Senior Sequence Student Research

Academic Year 2008-2009

Project Titles ordered by AOC/Grand Challenges

Designing Regional Parks for Civic Vitality and Sustainability

• Not Determined by Jose Diaz
• The Value of Open Space by Vera Putzolu
• Planning Parks for a More Social Experience by Tae Kwon
• Designing Parks with the Community Involved by Laura Comstock

Greening of Buildings

• cjs by cjs
• Green urban design by Eric Chen
• Sustainable Architecture and Affordable Housing by Kim Le
• Going Green: Retrofitting Residential Homes for Improved Energy Efficiency by Luke Hazelwood (Team Leader)
• Greening of Buildings and LEED by Joshua P

Urban Design Master Planning

• UCSD’s Campus Community Environment by Angelica Aquino (Team Leader)
• Biomimicry and Sustainable Urban Design by Mearon Okonsky
• The Costs and Benefits of Green Architecture by Kyle Ancheta

Equitable Redevelopment and Public Policy

• Community Organizing for Equitable Redevelopment by Daisy Gonzalez
• Eliminating the Wage Gap in San Diego County by Nick San Filippo
• Economic Development Strategies of Major League Baseball Stadiums by Whitney Brooks (team leader)
• Governance by the People: The \"Bungalow-Effect\" on Redevelopment Policy in North Park by David Windhorst

Greening of Industry and Public Policy

• Implementing Public Policy to Increase Landfill Life Through Recycling by Ashley To (Team Leader)
• Public Policy and Water Conservation by Brian Song

Regional Integrated Watershed Management

• Citizen Science in New Biology by Chris Pezzoli
• An Analytical Debate on Water Management: Understanding how San Diego can help solve water limitatio by Jesus Vazquez

Sustainability of Urban-Nature Ecosystems

• Erosive Behaviors of Mountain Bicyclists: a case study of Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park by Ryland Macfadyen
• A Comparative Study of Climate Change Policy in San Diego by Kristen Langford
• UC San Diego’s Natural Reserve System conservation management of Kendall-Frost Reserve by Natalie Stiffler
• Urban Natural Reserve Management: The Challenges of Balancing Human & Ecological Needs by Katie Heineman (Team Leader)

Affordable Housing

• Minimized Regulation Upon Lending Institutions Promotes Subprime Lending and Foreclosures by Tyler Eliopoulos
• The Effects of Affordable Housing on Redeveloping Areas by Michelle Bennett
• The Architecture of Affordable Housing: Does Design Matter? by Andrew Goodrich
• The Rise of Non-Governmental Organizations In Affordable Housing: A Case Study of City Heights by Warren Yee
• Housing by Kanoa Kelley
• Implementation Barriers for Affordable Housing in Transit-Oriented Devolopments by Andrew Perez
• Section 8 Rental Assistance Program and Time Limit Policies in San Diego by Jasmin Kim
• City Heights: The Gentrification and Displacement of Vulnerable Population by Phuong Huynh [Team Leader]

Green Infrastructure for Sustainable City-Regions

• San Diego River Park And Its Efforts to Improve the Water Quality of the San Diego River by Andrew Kline (Team Leader)
• Implementing New Regulations for Large Ocean Vessels by Victor Ravelo

Education and Equity

• Working Hypotheses to the Variation in Underrepresented Minority Enrollment within the UC Campuses i by Jesus E. Ramirez
• The Transformation From Public To Charter: King/Chavez Public Schools by Becky Gershon
• TBD by Katherine Li

Quality of Life, Public Health and Welfare

• Learning from Katrina: Importance of Mass Media Communication Activities and Community Readiness Dur by Jacky Kim (Co-Team Leader)
• Fire Emergency Management in San Diego County: A Case Study of Proposition A by Priscilla Jang (CoTeam Leader)

Crime and the City

• Domestic Violence Intervention in San Diego: Developing an Ideal Model Based on Current Non-Profit E by Meron Mesfine
• Architectural Design as an Influential Factor of Fear of Crime by Cecilia Gonzalez
• Crime Prevention Through Public Art: an analysis of San Diego\'s art and its effect on crime by Kevin Highland (Team Leader)
• Collaborative Crime Analysis by Alejandro Martinez

Transportation Equity

• Green Parking is Smart Transportation Management by Christine J. Wang
• Factors for successful TOD in San Diego County by Matthew Egge (Team Leader)
• Urgency for Inter-City Railway in Southern California by Tim Lo
• Bicycle Master Plans, a tool for sustainable planning on university campuses by Tyler Lau

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Regional Comprehensive Planning

• Relationship between multidisciplinary networking and planning in the San Diego region by Andy Ma
• Mitigating Climate Change with Regional Transportation Planning by Greg Behrens
• Evaluating Policy and Practice in San Diego\'s Transportation Infrastructure by Oswaldo Perez (Team Leader)

Community and Regional Food Planning

• The Costs and Benefits of Incorporating Agriculture in the City of San Diego by Tamara Geiger (Team Leader)

Community Mapping and Comparative City Planning Analysis

• Reintroducing Community in a Land of Sprawl by Amanda Irvine
• Equitable Redevelopment in Downtown San Diego by Oliver Fu

Planning for Sustainable Human Settlements

• BORDER SETTLEMENTS AND QUALITY OF WATER by Monica Coria
• Identifying the organizational culture of cross border nonprofit organizations by Alan Perusquia
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Transborder City-Region Planning and Development

• Planning sustainable housing and policies in the Trans-border region. by Michael Opielowski