MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Mindy Richter Management of California's Marine Resources , Steven Pease, , Georg Treichel
Allan Frazier A Convenience Oriented Branch Bank Locations Model  Roger Crawford, John Westfall
Suzanne Rogalin Developing a Risk Management Program for Ports Max Kirkeberg, Steven Pease
Joseph Calbreath 500 Millibar Flow Patterns and Significant Snowfall over Southwestern Oregon Steven Pease, John Westfall
John Jordan Perception of The Delta Flood Hazard Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Robert Carberry Water Balance Model of Pyramid Lake, Nevada John Westfall, Steven Pease
Carla White Mortality Distribution in San Francisco Max Kirkeberg, Hans Meihoefer, Robert Picker
Jonathan Lawton A Survey and Evaluation of Land Use Classification and Mapping Systems Roger Crawford, Steven Pease
Inner-City Neighborhoods in Transition: The Morphogenesis of San Francisco's Ethnic and Nonconformist Communities
Mark Weisman Locating and Planning For Routes to Better Serve Transit Dependent Populations: A Case Study of San Francisco Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
Michael Work A Correlation Analysis of Los Angeles' Ambient Air Quality Data and Wet Deposition Acidity Steven Pease, Richard Hough
Yoshiharu Izaki The Interrelationship Between Residential Patterns and Socio-Economic Characteristics Among Seven Ethnic Groups in San Francisco Jean Vance, Richard Hough
Sheryl Bergman A Review of Available Evidence Supporting the Concept of a Mesopotamian Location for the Garden of Eden
Thomas Harrison The Geography of Narcotics: Marijuana, Opium, and Coca Hans Meihoefer, Georg Treichel
Ron Olson The History of Mount Tamalpais: Its Divided Ownership, Administration and Planning
David Landau The Olive in the Mediterranean and in California: A Study in Historical Development and Current Conditions Hans Meihoefer, Burton Gordon
Kathleen Ragland The Onset of the Decline in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in the United States: Spatial and Temporal Patterns John Westfall, Jean Vance, Warren Winklestein, , Steve Selvin
Rann Schultz A Computer- Generated Atlas of Vicksburg National Cemetery, Mississippi Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Dalma Bane The Geographical Distribution of Rinderpest in Africa and Its Effect on Wildlife and Livestock Management , George Treichel, , Robert Picker, , Hal Markowitz
Alice Glasner Community Gardening in San Francisco Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Chris Falbo Surface Soil Erosion in Solano County, California and the Influence of Slope, Climate, and Land Use Hans Meihoefer, Jerry Davis
Michael Crabtree Land Use Change: Alternative Outcomes to Citizen Group Participation in the Planning Process, Coastal San Mateo County, 1977-1987
Susan Camp The Development of a Cartographic Data Base in Disaster Response Planning for Public Agencies Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Paul LaCourreye The Environmental Analysis of Hazardous Waste Sites by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Site Screening Program Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Peter Morse An Examination of the Mountain Bicycle Phenomenon and its Impact on the Recreational Environment Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Joseph Steinberger Carrying Capacity: An Analysis of Case Studies Focusing on Hydrologic Issues Michael Tripp
Richard Montgomery Distribution of and access to county sponsored primary health care in San Francisco Jean Vance, Max Kirkeberg
Margaret Rice The Geographic Aspects of Regional Development: Case Studies From Western Guatemala Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Robert Mitchell Drinking Water Supply Protection For Metropolitan Boston: Analysis and Recommendations Regarding Watershed Land Use Management on Non-Water Supply Company Property Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Daniel Davis Tropical Deforestation and Climatic Change Hans Meihoefer, Nancy Wilkinson
Donald Jarrett St. Louis Union Station: Contributor to the Physical, Cultural, And Economic Development of St. Louis, Missouri Max Kirkeberg, Jean Vance
Susan Cutter Cartography In Advertising Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Craig Wright The Impacts of Hydroelectric Development on Biological Diversity Hans Meihoefer, Roger Crawford
Thomas McCray Water: The Environmental Consequences of Economic Development. The Case of Soviet Central Asia and Southern Kazakhstan , Robert Picker, , Georg Treichel
Deborah Wolfe A locational analysis of foreign government representatives in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1925-1985 Jean Vance, Richard Hough
Jennifer Krebs California's Role in the Changing Geography of Book Publishing in The United States Jean Vance, Richard Hough
Duncan Watry Reusing Abandoned Railroad Rights-of-Way For Rail Transit Lines in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties Roger Crawford, Max Kirkeberg
Richard Davis The Taxicab Business in San Francisco: A Geographic Analysis Roger Crawford, Max Kirkeberg
Norma Lincoln Land Use Studies on Foot: A Geography of San Mateo County, California Hans Meihoefer, Max Kirkeberg
Fauno Cordes Winter Survival in The Antartic As Described By James Fenimore Cooper John Westfall, Robert Picker
Therese Valiant Resource Management on Native American Lands in Alaska Roger Crawford, Robert Picker, , Debbie Leveen
Thomas Lupo Will Habitat Destruction Extirpate The Swainson's Hawk From the Sacramento Area? Hans Meihoefer, Jerry Davis
Stephen Skartvedt The Plowshare Program: Environmental Perceptions and Impacts Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Jennifer Lawrence Graffiti Sites and Youth in the Suburban Landscape Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Douglas Basinger Changes in the Distribution and Membership Characteristics of Mennonite Congregations in the Western United States, 1950 and 1990  Hans Meihoefer, Nancy Wilkinson, Richard Hough
Charleen Gavette The Dispersal, Distribution, and Disposition of Released Rehibilitation Pinnipeds Hans Meihoefer, Georg Treichel
Robert Bathrick A Water Balance Approach for Analyzing Irrigation Water Delivery Anomalies Jerry Davis, Hans Meihoefer
Andrew Maxwell Mapping and Habitat Analysis of the California Endemic Tree, Torreya Californica, in Marin County Jerry Davis, Tom Parker, Georg Treichel
Daniel Scollon Spatial Analysis of the Tidal Habitat of the Suisun Song Sparrow Roger Crawford, Jerry Davis
Vickie Germany Revegetation Program: Contra Costa County Flood Control And Water Conservation District Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Marianne Hegeman Used Merchandise Stores: Reuse Retailing in Berkeley, California Richard Hough, Robert Picker
Ruth MacKay-Shea Mapping Vegetation for Biodiversity Analysis Using Integrated Remote Sensing/ GIS Methodogy: Woodside California Patricia Foschi, Jerry Davis
Nancy Leahy Evolution of an Ordinary Neighborhood: Historical Land Use Study in San Francisco's South of Market  Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Andrew Richardson Identification and Prioritization of Prescribed Burn Sites in the Crystal Springs Watershed Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Susan Strachan A Geographic Analysis of Three Steam Restoration Sites in the Tahoe Basin Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Ty Liles Land-Use History of The Pescadero Creek Watershed, San Mateo County, California 1848-1990 John Westfall, Hans Meihoefer
Karen Beck A Land Use Analysis of San Francisco Bay Wetlands in Marin County, California Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford
Elizabeth Vaughan The Normada Valley Development Project Environmental and Social Issues of a Watershed Development Project in Central India Barbara Holzman, Nancy Wilkinson
Loralee Konde Spatial Analysis of Successful Natural Blue Oak Regeneration, Priest Valley, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Michael Hitchcock Geography of Public Finance in San Mateo County, California Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson, Richard T. LeGates
Nadine Golden Organic Farms as Nodes of Wildlife Corridors, Fresno County, California Hans Meihoefer, Barbara Holzman
John Isom Secondary Map Information, Synthesis Maps, and Cartographic Communication Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Bonnie Carroll The Landscape of Divorce in Reno, Nevada 1931-1960 Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Stephen Wollmer Effects of Multiple Use on Rainsplash Erosion and Runoff in Semiarid Rangeland Hans Meihoefer, Jerry Davis
Gerard Chalmers A Geography of Residential Heating Oil Tanks for Northeastern San Francisco, Ca  Max Kirkeberg, John Westfall
Mary Travis A Historical and Environmental Geographic Analysis of Lake Merritt, Oakland, California Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Kevin Mackay Regional conversation planning for San Francisco Bay Salt Marshes: A biogeographical approach Barbara Holzman, Roger Crawford
Hugh Howard Death Valley: An Animated Atlas Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Celeste Birkeland Sacred Geography: Rock Sites in Northern and Central California  Barbara Holzman, Nancy Wilkinson
Nancy Clark Ranchland Parcelization: A Profile of Land-Use Yuba County, California. 1895-1995 Barbara Holzman
Ellen McElhinny Mapping Ethnic Change in North Beach Since 1940 Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Samanthe Kadar A Geography of Garden Landscapes in Central Sonoma County, California Barbara Holzman, Patricia Foschi
Janie Leech Favism on Rhodes, Greece: The Interplay of Faba Beans, Genetics and Disease Hans Meihoefer, Robert Picker
Robert Dull Late Holocene Paleoecology and Historic Grazing Impacts, Southern Sierra Nevada, California Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman, Roger Byrne
Robert Evans Biogeographic model of habitat indicators for the presence ofHesperolinon drymariodes Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Niall McCarten
Jodene Isaacs The California Rangeland Reference Area (RRA) Database: A Spatial Assessment Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Warren Cook A Geography of San Francisco Bay Area Crafts and Fairs Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford
Mary Ivanoff A Study of Recycling in the California Army National Guard Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Karen Noll Regional Identity in California Nancy Wilkinson, Larry Foster
David Tricamo Rural Nanai of the lower Amur river : Geography of socioeconomic and cultural conditions Nancy Wilkinson, Robert Picker
Deborah Smith The Development of a CLAES Verification Dataset for Polar Stratospheric Cloud Detection Patricia Foschi, John Westfall, Oswaldo Garcia
Christine Baird Suburban Landscapes: Tracts Built by Eichler Homes in the 1950's Nancy Wilkinson, John Westfall
Adrian Sears A karst hydrochemical study of the Marble Mountain of northwestern California Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Kassim Visram Modeling Property Values in a Railway Right-Of-Way Using Dynamic Segmentation Jerry Davis, John Westfall
Philip Klasky An extreme and solemn relationship. Native American perspectives: Ward Valley Nuclear Dump Barbara Holzman, Max Kirkeberg
John Dalton Farming on the urban fringe John Westfall, Nancy Wilkinson, Richard LeGates
Holly Herring Serpentine's connection with safety, environmental, and health problems near Coalinga, California Hans Meihoefer, Jerry Davis
Linda Walsh Gender Differences in The Use of San Francisco's Downtown Public Open Spaces Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Peter Toscani The Role of Gay Men as Pioneer Gentrifiers in Alamo Square Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Julia Wolfe Survey of Available Spaces for Urban Agriculture: Hunters Point, San Francisco Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Jaime Michaels Wetland Restoration Using Dredged Material: The San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Rich Hentschel Native Americans and Water: The Impact of Federal Projects Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Katy Wilcoxen Shaping a landscape image: Geography of palm trees in San Francisco, 1850s to 1997 Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Kelly Costa A Geographic Analysis of Socially Responsible Businesses in the United States Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Sean Micallef Grazing effects on the grassland vegetation of Mount Diablo State Park, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Sylvie Amezcua Gaps and links: San Francisco Garter Snake habitat assessment priorities Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman
Ann Melamed To Eat Dusty Bread: The Migration Experiences in the Western Landscape of Middle-Class, African-American and Mormon Women in the 19th Century Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Feride Serefiddin Seasonality of solution processes in the Marble Mountains subalpine karst of northern California. Jerry Davis, Hans Meihoefer
Peter Cohen Transformation in an industrial landscape : San Francisco's Northeast Mission Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Lee Melton Computer-assisted classification of suburban areas in satellite imagery through the use of an artificial neural network Patricia Foschi, Jerry Davis