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Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics: Vol. 30, No. 1
(Institute of Mathematical Geography, 2019-06-21)
Forecasting the Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles on Energy Use: A Microeconomic Study of Induced Travel and Energy Rebound
(Elsevier, 2019-06-04)
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are expected to yield significant improvements in safety, energy efficiency, and time utilization. However, their net effect on energy and environmental outcomes is unclear. Higher ...
Supporting Behavioural Entrepreneurs: Using the Biodiversity-Health Relationship to Help Citizens Self-Initiate Sustainability Behaviour
(Springer Nature, 2019-06-12)
Techno-industrial societies face biophysical limits and the consequences of disrupting Earth’s ecosystems. This creates a new behavioural context with an unmistakable demand: Citizens of such societies must turn from seeking ...
Analysis of the B Corporation Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Pipeline
(2019-04)
Year-Long Engagement (Mar 2017 - Feb 2018)
1. WHO: Overview of B Corp Community and Pipeline (Mar-May 2017)
a. Objective: Quantitatively analyze the the B Corps network and pipeline to
understand current trends and ...
Management Effects on Hummingbird Abundance and Ecosystem Services in a Coffee Landscape
(2019-04)
Birds provide critical ecosystem services to farmers including pollination and
biological control. Yet, birds are sensitive to the habitat degradation that
often results from agricultural intensification. Given this, we ...
Simple Interventions Can Help Inhibit the Spread of Fake News about Climate Change
(2019-04)
Since the period leading to and following the American election cycle of 2016, a variety of sources have
warned that people in the U.S. are being exposed to fake news. In light of this problem, our study tested
the effect ...
Efficacy of the Aegean Wall Lizard (Podarcis Erhardii) as a Potential Biological Control Agent in Mediterranean Agroecosystems
(2019-04)
Given agriculture’s outsized proportion of global land use, food production systems must be examined for
their role in conservation during this era of anthropogenic global change. Central to this objective is
investigating ...
Measuring the Mitigating Transportation Emissions in Downtown Detroit
(2019)
This project was designed to assist Detroit 2030 District to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation by 50% by 2030. This project utilizes a variety of research methods to create meaningful deliverables ...
Localizing the Mackinac Island Food System
(2019-04)
Mackinac Island is a premier tourist destination located between the Upper and Lower
Peninsula of Michigan. The small island attracts nearly a million annual tourists a year, making
the demand for food on the island ...
Eleutherodactylus in coffee agroecosystems: Effects of farm management on vegetation selection, species richness, and abundances of Puerto Rican frogs
(2019-12)
Amphibians are declining globally as the combined threats of climate change, habitat loss, and
infectious disease intensify and interact. Curbing species losses requires implementing
conservation measures beyond natural ...