students at UW-Madison by gauging demographics, political leanings, media influence, and exposure to climate change education. UW-Madison students tend to believe ... -
Community Gardens: Governance and Soil Quality in Madison, WI
(2010-12-14)A growing interest in urban agriculture creates the need to investigate the effectiveness of community garden management, specifically how it influences the garden?s physical health. We employed plot holder questionnaires, ... -
Community Responses to Water Quality Decline in the Lake Mendota Watershed
(2014-12)Land use and land cover (LULC) are critical factors in determining the water quality of surrounding water bodies. Although the mechanisms are different, both urban and agricultural LULC increase the quantity of runoff ... -
The Correlation Between Illegal Drugs and Violent Crime in Madison, Wisconsin
(2009-12-15)Studies show conflicting findings on the nature of the violent crime and drug relationship. This is partly due to the differences in the method of data collection employed by these studies. Statistical data generally ... -
Covid-19 Waste Patterns in UW Campus Area Restaurants
(2020-12-14)The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated multiple responses from governments at all levels across the world, many of which concern the safe operation of businesses, including restaurants. The following research ... -
Creativity Shining Through: A Geotourism Analysis in Spring Green, Wisconsin
(2009-05)Canoeing down the Lower Wisconsin River, paddlers encounter a variety of the state's natural and cultural wonders; blue herons stepping through marshes, rolling bluffs set against the open sky, and local residents casting ...