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Access To Green Space In Boston, Jillian Howell

Atlas of Maine

The purpose of this project was to use GIS and statistical analyses to explore the relationship between access to green space and race in Boston. Using census data, the city was divided by race and block groups. Block groups were categorized based on whether or not they were adjacent to green space. Findings concluded that races are not equally distributed across adjacent and non adjacent block groups, indicating unequal access to green space.

The Martin Institute Prints, Spring 2011, Stonehill College Martin Institute

The Martin Institute: Prints

No abstract provided.

Environmental Law Updates

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Food Sovereignty Is A Gendered Issue, Maggie Ellinger-Locke

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Wigfall V. Mobley Et Al.: Heirs Property Rights In Family And In Law, Brian Grabbatin, Jennie L. Stephens

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

Gold & Blue, Spring 2011, St. Mary's University- San Antonio, Texas

Gold & Blue

This is the Spring 2011 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

Utb/Tsc Commencement – Spring 2011, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

Brownsville Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Dayton, Ohio: A Study, Nolan Nicaise

Honors Theses

The urban forest is an important element of cityscapes today. Urban trees provide a habitat to wildlife populations, create more tolerable city living conditions, and better the lives of residents around them. The urban forest, however, is not distributed equitably to the urban population, and some residents receive more or less of its positive externalities. Montgomery County, Ohio, was chosen as the study site to determine if environmental injustice was present regarding the urban forest. It was found that there was environmental injustice present in Montgomery County, as the density of the urban forest was limited by the educational obtainment …

Optimizing Private Land Conservation And Public Land Use Planning/Regulation, Bradford S. Gentry, J. Daniel Oppenheimer, Randal A. Strobo

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

Report of the 2010 Berkley Workshop

Held at the Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund - July 2010

Reflections On The First Forty Years, William K. Reilly

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

The Epa At 40: An Historical Perspective, Richard N. L. Andrews

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

Epa At 40: Reflections On The Office Of Research And Development, Bernard D. Goldstein Md

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.

The Built Environment’S Effect On Obesity In The United States, Charlie Cowell

Major Themes in Economics

Obesity is a growing concern in the United States. Obesity results from eating more calories than one’s body can use as energy per day. To lose weight one must either eat fewer calories or use more energy. Some suggest that certain public amenities may encourage healthy lifestyles. Others suggest public amenities have no effect on personal activity levels. This paper looks at the influence the built environment has on obesity rates in U.S. cities. An Ordinary Least Squares regression model is used and finds that significant characteristics of the built environment include acres of parkland, number of recreation facilities, commute …

Housing And Human Services: Intergenerational Policy Considerations, Tony Carrizales, Andrew I.E. Ewoh

Faculty Articles

The Journal of Public Management and Social Policy begins its seventeenth volume by examining various issues that not only impact people today, but have policy implications for future generations. Intergenerational social policy is a critical discussion for academic and practitioners to continually have and we hope this particular issue of JPMSP furthers those discussions. Some underscoring themes found in this issue's articles include housing and human services. Overall, the issue brings together five general articles in the first issue of this seventeenth volume of JPMSP.

A Rights-Based Approach To Global Injustice, Brooke Ackerly

Human Rights & Human Welfare

Is reflection on global injustice part of the everyday lives of those who live in global privilege? Or does privilege let us wait to raise concerns about justice only when the media bring the graphic images of genocide and tragedy to our family rooms?

Vulnerability, Risk Perception, And Health Profile Of Marginalized People Exposed To Multiple Built-Environment Stressors In Worcester, Massachusetts: A Pilot Project, Timothy Downs, Laurie Ross, Robert Goble, Rajendra Subedi, Sara Greenberg, Octavia Taylor

Sustainability and Social Justice

Millions of low-income people of diverse ethnicities inhabit stressful old urban industrial neighborhoods. Yet we know little about the health impacts of built-environment stressors and risk perceptions in such settings; we lack even basic health profiles. Difficult access is one reason (it took us 30 months to survey 80 households); the lack of multifaceted survey tools is another. We designed and implemented a pilot vulnerability assessment tool in Worcester, Massachusetts. We answer: (1) How can we assess vulnerability to multiple stressors? (2) What is the nature of complex vulnerability-including risk perceptions and health profiles? (3) How can findings be used …

Environmental Equity In Illinois: A County-Level Comparison Of Toxic Releases, Ted Richards '11

The Park Place Economist

A large body of research exists covering a variety of topics that can be classified under environmental justice. Studies examine air pollution, water pollution, and locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) – such as landfills or hazardous waste sites – to conclude whether or not their environmental burdens are shared equally between individuals of different income levels or race. Research has also been done to determine whether TRI facilities are disproportionately located in low-income and minority communities. These take the form of nation-wide studies, state level studies, county level studies, or those that look at specific communities. The purpose of this …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 1 Issue 13, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

A Failure Of Conscience: How Pakistan’S Devastating Floods Compare To America’S Experience During Katrina, Oded Cedar

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Standing On Their Own: The Parallel Rights Of Young People To Participate In Planning Process Es And Defend Those Rights, Dawn Jourdan

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

How The Cercla Notification Requirements Facilitate The Creation Of Brownfields And What Epa Can Do To Address This Problem, Larry Schnapf

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

2011 Program: Honors Student Symposium, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program

Honors Student Symposium

No abstract provided.

Indot Title Vi Program, Latosha Higgins, Ken Woodruff

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

I-70 Dedicated Truck Lanes Feasibility Study, Keith Bucklew

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

2011 Community Of Scholars Day Events, Lesley University

Community of Scholars Day—Programs

The schedule for Lesley University's 2011 Community of Scholars Day. The schedule lists the presenters, the names of the presentations, and an abstract of each presentation.

“One Nation, Indivisible”: The Value Of Diversity In Higher Education, Nancy Cantor

Chancellor's Collection

For many of us, certainly for me, it seems particularly appropriate to be reflecting today on the value of diversity in higher education from a podium at the University of Michigan. This is a place where many of us crafted a defense of diversity as a critical element of educational excellence in the Supreme Court cases of Gratz and Grutter. The State of Michigan is also a place that has now turned its legislative back on affirmative action to achieve diversity in higher education. Indeed, with the passage of Proposal 2, the State of Michigan joined with many other …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 1 Issue 11, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Unjust Enrichment: An Alternative To Tort Law And Human Rights In The Climate Change Context?, Aura Weinbaum

Washington International Law Journal

It is generally accepted within the scholarly international community that global climate change is occurring and is due at least in part to anthropogenic activity. Strategies to mitigate climate change harms and adapt to inevitable climate change-induced consequences are influencing legal, political, and human rights frameworks. Thus far, international litigation attempts to hold emitters accountable have been unsuccessful: Tuvalu’s threat to sue the United States and Australia at the International Court of Justice, and the Inuit’s petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights were both hampered by procedural and substantive legal issues. Perhaps in response, the United Nations and …

Seafloor Characterization Using Airborne Hyperspectral Co-Registration Procedures Independent From Attitude And Positioning Sensors, Yuri Rzhanov, Shachak Pe'eri, James V. Gardner, James Guilford

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

The advance of remote-sensing technology and data-storage capabilities has progressed in the last decade to commercial multi-sensor data collection. There is a constant need to characterize, quantify and monitor the coastal areas for habitat research and coastal management. In this paper, we present work on seafloor characterization that uses hyperspectral imagery (HSI). The HSI data allows the operator to extend seafloor characterization from multibeam backscatter towards land and thus creates a seamless ocean-to-land characterization of the littoral zone.

Update - March 2011, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Quid Pro Quo, Quid Vadis - Conflict of Interest Policy of Loma Linda University School of Medicine
-- San Bernardino - A Case Study in Environmental Justice
-- Editorial

[ Claritás - Clarity in Ethics Essay Contest - Health Care: Business or Service? ]
-- First-place 2009 graduate essay winner, Mark Warren, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University
-- Second-place 2009 undergraduate essay winner, Sidney E. Irving, School of Nursing, Loma Linda University

-- 2009 Contributor's Convocation: A New View
-- 2010 Contributor's Convocation: Ethics in the Inland Empire
-- Ethics Alumni Updates