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Food And Waste In Urban Kabul: The Role Of The Informal Waste Sector And Climate Change, Bibi Khadija Ghanizada

Senior Projects Spring 2023

This thesis is a case study and policy proposal that focuses on implementing composting in urban Kabul, Afghanistan. The project is inspired by the desire to make the city more environmentally and economically sustainable, and to improve the living conditions and provide income opportunities for people working in the informal sector. The research explores the food and garbage locations in Kabul to find the intersections between the two and implement compost systems to prevent food waste being dumped in landfills. Through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyses, potential localized compost systems to mitigate the problem of food waste in Kabul city …

An Investigation Of The Car-Centric Street: Cataloging And Advocating For Misuses And Disruptions From The Users Of The Street, Harris Joseph Anton

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Growing Pains: Toward A Coalition-Based Theory Of State Land Use Policy, Patrick Rochford

Honors Projects

In the decades following World War II, mass suburbanization remade the American landscape. While suburbs accounted for 83% of the nation’s growth between 1950 and 1970, cities bled their populations and natural resources dwindled. Treating the postwar era as a critical juncture, this thesis examines the political history of twentieth-century state land use policy to illuminate how competing interests have shaped policy outcomes across the United States. Specifically, the paper seeks to explain the passage of statewide growth management and smart growth programs. After providing a history of American suburbanization, the paper considers an emergent challenge to the postwar growth …

Vivienda Colectiva Como Instrumento De Revitalización En Municipios Italianos Con Casas A 1 Euro, Silvana Sofía Zambrano Palma, Edward Santiago Zambrano Palma

Arquitectura

El deterioro urbanístico de municipios italianos derivado de procesos de abandono y consecuente despoblación es una problemática social que data de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, pero que ha tomado una inopinada relevancia en la última década, pues supone la pérdida del patrimonio histórico-cultural representado en el objeto arquitectónico y en la estructura urbana. De allí surge la política de casas a un euro como estrategia de revitalización de estos municipios, ofertando casas que requieran intervenciones arquitectónicas para su recuperación por el precio simbólico de 1 euro, asumiendo el compromiso de recuperar el inmueble adquirido acompañándolo de una propuesta …

Quantifying The Carbon Stored And Sequestered By The Trees On Pomona College’S Campus, Paola A. Giron-Carson

Scripps Senior Theses

We are experiencing a climate crisis that must be confronted with strategic mitigation. Pomona College contributes to the climate crisis through its emissions for which there is a baseline record. However there is no baseline record of the climate mitigation currently performed by the trees on Pomona’s campus through carbon storage. This study seeks to determine a current baseline quantity of carbon stored and sequestrated by Pomona’s trees as well as possible courses of climate mitigation for Pomona College to take. Initial information gathering was conducted through interviews with several stakeholders. This study was conducted using data collected prior to …

Educación Y Producción Sostenible Arrocera En Purificación, Tolima: Un Enfoque Integrado Para La Conservación De La Cultura Y El Desarrollo Local, Harold Alejandro Lizarazo Lizarazo

Arquitectura

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Model Sustainability Management Plan For The City Of Morgantown, West Virginia, Caitlyn Elizabeth Lewis

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

This report has been prepared to demonstrate the research for a model planning document with a focus on sustainability in Morgantown, WV. It discusses the role of three categories in the context of sustainability and proposes a design solution for selected areas of concern throughout the City of Morgantown in order to demonstrate opportunities for a sustainable approach toward resolution for city officials.

The City of Morgantown, West Virginia, is a college town along the Monongahela River with a backstory of industrialism that is echoed by many other places in Appalachia. However, distinctively, in Morgantown 25,000 college students populate the …

Reorienting Local Housing Development Trends Via Land Value Taxation: A Bottom-Up And Top-Down Quantitative Analysis, Dakota B. Walker

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

The region surrounding Burlington, Vermont is in the midst of sparse, decentralized growth which threatens the sense of place from which it has thrived. Many have argued that such development tendencies result from a disconnect between land use incentives at the individual level and the fruits of compact settlement, which materialize at larger scales. Two overarching problems are understood to contribute to this disconnect; the ability to privately appropriate the collectively-created value of land, and the inability to recognize ecological opportunity costs of natural land conversion in land use decisions. One proposed solution is the Land Value Tax (LVT). By …

Arquitectura Para El Turismo Rural Comunitario En Agua De Dios, Cundinamarca, Nicolas Sánchez Castro

Arquitectura

El presente proyecto tiene como objetivo generar a partir de la espacialidad, una forma de sentir y experimentar el entorno rural, por medio de una propuesta arquitectónica en la cual se generen espacios de alojamiento y zonas de producción y enseñanza agropecuaria, que además de ofrecer una experiencia turística en un entorno natural, da a conocer el valor del campesino y sus diferentes actividades para la obtención de productos de uso cotidiano, que son de elaboración artesanal. De esta forma se plantea generar todo un recorrido, donde se experimente con estas actividades, dando a conocer así las labores rurales y …

Vivienda Rural Productiva Y Progresiva: Propuesta De Aldea Rural En La Zona De Reserva Campesina De Sumapaz., Juan Felipe Tovar Rincón, Juan David Consuegra Montejo

Arquitectura

En un país donde la mayoría de su territorio es rural, donde el 28% de su población es campesina y en donde gran parte su economía se basa en la productividad y la comercialización en el campo, se crean las zonas de reserva campesina como herramienta para el progreso y evolución de la ruralidad en Colombia. Para esta investigación se propone el desarrollo de un modelo de agrupación de vivienda rural y de tipologías de vivienda progresivas y productivas, con el fin de mejorar las condiciones de habitabilidad resultado del déficit cualitativo de la vivienda que presenta la Z.R.C y …

From Building To Dwelling: Unfolding Infinity Through Bioregional Fulfillment, Sanjana Bhatnagar

Pitzer Senior Theses

The causes of anthropogenic climate change touch every feature of our modern-day existences. Approaches to sustainability tend to focus on material actions, but unsustainable practices are guided by an ontological orientation of individuality and human exceptionalism. This thesis provides an alternate account of being that decenters individuality through weaving the metaphysics of Fazang of the Huayan School of Mahayana Buddhism with the metaphysics of Martin Heidegger. To encompass the whole of the relational network that constitutes and conditionally defines our existence, I expand Heidegger’s account of locales as relational sites which are put forth solely by humans to an account …

Feasibility Of Earthships As Sustainable Homes In Brookings County, South Dakota, Whitney Sunkwah Yeboah

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Addressing the issue of housing deficit while providing affordable and sustainable homes is a significant problem in the United States today. This has prompted architects to design homes with less adverse environmental impacts despite their affordability, hence the birth of sustainable housing. Earthships are sustainable homes built from recycled materials, utilize solar or wind energy, and function as self-sufficient units. The study's main aim is to assess residents' perceptions of earthships and their willingness to adopt earthships in Brookings County, South Dakota. The research employs online surveys to garner data from residents, and data are analyzed using mixed methods. Results …

Moving Forward: Studying The Impact Of Future Self-Continuity And Active Commuting On Depression, Anxiety, And Stress, Max William Gehr

Senior Projects Fall 2023

The current research delves into the relationship between Future Self-Continuity (FSC) and mental health, particularly in the context of commuting behaviors. It employs a cross-sectional, observational design and relies on self-reported data. While this approach provides helpful perspicuity into the nature of the observed phenomena, it also expresses methodological limitations in terms of causal inference and variable control and manipulation. The study utilizes established psychometric tools as a basis for modified measures for the sake of brevity and digestibility by recruited online participants: the Truncated Future Self-Continuity Questionnaire (FSCQ-T) and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-10 (DASS-10), to measure the …

Rehabilitation Of The River’S Role In Historic Urban Landscape Of Shushtar, Iran, Parvaneh Sabbagh-Ziarani

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

Historical cities are the most complete and, indeed, the most tangible incarnation of culture. They show the relationships of different generations of inhabitants with their life context. The strata of their urban topography speak about various phases of evolution and transformation as well as growth or decline. The city of Shushtar (Khuzestan, Iran) is a perfect example of a historic city formed based on sustainable and close interactions between man and nature. Its historical hydraulic system was registered in Unesco world heritage sites in 2009. This system - combining numerous elements in a practical and harmonious entity - shows ingenuity …

The Influence Of Urban Forms And Street Infrastructure On Pedestrian-Motorist Collisions, Taylor J. Foreman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Unwalkable cities are afflicted by serious issues such as increasing rates of pedestrian traffic accidents, public health concerns, and the denied right to have an accessible city. This study examines how different types of urban forms and street infrastructure contribute to the prevalence of traffic accidents in two major metropolitan cities in the United States: Atlanta, Georgia, and Boston, Massachusetts. This study utilizes geospatial analysis through the Average Nearest Neighbor and Optimized Hot Spot Analysis tools to determine the spatial distribution of traffic accidents throughout both cities. Additionally, statistical tests were conducted to explore the relationships between the number of …

La Acción Colectiva En El Asentamiento Informal Brisas Del Venado: Transformación Del Espacio Comunitario, Carlos Andrés Romero Apráez, Gina Paola Artunduaga Guío

Maestría en Planificación y Gestión del Territorio

La acción colectiva en el asentamiento informal Brisas del Venado: Transformación del espacio comunitario, es un estudio cualitativo-descriptivo, que tuvo como objetivo general, analizar cómo la acción colectiva ha generado un proceso significativo de transformación del espacio comunitario. La investigación articuló como técnicas de recolección de la información: los grupos focales, la observación directa y la revisión documental, posteriormente la información recopilada fue sistematizada y triangulada generando los hallazgos más significativos. El estudio configuró su originalidad en el desarrollo de tres tareas específicas. La primera fue reconstruir la memoria histórica del lugar desde sus inicios a partir de la elaboración …