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Changing Corporations: An Assessment of the Indicators of Environmental Behavior in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry
(2006-12-30)
This paper presents a statistical model that quantifies the influence of various stakeholders on chemical manufacturing companies’ environmental performance. We based the model on a framework outlined by Andrew Hoffman ...
Negotiating Trade: Participation, Transparency, Representation, and the Mobilization of Resistance in Ecuador
(2006)
Abstract
This thesis analyzes the Andean Free Trade Agreement, for which negotiations began in May 2004 between the United States, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and proposes the need to thoroughly interrogate the negotiation ...
Plant and Microbial Mechanisms of Nitrogen Retention in Northern Hardwood Forests Receiving Atmospheric NO3 Deposition
(2006-04-01)
ABSTRACT
Anthropogenic N deposition in industrialized areas in Europe and North America can exceed rates of 30-55 kg N ha-1 y-1 This study examines plant and microbial mechanisms for N retention in northern hardwood forests ...
An Integrated Assessment of the Status of the Fish and Wildlife Populations in the Detroit River
(2006-08-01)
The Detroit River spans 32 miles from Lake St. Clair to the western Lake Erie basin. It includes upland habitats, coastal wetlands, riverfront property, and numerous islands. The Detroit River is unique in southeast ...
Life Cycle Optimization of Residential Clothes Washer Replacements
(2006-04-01)
Abstract
The energy efficiency of the average clothes washer in the United States improved by
88.4% from 1981 to 2003 (AHAM 2005). Replacement of old vertical-axis washers with
new horizontal-axis washers results in ...
China's Sloping Land Conversion Program: A Village Level Analysis of Land Use, Environmental, and Economic Changes
(2006-08-01)
ABSTRACT. China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program seeks to improve both the environmental and economic conditions of rural farmers by paying them a cash and grain subsidy over a period of five to eight years. In exchange, ...
A Nutrient-Phytoplankton-Zooplankton Model for Classifying Estuaries Based in Susceptibility to Nitrogen Loads
(2006-04-01)
Estuarine responses to nutrient loads can be remarkably different. Many driving variables including light, water residence time, physical stratification, and temperature are responsible for the diversity of the response. ...
Modeling the Efficacy of the Ganga Action Plan's Restoration of the Ganga River, India
(2006-08-01)
Abstract.
To combat rising levels of water pollution in the Ganges River, the Indian government
initiated the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) in 1984. After twenty years, it is a common
perception that the GAP has failed to ...
Small Mammals, habitat, and Forest Restoration at Seney National Wildlife Refuge
(2006-08-01)
ABSTRACT
My study took place at Seney National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR) in the east-central
Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Recently, SNWR forest management has attempted to build and
maintain biological integrity though ...
Guidelines for the Creation of a Program for Type III Environmental Declarations in the United States
(2006-04-01)
Abstract
There currently exists a demand in the United States for information about the environmental impacts
of consumer products, but there is no consistent system for providing this information. This project proposes ...