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Expanding Conceptions of Water Security and Health: A Case Study in Anacostia, D.C.
(2019-05)
Water security is traditionally conceptualized as an issue of access to a regular supply of drinking water of good quality, only affecting health when communities lack an improved water source or proper sanitation facilities. ...
Maximizing Community-Based Development Outcomes: The Case of Raleigh's Downtown South Proposal
(Georgetown University, 2019)
This paper explores a proposed large mixed-use development project in Raleigh, North Carolina as a case study to identify potential linkages between privately conceived urban development, community benefits, and the ...
Loyal to the Royals: Nationalism in the Collective Imaginary of Post-“Blockade” Qatar
(2020)
This study assesses how the GCC Diplomatic Crisis has shaped the nature and expression of nationalism in Qatar on both state and societal levels. This analysis of the causes and consequences of intensified nationalist ...
Soil Microbial Communities In An Antarctic Water Track: Identifying Potential Ecological Optimums In a Hyperarid Mars-Analog Environment
(2019-05)
Polar permafrost environments commonly feature “water tracks,” areas of heightened soil
moisture in which water is routed downslope above an ice-cemented permafrost interface. Water
tracks are active sites of chemical ...
Refusing the Uniform: Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Women’s Activism in Denmark, 1967-1997
(2018)
This thesis explores how immigrant and ethnic minority women confronted Danish activists ranging from the mainstream women’s movement to Danish trade unions between 1967 and 1997. In the process of challenging these ...
School & Community Revival in Aldine: Investigating Place-based Design and Development in a Periphery Neighborhood of Houston
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Many of Houston's underperforming school districts are located in areas of significant suburban sprawl. The question arises as to whether the underperformance of some suburban schools correlates with the composition of the ...
Theatres of Resistance: Reclaiming Narratives of Agency in Post-Colonial India and Palestine
(2019-04-29)
Within the current international system, post-colonial states construct narratives by imagining their histories and conceptualize what it means to be a state and who belongs within it. They have the political and institutional ...
"We are at a pivot in US Privacy History" : An Interpretive Policy Analysis of the Existing US Federal Privacy Regulatory Framework for Lifestyle & Wellness Wearable Technologies
(2019-05)
In part as a result of numerous devastating data breaches, along with the 2018 passing of comprehensive privacy legislation by both the EU and the US State of California, the US Congress began to discuss whether the federal ...
Quantifying Accessibility and Equity in Washington, D.C.'s Bicycle Facilities
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Robust bicycle infrastructure not only improves the safety of cyclists, but also improves the mobility of the populace and improves their access to urban amenities. With a small land area, numerous shared bicycle services, ...