Browsing by Subject "Urbanization"
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A Preliminary Delineation of Shark Nursery Grounds in Two South Carolina Estuaries
(2004)I hypothesize that urbanization Murrells Inlet will affect the total number of elasmobranches present and the species diversity of elasmobranchs. I believe predation is the controlling factor for newborn sharks and young ... -
Changes in stream ecosystem structure as a function of urbanization: Potential recovery through stream restoration
(2007-05)I documented reach scale changes in the physical structure of 12 stream channels in the summer months of 2006, comparing four small streams draining forested catchments with eight streams from developed watersheds of similar ... -
Culture in the Age of Biopolitics: Migrant Communities and Corporate Social Responsibility in China
(2013)This dissertation examines the conjuncture of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and migrant social life in the urban space of Beijing as a problematic of what Foucault called biopower, where distinct logics of market ... -
Forest Preferences & Urbanization: Perspective from four Sacred Groves in India’s National Capital Region
(2017-04-27)The sacred grove, a forest abode of a deity or deities, exists in contemporary myths and landscapes. This study analyzes sacred groves as complex socio-ecological systems and approaches the plight of four extant sacred groves ... -
Legacy source of mercury in an urban stream-wetland ecosystem in central North Carolina, USA.
(Chemosphere, 2015-11)In the United States, aquatic mercury contamination originates from point and non-point sources to watersheds. Here, we studied the contribution of mercury in urban runoff derived from historically contaminated soils and ... -
Road Traffic Injury Prevention Initiatives: A Systematic Review and Metasummary of Effectiveness in Low and Middle Income Countries.
(PLoS One, 2016)BACKGROUND: Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a growing but neglected global health crisis, requiring effective prevention to promote sustainable safety. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) share a disproportionately ... -
The City and the State: Construction and the Politics of Dictatorship in Haiti (1957-1986)
(2018)“The City and the State: Construction and the Politics of Dictatorship in Haiti (1957-1986)” charts a new history of place-making in the Caribbean. It analyzes construction practices in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Pri... -
The City Novel After the City: Planetary Metropolis, World Literature
(2019)Literary scholars have long identified a formal correspondence between city and novel. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the city became embedded in the narrative forms of fiction as the latter attempted ... -
Urban Growth and Water Quality: Applying GIS to identify vulnerable areas in the Sandhills region of NC
(2007-05)The Sandhills region, located in central North Carolina, is expected to experience dramatic population growth in the next 5 years. Population growth triggers urbanization, which may result in impairment of local water ... -
Visualizing Vulci: Reimagining an Etruscan-Roman City
(2021)The Etruscan-Roman city of Vulci is one of many Etruscan cities which lacks a detailed and holistic understanding of its urban development. Vulci represents a rare site that was not covered by modern structures and thus ...
