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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Bicycle politics in New York City: Rights to the City on Bedford Avenue and Prospect Park West

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kent, Zachary
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This thesis investigates how right to the city conflicts regarding the (de)construction of bicycle lanes in Brooklyn, New York affect the development of a more environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive city. Through an examination of two particular cases – those...

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The United States Education System and Intergenerational Income Mobility

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Marissa Hashizume
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

This study intends to determine some of the avenues through which parent income affects child income and if the public education system has the potential to increase income mobility and equalize economic opportunity. I find that the income elasticity between...

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Whose 'Nature' is it in? The Navajo Generating Station and the Politics of Nature, Space and Colonialism in Northern Arizona

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Robinson-Welsh, Alicia A.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Page, Arizona is home to the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant that provides the power for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and other consumers of electricity in the Southwest. Though the plant is not owned by the Navajo...

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