MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Lydia Hajdu Neighborhood Pattern And Intraurban Voting Behavior in San Francisco Roger Crawford, John Westfall
Thomas Price Negro Storefront Churches in San Francisco: A Study of Their Spatial Characteristics in Two Selected Neighborhoods Max Kirkeberg, Robert Picker, Jean Vance
Bernard Taylor Natural Conditions Influencing the Location of Citrus Groves in Western Stanislaus County, California Max Kirkeberg, Robert Picker
Rich Hentschel Native Americans and Water: The Impact of Federal Projects Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Elspeth Keller Napa and its River Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Charles Brandt Bates Multi-temporal DEM and Land Use Analysis for Determining Gully Formation Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Christina Grosso Mountain Lake: its function and compatibility as a recreational area and native habitat Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Richard Avey Mound Microrelief: A Case Study of the Santa Cruz area, California Burton Gordon, Walter Olson
William Oliver Motor Vehicle Emission Inventory Components Important to the Emission Estimation Process , Steven Pease, , Richard Thoman
Carla White Mortality Distribution in San Francisco Max Kirkeberg, Hans Meihoefer, Robert Picker
Michelle Slocombe Morphology of Small, Discontinuous Montane Meadow Streams in the Sierra Nevada Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Lloyd Burton Modification of Attitudes Toward the Natural Environment Among High School Students Max Kirkeberg, Robert Picker
Joe Ahrenholtz Modeling the Effects of Density Zoning on Racial/Ethnic Clustering in Oakland Jerry Davis, XiaoHang Liu
Kassim Visram Modeling Property Values in a Railway Right-Of-Way Using Dynamic Segmentation Jerry Davis, John Westfall
Judy Lee Modeling Population Distribution in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing Information: A Spatial Metrics Method XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Anna Davenport Modeling Geomorphic Effects on Eelgrass Before and After Restoration, Nisqually Delta, Washington Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Susan Fandel Methane Gas Recovery From Landfill in the San Francisco Bay Area Hans Meihoefer, John Huttman
Deseret Weeks Mercury in the Cache Creek Watershed – Spatial Analysis, Ecosystem Services Impacts and SES Framework Implementation Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis, Jason Gurdak
Dara OBeirne Measuring the Urban Forest: Comparing LiDAR derived tree heights to field measurements Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Glenna Anton Material and Cultural Impediments to Cooperation over Water Resources in Israel-Palestine Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Ruth MacKay-Shea Mapping Vegetation for Biodiversity Analysis Using Integrated Remote Sensing/ GIS Methodogy: Woodside California Patricia Foschi, Jerry Davis
Ellen McElhinny Mapping Ethnic Change in North Beach Since 1940 Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Catherine Huybrechts Mapping Egeria densa using satellite imagery and a computer-assisted algorithm Patricia Foschi, Ellen Hines, Cindy Schmidt
Tom Robinson Mapping Ecologically Functional Riparian Corridors Using LiDAR and Hydrologic Landscape Analysis Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Andrew Maxwell Mapping and Habitat Analysis of the California Endemic Tree, Torreya Californica, in Marin County Jerry Davis, Tom Parker, Georg Treichel
Mindy Richter Management of California's Marine Resources , Steven Pease, , Georg Treichel
Robert Fredericks Man and The Land at Clear Lake Walter Olson, Astvaldur Eydal
Jessica Woodard Mainstreaming Sustainable Landscapes in the East Bay Municipal Utility District Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
David Freitag Lost in the Fog: An Environmental History of Lake Merced Barbara Holzman, Max Kirkeberg
John Roberto Locational Analysis of Condominium Development in Marin County, California Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
Mark Weisman Locating and Planning For Routes to Better Serve Transit Dependent Populations: A Case Study of San Francisco Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
David Toy Local Decision Factors in Implementing Municipal Food Scrap Collection Programs in California XiaoHang Liu, Jennifer Blecha
Kristina Perry Local Agriculture and Farmers’ Market Salad Bars in Berkeley’s Public Schools Hans Meihoefer, Nancy Wilkinson
Shawn Heiser Living on the Edge: Environmental History at Mussel Rock, Daly City, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Kimberly Durandet Live/Work Loft Development in San Francisco: A Case Study of Gentrification and Urban Regimes Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Kate Anderson Lines Through Time: A Historical Analysis of Property Boundaries in San Francisco, 1850-1931 Barbara Holzman, XiaoHang Liu
Carole Garcia Lessons Learned: Effective Mitigation for Large Dams in SE Asia. Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Robert Dull Late Holocene Paleoecology and Historic Grazing Impacts, Southern Sierra Nevada, California Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman, Roger Byrne
Ryan Bey Large Woody Material Assessment for Salmon Restoration in Mill Creek Watershed, Sonoma County, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
James Williamson Landslide Susceptibility Near Tomales Bay, California John Westfall, David Mustart
Peter Stromberg Landslide Problems Related to Housing Development in Central California Walter Hacker, Astvaldur Eydal
Ty Liles Land-Use History of The Pescadero Creek Watershed, San Mateo County, California 1848-1990 John Westfall, Hans Meihoefer
Norma Lincoln Land Use Studies on Foot: A Geography of San Mateo County, California Hans Meihoefer, Max Kirkeberg
Wade Stevenson Land Use Policies Associated with Scenic Highways in California Hans Meihoefer, Georg Treichel
Michael Crabtree Land Use Change: Alternative Outcomes to Citizen Group Participation in the Planning Process, Coastal San Mateo County, 1977-1987
Mary Imandt Kaplan’s Informational Factory ‘Mystery’ Along Presidio of San Francisco Trails Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Diane Livia Involvement of Environmental Organizations in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Planning Process Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Stephanie Cowles Investigations of the Park Cool Island Effect of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Garrett Bradford Investigations of surface roughness length modification in Black Rock City, Nevada Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius
Darren Blackburn Investigations of Carbon and Water Fluxes in a Sierra Nevada Meadow Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Christa Meier Investigation of the carbon dioxide exchange over a living roof in San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Patrick Ehhalt Investigating Variability in CO2 Fluxes in Urban Gardens, Oakland CA Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Jolene Bertetto Investigating the role of vegetation on midafternoon microclimates in a residential courtyard Andrew Oliphant, Leora Nanus
Jessica Solis Investigating the impact of wildfire disturbance and microclimate on carbon and water fluxes in a coastal fog-influenced grassland ecosystem Sara Baguskas, Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Charlotte Ely Investigating Parcel Changes to Understand Historic Land Use in a Southwestern Watershed Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Ruth Askevold Interpreting Historical Maps to Reconstruct Past Landscapes in the Santa Clara Valley Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis, Robin Grossinger
Zetta Wells-Reicker Integrating Theory and Community Food System Assessments: A San Francisco Case Study XiaoHang Liu, Qian Guo, Ona
Deborah Dwyer Integrating GIS and GPS to Manage Natural Resources in Local Environments: San Francisco Natural Areas Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Inner-City Neighborhoods in Transition: The Morphogenesis of San Francisco's Ethnic and Nonconformist Communities
Becky Quinlan Individual Response to Flooding in the Trinity River Basin, Texas Nancy Wilkinson, Edna Wangui
Reece Golz Incident Rates of Acute Appendicitis in Washington State: A Geographic Analysis Courtney Donovan, XiaoHang Liu
Pamela van der Leeden In Situ Validation of Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Measurements in a Northern California Upwelling Area Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius, John Largier
James Campbell In harm's way : urban development in a deep floodplain Sacramento County, California Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Siobhan Lavender Impacts of living roofs on urban climate in San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius
Misty McKinney Impacts of Illegal Dumping in East Palo Alto: An Environmental Justice Analysis Tendai Chitewere, Jennifer Blecha
George Small Impact of the Development of Marin County on Traffic Congestion Points Along the U.S. 101 Corridor Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Reese Hann Impact of the Built Environment on Microclimate in San Jose, California Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Clarissa Maciel Impact of farming practices on soil greenhouse gas emissions Andrew Oliphant, Jennifer Blecha, Leonhard Blesius
Adrienne Aquino Impact of a Youth Public Art Program in San Francisco's Mission District Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Rubaya Pervin Identifying Changes in Mangroves in Trat Province, Thailand and Koh Kong Province, Cambodia Ellen Hines, Leonhard Blesius, Claudia Baldwin
William Wiskes Identification of Abandoned Logging Roads in Point Reyes National Seashore Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines
Andrew Richardson Identification and Prioritization of Prescribed Burn Sites in the Crystal Springs Watershed Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Laurel Ballanti Hyperspectral Tree Species Classification in Muir Woods National Park Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines, Bill Kruse
Andrea Dransfield Hotspot Analysis of Humpback Whales along Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones, Central California Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman, Jaime Jahncke
Abdul Hameed Historical and descriptive geography of water development in West Pakistan: A case study of the Middle Indus Basin Richard Hough, Astvaldur Eydal
Stephanie Sims Hillslope Sediment Source Assessment of San Pedro Creek Watershed, California Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Timothé Vincent Habitat Use of Finless Porpoises in Hong Kong Ellen Hines, Qian Guo, Samuel Hung
Seth Hiatt Habitat Distribution Modeling of Arctostaphylos Myrtifolia in Amador County, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Andy Peri Habitat Assessment of Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio, Mill Valley, California Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Bethany Frantz Habitat and bycatch risk of South American sea lions in northern Chile Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis
Dion Good Green Envy: A Gap Analysis of Greenspace in San Francisco Using GIS XiaoHang Liu, Jason Mark Henderson
Sean Micallef Grazing effects on the grassland vegetation of Mount Diablo State Park, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Caleb Feldman Grassroots Science: Power, Knowledge, and Participation in the San Francisco Bay Barbara Holzman, Courtney Donovan
Jennifer Lawrence Graffiti Sites and Youth in the Suburban Landscape Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Christy Camp Golden Gate Heights Natural Areas, San Francisco: A Biogeographical Analysis Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Pamela Wilson Going to the Nagar Kirtan: Bay Area Sikh Connections to Yuba City Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
James Macrae GIS study to assess potential transit-oriented development in the Bay Area Roger Crawford, Jerry Davis
Matt Weintraub Giant Footprints: Building the New Ballpark Landscape in San Francisco Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Paul Dunn Geospatial Analysis of the Effects of Canopy Insolation Partitioning on Biodiversity in a Temperate Montane Forest Leonhard Blesius, Andrew Oliphant, Chad Hanson
Genevieve Munsey Geomorphology at the confluence of stream restoration and flood control Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Raymond LeBeau Geomorphic Change Detection in an Incised Montane Meadow Stream Channel Jerry Davis, Sara Baguskas, Leonhard Blesius
Elise Latedjou Geography of Regional Cuisine Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Michael Hitchcock Geography of Public Finance in San Mateo County, California Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson, Richard T. LeGates
John Wilson Geography of Earthquake Risk in the South of Market of San Francisco: People, Place, and Policy Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Jaime Tatman Geographical Frame Analysis of Environmental Conflict: A Case Study of Bolinas Lagoon Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Ronald Chromy Geographic Aspects of the San Francisco Bay Region Tugboat Operations Richard Hough, Georg Treichel
Franklin Bell Geographic Aspects of Honeybee Pollination of California Vegetable Crops Hans Meihoefer, Burton Gordon, Burton Gordon
Yael Golan Gendered Walkability: Building a Daytime Walkability Index for Women in San Francsisco Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson, Aiko Weverka
Linda Walsh Gender Differences in The Use of San Francisco's Downtown Public Open Spaces Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Sylvie Amezcua Gaps and links: San Francisco Garter Snake habitat assessment priorities Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman