The titular “House” from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 work The House of the Seven Gables is not just one house: it is an old edifice where the characters live, an intertwined family “house” of the Pyncheons and Maules, the plants and animals who live there alongside the humans, th…
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The contemporary image of sustainable living presents a culturally narrow view of its participants and the manner of engaging in sustainable living paradigms. Through crystallization (Ellingson, 2009) I present a mixed methods approach that emphasizes participant observation, vi…
Studies of modern Palestine and Israel usually highlight the struggle of European powers for control and the formation of Jewish and Palestinian nationalisms. This dissertation does otherwise. With a thesis centered on the physical "making of a Holy Land," this work combines the…
When toxic levels of fluoride are consumed, the pathological condition of fluorosis ensues. Skeletal fluorosis is an endemic problem in populations at risk of ingesting excess fluoride. Whether ingestion takes place as result of toxic levels of natural mineral content in water o…
Icebergs are melting in the Arctic. The Gulf of Mexico is warming and producing hurricanes such as Katrina. The delta of the southern United States is drying. And, Yemen will be the first country in modern history to experience a lack of accessible ground water, as soon as 2017 …
The essays in applied microeconomics contained within this dissertation examine prices in the developing economy contexts of Indonesia and the Philippines. Prices, observed and unobserved, are determined by and incentivize the behavior of all agents in the economy. Prices descri…
This dissertation examines the potential of information-provision in motivating behavior that reduces human exposure to arsenic in drinking-water in Bangladesh. In chapter 2, the longer-term effects of the countrywide arsenic-testing and information-program are examined by track…
Vegetation plays an important role in regulating the health of urban ecosystems (Sanders, 2004; Jim, 2004). Riparian zones, parks, nature reserves, and other forms of urban vegetation help minimize atmospheric and hydrologic pollution and reduce the urban heat island effect (Wen…
This study examines the relationship between Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, environment and socioeconomic factors in Syria between 1990 and 1997 and specifically in two provinces: Damascus Rural and Aleppo, between 1994 and 1997. CL count data were obtained from 13 provinces in Syria …
This study focuses on the ways in which small states in the frontier regions of eastern Sumatra developed their authority as both Malay states and localized reflections of their own social and ecological environment in the period prior to colonial rule. During the eighteenth cen…
The Ethio-Eritrean conflict which lasted for three decades, 1961–1991, is a prototype of modern warfare that ravages the livelihood of rural communities. In these communities, the household is an economic and social unit. The ecological environment is their capital—source for fo…
This study uses the lens of forest administration to examine the transformation of Mediterranean pastoralism over the course of the nineteenth century. Drawing extensively on archival research, it focuses on case studies in Provence, southwestern Anatolia, and northern Algeria. …
Animation holds a powerful ability to transport viewers to magical worlds as well as reveal aspects about the world around us that cannot be captured by live-action cinema or even expressed through words. An ecocritical look into cartoons has begun to unfold within the field of …
This study examines relationships between energy use and the exploitation of woodland natural resources in the West African nation of Senegal. As in many other countries in the developing world, the majority of the population in Senegal depend on woodfuels, i.e., firewood and ch…
Buildings are designed to provide their occupants with the environment they desire. Systems, such as telecommunications, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), fire and security, and lighting are installed in buildings to serve this purpose. The evaluation of these s…
The essays in this dissertation explore different environmental and public policy issues relevant to developing countries. Essay I examines household-level survey responses to the question “How willing would you be to pay somewhat higher taxes to the government if you knew the m…
In this dissertation, I explore a different concept in program evaluation. There is little literature on using evaluation research as a tool for social justice. The Oppression Evaluation Approach I am introducing is about an alternative method in conducting program evaluation un…
Environmental movements worldwide are giving rise to social and political action. Because of intrinsic ties that bind national identity to place, the upsurge of environmental concerns has often been paralleled by an increase in nationalist sentiments. In the case of Soviet Centr…
The oil and gas industry in Libya has suffered a number of health and safety accidents including environmental disasters due to the nature of the work involved and the hazardous materials it handles in all facets of exploration and production. Such issues have hitherto not recei…