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Relating Soil Organic Carbon Increases to Available Water Storage and Drought Vulnerability in South-Central Idaho
(2017-03-11)
Preventing topsoil loss and increasing soil water holding capacity is critical to the sustainability of dryland, drought-prone agricultural areas. The growing pressure on freshwater resources combined with an increased ...
Why Are Some Countries More Resilient Than Others During Acts of God?
(2018-05-18)
International human rights laws protect us from natural disasters, but how human rights violations cause/perpetuate natural disasters is unclear. Earthquakes can be devastating and are believed to be independent of climate ...
Using Submerged Aquatic Vegetation to Assess Riverfront Areas and Ecological Condition
(2018-11-05)
Current regulations dictating development on the banks of river systems found throughout Massachusetts are scientifically incomplete and result in unproductive arguments between landowners and local governments. According ...
A Critical Evaluation of Social and Eco-Labels Used in the Textile Industry: Their Possible Impact Demonstrated Through Environmental and Social LCA
(2018-08-02)
This thesis evaluated and compared social criteria of ecological (eco) and social labels used in the textile and apparel industry. Information about relevant end consumer facing labels was collected through standardsmap.org ...
Achieving Vast Restoration: Incentivizing Grassland Regeneration in Eastern Montana
(2017-12-05)
This thesis examines the potential for federal, state and local government environmental incentives to be leveraged by for-profit impact investors pursuing grassland restoration. Nearly 20% of the continental United States ...
Health Based Criteria for Use in Managing Airport and Aircraft Noise
(2018-05-19)
This thesis questions whether an exposure-dose relationship between measurable aircraft sound and health can be established. The significance of this research is that highly concentrated global populations live near ...
San Francisquito Creek Watershed Sustainability Analysis: A Novel Approach
(2018-10-09)
In the western US, most water consumers rely on imports from outside their local watershed. This has implications for both the recipient watershed as well as those which provide the water. The most widely-used metric ...
New York City High-Rise vs. Low-Rise Residential Energy Optimization
(2017-11-11)
Residential buildings create 37% of New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions, so determining the most effective way to reduce the emissions of this building type is critical to achieving the city’s 80% greenhouse gas ...
Floodwater Governance as Key Urban Challenge in Beira, Barranquilla and Ho Chi Minh City
(2017-11-27)
Urbanization will be one of the major global trends of the years to come. And, although cities are seen as engines of growth, if not planned carefully they also can be responsible for increased CO2 emissions, depletion of ...
Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Technologies: Comparing Rooftop and Ground Installation Solar Photovoltaic in Indonesia
(2017-11-17)
Solar photovoltaic (SPV) is a promising emerging technology for reducing green house gas emission and mitigating climate change. Past Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies have shown that SPV in general has less adverse ...