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Untold Stories Of The African Diaspora: The Lived Experiences Of Black Caribbean Immigrants In The Greater Hartford Area, Shanelle A. Jones

University Scholar Projects

The African Diaspora represents vastly complex migratory patterns. This project studies the journeys of English-speaking Afro-Caribbeans who immigrated to the US for economic reasons between the 1980s-present day. While some researchers emphasize the success of West Indian immigrants, others highlight the issue of downward assimilation many face upon arrival in the US. This paper explores the prospect of economic incorporation into American society for West Indian immigrants. I conducted and analyzed data from an online survey and 10 oral histories of West Indian economic migrants residing in the Greater Hartford Area to gain a broader perspective on the economic attainment …

Evaluating Urban Parks Accessibility And Equity: A Case Study Of Hartford, Ct And New Haven, Ct, Natalie Roach, Mara Tu

Honors Scholar Theses

Public parks provide cities with environmental benefits, positive health effects, recreational opportunities, community building, educational spaces, and public amenities. However, certain populations have been systematically denied their fair share of these benefits because of unjust practices in the creation and maintenance of urban parks. With a lens of environmental justice, the goal of this research was to assess park quality and accessibility of two Connecticut cities, Hartford and New Haven, by gathering publicly available information as well as using GIS tools.

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) has an existing ParkScore rating system that evaluates the quality of a city’s …

Incentivized Learning And Libraries: A Comparative Study Of Summer Reading Programs In Connecticut, Andrew Morrison

Honors Scholar Theses

With digital forms of entertainment and media more inescapable than ever, it has become increasingly difficult to encourage children and teens to read. Simultaneously, despite an overwhelming amount of literature demonstrating the educational benefits of reading, especially as a necessity in the summer between academic years, library budgets are shrinking as federal funding nears its end. How do libraries promote summer reading amidst declining interest and decreased funding? Using data from public libraries across Connecticut, this paper investigates how libraries are adapting their children's summer reading programs to a changing landscape, how programs are designed to incentivize reading without eliminating …

Connecticut Waterfront Property Premium In Areas With Flood Risk, Conor O'Donnell

Honors Scholar Theses

This paper investigates the premium paid for waterfront property along the Connecticut shoreline and how that premium is affected by its vulnerability to coastal flooding as measured by its location relative to the FEMA 100-year and 500-year flood zones. The primary analysis is a comparison of the rate of appreciation of properties within each flood zone relative to coastal properties outside the flood-zone. An analysis of the impact of Super Storm Sandy in 2012 on the appreciation rate is also presented. It is hypothesized that the rate of appreciation of properties within the 100-year flood zone is lower following Hurricane …

The Farm In The City In The Recent Past: Thoughts On A More Inclusive Urban Historiography, Ruth Glasser

Urban and Community Studies Faculty Writing

The scholarly and journalistic literature usually treats urban agriculture as a new phenomenon, but it is a neglected dimension of urban history. Some U.S. cities, at least in the Northeast, had food-raising and processing practices not just in colonial times but right up until the relatively recent past. Three areas of history are explored that have mostly omitted discussion of city food production but nonetheless provide important frameworks to explore such production: urban development, agricultural, and immigrant history. Woven throughout this piece is evidence from a study of Waterbury, Connecticut. Local food production did not die when the Industrial Revolution …

A Digital Archive Of Historical Railroad Property Valuation Maps, Dean Chauvin

UCCGIA PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS

This paper describes the creation of a digital archive of railroad property valuation maps created for a railway line operated by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. The original maps were created by the railroad company in 1915 for the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Commission took data on railroad property into account in calculating passenger and freight rates. Property title schedules for parcels along the railway are provided with the maps. Linen copies of close to 3,000 original maps were donated to Archives and Special Collections, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries by the …

Connecticut Local Labor Market Areas 1980, Thomas E. Steahr, Kenneth P. Hadden

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Economic Characteristics Of The Nursery-Greenhouse Sector In Connecticut, Wayne Gineo, Manda Rao

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Obstacles Faced By Emergency Food Providers In Serving The Hungry Of Connecticut, Jean Ann Anliker

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Comparison Of Human Capital And Structural Models Of The Distribution Of Earnings: Evidence From Connecticut, A, Bradford F. Mills, Boris E. Bravo-Ureta

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Income Variability In Connecticut: 1980, William H. Groff, Kenneth P. Hadden

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Agricultural Structure And Change: Litchfield County, Connecticut, William H. Groff

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Elderly Population Of Connecticut: 1980, The, Kenneth P. Hadden

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

School Enrollment In Connecticut, 1980: Past Trends And Future Prospects, Kenneth P. Hadden, William H. Groff

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Socioeconomic Index Scores For Connecticut Towns, 1980, William H. Groff, Robert W. Braden

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Ecological Measure Of Community Linkages: Connecticut As A Case Study, Thomas E. Steahr

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Forecast Of Farm Animal Numbers And Feed And Fertilizer Requirements To 1990 For Connecticut And New England, Tsoung-Chao Lee, Stanley K. Seaver

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Climate Data Use And Users In Connecticut, P.A. Palley, D.R. Miller

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Estimating Impacts Of Industrial Development In Killingly, Connecticut, Daniel A. Lass, Joseph Diamond

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Handbook Of Remote Sensing Imagery Of Connecticut, Daniel L. Civco, William C. Kennard, Michael Wm. Lefor

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Market And Operations Analysis Of Golf Courses In Connecticut, Marvin Kottke

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Research For Connecticut By The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Cause Of Death And Socioeconomic Structures Of Towns In Connecticut, Thomas E. Steahr, Ronald Pitruzzello

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Elderly Population Of Connecticut: 1970, The, Kenneth Hadden, William Clark, Douglas Crockett

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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1980 Projections Of Population By Age And Town For Connecticut, Thomas E. Steahr

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Marketing Margins For Mcintosh And Red Delicious Apples In Connecticut, Jose Montero, Donald G. Stitts

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Residential Segregation In Metropolitan Connecticut, Kenneth P. Hadden, Thomas Werling

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Housing Characteristics For Towns And Counties Connecticut: 1970, Thomas E. Steahr, Robert A. Lowe, Charles N. Fitts

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Labor Force Participation And Employment Status In Connecticut, 1970, Kenneth Hadden

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

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Residential Mobility Of The Population Of Connecticut, 1965-70, Kenneth Hadden

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.