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A Culture of Resilience: Social Capital and Climate Adaptation in Post-Flood Boulder County

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Shepard, Stephanie

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Scientists say that climate change is very likely to cause more frequent and more severe weather events. In order to understand how communities respond to changing weather patterns, an exploration of the connection between extreme weather events and climate change awareness, collective action, and policy is warranted. This case study...

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Capstone Project

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certainly more climate scientists than any place on the planet.” Charlie Brennan of the Daily Camera
Hot, hot, heat : evaluating Phoenix, Arizona cooling centers through a project management perspective

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Leone, Cassandra M.

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Global annual average temperatures are rising, creating extreme heat events or heatwaves that are increasing in frequency, length, and severity. The world will endure more of these events as climate change worsens and heat-related mortality and morbidity will increase due to warming conditions. At the center of heatwaves are urban...

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Masters Thesis

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(Chow, Brennan, and Brazel 2012). The change in temperature from city centers to nearby suburban areas
"Identity in the making" in an adolescent new media maker experience : the role of interest, figured worlds, and use of authentic tools and practices

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Wyld, Jennifer N.

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Human development researchers consider adolescence a rich time for interest development and identity exploration. A relatively new movement in the Free-Choice Learning (FCL) arena, the Maker movement, offers learners interest-driven, experiential, often collaborative, and process-oriented activities ranging from game design (computer-based and otherwise) and robotics, to sewing LEDs into clothing...

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Dissertation

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of my desire to improve education is from being your mom. And finally, to Mark- my partner in life