630E: Human Impact on the Environment

Student Presentations

 

 

Instructions for term paper

 

March 26:  Human Impacts on our National Parks (Patrick Kahn)

·        “A Review of Major Factors Influencing Responses to Recreation Impacts” by Fred R. Kuss, Environmental Management Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 637-650, 1986. (.pdf file)

·        “Modeling carrying capacity for national parks” by Tony Prato, Ecological Economics 39, 321–331, 2001. (.pdf file)

 

March 26:  Sustainable Agriculture (Tiffany Robinson)

·        "Organic Farming and the sustainability of agricultural systems” by D. Rigby, D. Caceres, Agricultural Systems, 68, 21-40, 2001. (.pdf file)

·        “Raised Fields and Sustainable Agriculture in the Lake Titicaca Basin of Peru” by Clark L. Erickson and Kay L. Candler, FRAGILE LANDS OF LATIN AMERICA: STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by John O. Browder, Westview Press Boulder, Co. 1989. (.pdf file)

 

April 9:  Open Space Conservation in Urban Environments (Marc Shores)

·        “Nonprofits and Park Provision in Los Angeles: An Exploration of the Rise of Governance Approaches to the Provision of Local Services" by Stephanie Pincetl, Social Science Quarterly, Volume 84, Number 4, December 2003 pp 979-1001. (.pdf file)

·        "Open Space Conservation in Urban Environments: Lessons From Thousand Oaks, California" by Mark Towne, Urban Ecosystems, Number 2, 1998, pp 85-101. (.pdf file)

 

April 9:   Hazardous Waste Disposal (Matthew Conrad)

  • “The Impact of Environmental Regulations on the Location of Firms in the Hazardous Waste Management Industry” by Sarah L. Stafford, Land Economics, Vol. 76, No. 4., Nov., 2000, pp. 569-589. (.pdf file)
  • “Regulations as Arbiters of Risk: Great Britain, Germany, and the Hazardous Waste Trade in Western Europe”, Kate O'Neill, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 4., Dec., 1997, pp. 687-717. (.pdf file)
  • “e-Junk Explosion”, Charles W. Schmidt, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 110, No. 4., Apr., 2002, pp. A188-A194. (.pdf file)

 

April 23:  Kathryn Ward

  • “Golden eagles, feral pigs, and insular carnivores: How exotic species turn native predators into prey”, Gary W. Roemer, C. Josh Donlan, and Franck Courchamp, PNAS, 99, 2, 791–796, 2002. (.pdf file) www.pnas.org_cgi_doi_10.1073_pnas.012422499
  • “SANTA CRUZ ISLAND PRIMARY RESTORATION PLAN. SUMMARY OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT”, SANTA CRUZ ISLAND PRIMARY RESTORATION PLAN FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. (pdf file)

 

April 23:  The Cause and Effect of VOCs in Groundwater: Three Case Studies (Mike Koepnick)

  • “Recognizing Emerging Environmental Problems: The Case of Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater”, Richard E. Jackson, Technology and Culture, 45, Jan. 2004. (.pdf file)
  • “VOCs, Pesticides, Nitrate, and Their Mixtures in Groundwater Used for Drinking Water in the United States”, Paul Squillace, Jonathon Scott, Michael Moran, B.T. Nolan, and Dana Kolpin, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2002, 36, 1923-1930. (.pdf file)

 

 

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