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Building Climate Resiliency in the Philippines: A Bottom-Up Approach to Implementing Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies Through Analysis of the Impacts of Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013
(2016-04-18)
Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan), which pummeled the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, showed the full destructive force of a climatic event. Yolanda decimated the coastal communities that lay directly in its ...
Cost Benefit Analysis of Lead Waste Site Interventions in Indonesia by Using Exposure, DALY & VSL Estimates: A Case Study of Cinangka, Indonesia
(2016-05-18)
Toxicity of lead to various human organs and tissues, including, the heart, bones, GI tract, reproductive and nervous system have been well documented. In particular, the neurotoxic effects of lead exposures on young ...
Analysis of Carbon Disclosure Data for U.S. Equities Within the Electricity Generation Sector
(2016-05-21)
With the historic international climate agreement made in Paris still fresh in their minds, investors are looking at Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data to increase alpha in the upcoming low carbon economy. ...
Small Scale Innovation for Large Scale Progress: A Clean Tech Rural Development Model Using Quality of Life Indicators to Select Optimal Renewable Energy Solutions
(2016-05-22)
The energy poverty challenge sits in an estimated $6.4 trillion clean technology market opportunity in developing and emerging markets over the next decade (World Bank, 2014). As a result, private sector investments have ...
Tracing Pollution Sources in an Urban Watershed: A GIS-Based Predictive Model of Bacteria Contamination in Stormwater
(2016-05-20)
This project explores whether it is possible to predict which urban stormwater pipe networks are most likely to be contaminated by wastewater inputs based on geographic information about the areas they drain. Wastewater ...
The Environmental Impact of Desktop 3D Printing in a Distributed Manufacturing Model: Analyzing Spare Plastic Parts Fabricated by Home Users
(2016-05-04)
Three-dimensional (3D) printing technologies are challenging the existing industrial paradigms and creating expectations that the relationship between manufacturing and the environment can also be different. One of these ...
Global Teleconnections of Food and Land Use: The China-Brazil Connection
(2016-05-20)
China’s current nutrition transition to increased meat consumption has subsequently set in motion the need for increased imports of soybean for use in livestock feeds as in-country soybean production decreases but direct ...
The Luxury Metamorphosis: Shift to Digitalization and Its Impact on Sustainability Strategy
(2016-05-20)
The luxury sector is at a crossroads, with e-commerce, sustainability and new market segments seeking to disrupt and even upend it. Though e-commerce is not looked upon favorably by the luxury brands, it is the way of the ...
A GIS Analysis of Commercial Food Waste and Anaerobic Digestion/Combined Heat and Power in Massachusetts
(2016-05-21)
This thesis examines a set of geospatial and economic factors bearing on the development of anaerobic digestion/combined heat and power (AD CHP) infrastructure in Massachusetts relative to the Commonwealth's renewable ...
Carbon Footprint of Movie Production Location Choice: the Real Cost
(2016-05-04)
The film and television sector is the number one industry contributor to Los Angeles air pollution (University of Southern California, 2006). Yet, 39 states and many countries offer film incentives, in a quest to lure ...