Development Theses
Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.
1985
- Craig DiGiammarino, Open Space Land Management for Community Development
- Paul Ochs, Farmland Conservation and Clustered Development: A Case Study
- Nancy Leila Vorley, Waterfront Development: A Revitalization Study of the Burlington Waterfront
1998
- Margaret Ashford, Parker's Gore: A Community's Concern Over Future Development
- Jeffery M. Cole, Biogas: Its Role as an Alternative Energy Technology in Kenya's Rural Energy Development
1989
- Jonathan D. Packman, Growth and Development in Vermont: A Case Study of the Natural Resource and Community Impacts of the Maple Tree Place Proposal for Williston, Vermont
1991
- Alison McKechie, An Analysis of Cooperative Case Studies Utilizing Organizational Models of Development
1992
- Andrew B. Meyer, Guiding Growth Restrict vs. Unrestricted
- Lawrence Nussbaum, Colonization and Migration in a Frontier Region of Eastern Amazonia in Relation to the Frontier Expansion of the American West
1995
- Ruth Smith, Exploring Various Organizational Structures in the Field of Community Development
1996
- David Arthur Klebenov, Growth and Development in Vermont: A Case Study of the Town of Williston
1998
- Daniel Selicaro, Inevitable as the Tides: Coastal Development Along the Barrier Island Chain of the Eastern Coast of the United States
1999
- Samantha Parker, Social Capital Theory and Community Development Block Grants: A Study From Vermont
- Kristin Pelak, A Case Study Analysis of Land Planning and History of a Small Town's Development in Woodstock, Vermont
- Melissa L. Tinker, Determining Use Patterns and Quality of Black Bear Habitat At Smugglers Notch Ski Area, in response to Potential Development
2000
- Adam Megivern, Community Involvement in the Pine Street Barge Canal
2001
- Jenny Lyons, The Zapatista Movement in Chiapas, Mexico
- Jessica Tomko, Bibaani: Resistance Through Grassroots Organization
2002
- Susan Cincotti, Case Study: Exploring Non-Profit Contributions to Controlling Sprawl in Chittenden County, Vermont
- Julie Molinari, Circumferential Highway Effects on the Natural Environment in Chittenden County
- Aimee Onofrio, Regional Sustainable Development: Proposals for a More Effective Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Implementation Strategy
- Jeremy Rubingh, Exploiting Tibet: Environmental Degradation on the Roof of the World
2003
- Katie Birge, Stormwater in Vermont: The Silent Polluter
2004
- Lisa Abregu, Women's Development and its Impacts on Community Development in Nepal
- Lauren Cormier, The Role of Cocoa in Sustainable Agricultural Development
- Kat Shultz, An Assessment of the Vermont Transit Bus Barn Brownfield Redevelopment: From Community Involvement to Community Impacts
2005
- Kathryn Ann Davis, Constructing Community: A Plan for Community Maple Sugarhouses in Municipal Forests
2006
- Rachel Charow, Participant Satisfaction with Community Collaborative Planning: A Case Study of the Spruce Peak Ski Area Expansion Project, Stowe, Vermont
2007
- Marisa Dauber, Coastal Zones and the Impending Danger of Climate Change: Can Ecotourism Help Protect U.S. Coasts?
- Matthew Hannon, The Future of the Vermont Ski Industry: A Comparative Study of Sugarbush Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort
- Anna DeForest Meyer, Conservation of Public Interests through Private Ownership: The Pingree Forest Partnership as an Example of a Working Forest Conservation Easement with Diverse Benefits
- * Natasha Sadoff, The Little Village that Could: An Ethnographic Study of Small Scale, Local Sustainability in les Abricots, Haiti
- Brian Sengebush, The Alpine Ski Industry and the Environment: Practices, Impacts, and Transformations
2008
- Mary Carter, Black Bears and Okemo Mountain: Using Environmental Education to Increase Community Awareness
- Sara Chace, How NGOs Influence Equity in Tank Irrigation, Tamil Nadu India
- Emily Cherkin, Tumul K’in – “A New Light”: Indigenous Education and the Re-Appropriation of Cultural Identity in Belize
- Abby Eden Farnham, Keeping Sprawl out of Vermont: The Fight for a Sustainable Future with Smart Growth Vermont
- Deng Tong Kenjok, The Jonglei Canal Project and the Alternatives
- Duncan Kerr, An Assessment of Maine’s Future in Tidal Generated Power
- Liz Morrison, True Ecotourism is a Catalyst for Sustainable Development, But What About the Phonies?: An Exploration of Ecotourism Certifications
- * Carolyn Smalkowski, The Coffee Countdown: Which Certification or Alternative Market Will be the Key to Latin America’s Sustainable Future?
- * Min Zheng, Finding Balance: Visiting the Old for New Inspirations and Solutions to Environmental Problems
2009
- Eric Ferguson, Wind Farm Development & Political Process: A Case Study of the Political and Legal Process and Analysis of Issue Campaigns Through a Rural Lens
2010
- Keith Brunner – Ecological Tipping Points and World Systems Analysis: An ENVS Students-Teaching-Students Course
- Casey Butler – Inside the Blue Line: A Case Study of Wind Potential in the Adirondacks and Greater New York Area
- Josh Ellsworth – A Smart Growth Assessment of Affordable Housing in Burlington, Vermont
- Sarah Elise Klingler – Vermont’s Renewable Electric Energy Portfolio: An Analysis of the Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund
- Michael Nathan – Effects of Development and Recreation on Sensitive Alpine Communities: A Comparative Case Study of Camel’s Hump and Jay Peak, Vermont
- Emily Piccone – Generating Effective Change Through News Media: A Case Study of United States’ Media Coverage and its Impacts on Brazilian Amazon Deforestation
- Denise Pisani – Sustainable Mining: A Paradigm Shift
2011
- Joseph Adams IV – Inside Vermont Land Use Regulation: A Case Study of Two Development Review Boards
2012
- * Emily Bird – The Socioeconomic Impact of Hydroelectric Dams on Developing Communities: A Case Study of the Chalillo Dam and the Communities of the Macal River Valley, Cayo District, Belize, Central America
- * Anya Gedrath-Smith – Time for Tea: The Sustainable Development of Tea Tourism in Nepal
- Erica Goldberg – From Ghana to the Dominican Republic: Can Ceramic Water Filtration Improve Rural, Ghanaian Women's Access to Clean Water?
- * Kathleen Hartin – Eyo matamanei alakuwa: The Social Implications of Conservation-Induced Displacement for the Maasai Residents of Engare Sero, Northern Tanzania
- Robin McAloon – Countryside Ranger Internship, Assynt, Scotland
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