Architecture

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• Architecture Urban Design
• Designing Regional Parks for Civic Vitality and
  Sustainability
• Parks and open space planning for the public good
  (co-mentors Judy Tjiong, Patrick McDonough)
• Greening of Buildings
• Green Building Design Innovation and
  Implementation (mentor Paul Linden)
• Urban Design Master Planning
• Mike Stepner, New School of Architecture
  (application required)

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• Community Economic Development
• Greening of Industry and Economic Development
• Greening of Business Socio-economic and
  regulatory challenges (mentor Patti Krebbs
  research team supporters Al Hurt, John
  Grosskopf)
• Quality of Life in Community and Economic
  Development
• Quality of Life metrics and improvement
  strategies (mentor TBD)
• Equitable Redevelopment and Public Policy
• Inequality and public policy (mentor Isaac
  Martin)
• Sustainable Development Policy and planning
  challenges aimed at integrating social
  justice/equity, economic efficiency and
  environmental stewardship (co-mentors Murtaza
  Baxamusa, Corinne Wilson, Donald Cohen)

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• Environment
• Environmental Justice
• There are no 2008-2009 Research Teams
• Greening the University and Sustainability
  Science
• UCSD's carbon footprint and climate change
  Initiatives involving renewable energy, energy
  efficiency and conservation (co-mentors John
  Dilliot, Julie Hampel).
• Climate Change Responding at the local level
• Costs/Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation
  Measures (mentor Linda Pratt)
• Sustainability of Urban-Nature Ecosystems
• Nature Reserves and the city Socio-technical
  challenges in the stewardship of urban-ecological
  systems (Mentor Isabelle Kay Research Team
  Supporter Paul Dayton)
• Regional Integrated Watershed Management
• Chollas Creek Watershed New approaches to
  integrated ecological planning and
  decision-making (mentors Hiram Sarabia, John
  Robertus)
• Regionalizing urban watershed management planning
  (mentors Hiram Sarabia, John Robertus)
• Coastal Zones and Ocean Management
• Ocean Management in Coastal Zones
  Socio-Technical and Legal-Institutional
  Challenges (mentor Carl Nettleton)

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• Housing
• Affordable Housing
• Housing , Smart Growth and Regional Development
  (mentor Ken Grimes, research team supporter
  Jeff Tayman)
• Housing Affordability Policy and Planning
  Methods (mentor Ken Grimes, research team
  supporter Nico Calavita)

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• Infrastructure and Public Facilities
• Green Infrastructure for Sustainable City-Regions
• Green Infrastructure Balancing design, technical
  challenges and cost/benefits at a regional scale
  (mentor Rob Hutzel)
• San Diego River Park A case study in valuing
  green infrastructure (mentor Rob Hutzel)
• Sustainable Energy and Environmental Monitoring
• Greening of energy production and policy
  (mentors Rich Caputo, Jake King)
• Cyberinfrastructure
• Information and communication technology The 4th
  wave in use of computers and the internet for
  urban and regional planning (mentors Jeff
  Tayman, Ilya Zaslavsky research team supporter
  David Schkade)

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• Public Health, Safety and Welfare
• Crime and the City
• Crime and the City New approaches in theory and
  practice (mentor Julie Wartell)
• Education and Equity
• Innovation in educational policy and planning
  Case studies (mentor TBD)
• Quality of Life, Public Health and Welfare
• Public health policy and practice Toward whole
  systems and integrated approaches (mentor TBD,
  research team supporter David Cleveland)

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• Transportation Planning
• Transportation Equity
• Inequalities in Transportation Planning (mentor
  Connery Cepeda research team supporter Carolyn
  Chase)
• Promoting Bicycling and Walking
• Colina Park Mobility Planning (mentor Kerry
  Sheldon, research team supporter Andy Hamilton)

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• Tribal Policy and Planning
• Improving Tribal Environmental Health Through
  Collaboration
• Empowering Tribes Through Collaboration
  Environmental Health Policies and Ordinances
  (mentor Paula Stigler)
• Tribal Environmental Health Science and
  Technology
• Tribal Environmental Health Assessment for the
  San Diego Region (mentor Hiram Sarabia)

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• Urban and Regional Planning
• Climate Change and Natural Disasters
• Low-lying coastal zones and risks posed by
  climate change (mentor TBD)
• Regional Comprehensive Planning
• The Regional Comprehensive Plan Barriers and
  Bridges to Implementation (mentor Bob Leiter)
• Community and Regional Food Planning
• Foodshed Mapping (co-mentors Julie Osborn,
  Jonathan Reinbold, Elle Igoe research team
  supporter Mary Lydon)
• Multiculturalism and the City
• Ethnic diversity and social change (mentor TBD,
  research team supporter April Linton)
• Community Mapping and Comparative City Planning
  Analysis
• The science of land use planning Using data to
  craft and evaluate alternate versions of projects
  and plans and to monitor implementation
  (co-mentors Toni Dillon, Samir Hajjiri, Jacques
  Chirazi) .

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• US-Mexico Border Planning
• Transborder City-Region Planning and Development
• New Regionalism and Global Environmental Health
  Challenges posed by transboundary flows of
  material, energy and knowledge (mentor Hiram
  Sarabia, Carlos Graizbord)
• Planning for Sustainable Human Settlements
• Environmental health and the built environment
  An analysis of low-income housing development
  along the US-Mexico border (mentors Oscar Romo,
  Hiram Sarabia)
• Laureles Canyon, Tijuana A case study focused on
  alternative community-based solutions to urban
  and environmental health problems (mentors Hiram
  Sarabia, Oscar Romo)

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186 Assignment 1 Proposal Abstract/Evidence/Feedback 186 Assignment 1 Proposal Abstract/Evidence/Feedback
Grade Value 20
Due Date Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008 (turn in printed copy at the beginning of class)
This assignment has three parts (1) Proposal
Abstract, (2) Sources of Evidence, and (3)
Feedback from Mentor plus two Experts. 1
Proposal Abstract Write the first draft of your
proposal abstract (150 words). Begin by looking
over the requirements for a complete proposal
(jump ahead and review what will be required in
A2). The abstract is part of a larger whole so
you need to know where it fits in the context of
a complete proposal. Examples of a complete
proposal (written by students) are in the course
reader on reserve and posted on our class web
site http//seniorsequence.net/?page_id211 You
r abstract should succinctly state the issue you
will be addressing in your Senior Thesis and how
you will do the research. The abstract should be
no longer than 150 words, and it should address
these specific questions 1. Opening sentences
What is the research question or problem?
2.Middle section Why is your topic significant?
How is the study to be conducted? What methods
will you use to answer your questions? 3. Ending
sentences What is the scholarly context and how
will your investigation add value to the
literature in this area? What is the objective of
the research?
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• If you get stuck trying to write your abstract,
  try using this template (fill in the blanks)
•  
• This proposal outlines a research strategy to
  examine 1 in 2. Current research on 1
  suggests that 3. This raises three fundamental
  problems 4. This proposal outlines a research
  strategy aimed at addressing these three
  problems. Specifically, the study will 5 . The
  research will contribute to the literature on
  6, but it will also be shared with 7 in the
  hope that 8.
•  
• 1. Fill in this blank with your object of
  study e.g., watershed-based approaches to
  pollution prevention, the affordable housing
  crisis, digital divide, economic redevelopment,
  environmental planning.
• 2. Fill in this blank with your target area or
  unit of analysis e.g., San Diego, a
  neighborhood, a school district, the San
  Diego-Tijuana crossborder region, network,
  association.
• 3. Fill in this blank with highlights that
  underscore the significance of your topic e.g.,
  Recent studies suggest that watershed initiatives
  offer a more proactive and whole-systems approach
  to pollution prevention, yet current regulatory
  arrangements thwart progress.
• 4. Fill in this blank with the three specific
  questions/issues/problems/concerns that drive
  your study.
• 5. Fill in this blank by listing your methods
  e.g., I will do a case study of San Diego
  County's Project Clean Water. I will also rely on
  archival research, interview data, and
  participant observation as a research intern for
  the City of San Diego.
• 6. Fill in this blank by identifying the field
  of literature to which your study aims to add
  value e.g.,This research will contribute to the
  literature on environmental policy and regulatory
  innovation.
• 7. and 8. Here you can add other objectives
  of your research outside the scholarly dimension
  (that is, if you have other objectives). For
  example, The results of this study will also be
  shared with public sector officials in the hope
  that the findings will help improve water quality
  management.

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II Sources of Evidence The objective of this
assignment is to get you thinking about the
empirical content of your SRP (i.e., what data
will you actually analyze in your SRP). Create a
table (like the one shown below) that includes
your sources of evidence (data), the strengths
and weaknesses of your sources of data, info on
what the data adds to your story (anticipated
findings), and provide a brief one-page narrative
summary (250 words) of your table telling us
what sources of evidence you think are the most
important for your study and why.
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III Feedback from Your Mentor Plus Two
Additional Experts

•  This part of the assignment forces you to seek
  out and get input from experts or specialists
  (individuals willing to give you feedback on your
  initial research topic in the form of
  suggestions, contacts, academic sources,
  insights, etc.). Specifically, we want you to
  check in with your mentor and two additional
  experts.
• Solicit their feedback on your ideas and strategy
  (as described by you in Parts I and II above).
  Record this feedback in the form of a brief
  report that includes
• (a) the name and affiliation of your mentor and
  two more experts,
• (b) the time and place of your contact/communicati
  on with said mentor/experts, and
• (c) the highlights of what they shared with you
  in the form of suggestions, contacts, academic
  sources, insights, etc.
• Part (c) should highlight what each expert said,
  and what you learned from the interaction. Part
  (c) can be written as one integrated narrative
  (weaving together into one overarching summary
  the feedback you get from all three experts) or
  it can be written as three separate summaries
  (one for each expert). Regardless of how you
  format the report, the total length should be no
  longer than three pages of double-spaced text.