As the limitations of ‘organics’ manifest and sustainability continues to elude California, the subsidies that demarcate the scope of sustainable agriculture need to be examined. This case study looks at research and development in sustainable agricul . . .

Evidence of the impacts of global warming is accumulating and becoming more specific. Its effects on people, particularly the poor, minorities, indigenous peoples and others living in circumpolar regions, high altitudes, low-lying areas and other vuln . . .

All over the United States, sprawling growth is consuming farmland and open space. In California—the most populous and the most urban state in the nation—the situation is particularly acute. The negative impacts of farmland conversions are widely ackn . . .

In 1579 the first modern day corporation made contact with the area now known as Humboldt County. During the time period examined, corporations played a major role in the region’s politics, economy, and living conditions, and resistance to corporate d . . .

The focus of this thesis is a Geographic Information System (GIS) based predictive modeling process with results as applied to the Wiyot Cultural Area in Humboldt County, California. Predictive models aim to identify patterns that demonstrate a range . . .

The practice of painting on walls and communicating through art on walls is a rich tradition in Distrito Federal, Mexico. This research investigates contemporary wall inscriptions throughout the regional landscape of Mexico City, seeking social, place . . .

Since the post war period, small-scale subsistence practices have been steadily disappearing as a way of life for families across the United States. Spaces traditionally used for home gardens have been replaced with the modern American lawn. However, . . .

The deaths of thousands of salmon have been a large part of the Klamath Watershed Conflict. Salmon were once abundant in the Klamath, and its various tributaries, but populations are now far below historic levels. The intersections of people’s lives w . . .

In recent years, the San Joaquin Valley of central California has been considered the most unhealthy air basin in the United States of America. Extraordinary levels of ambient ozone and particulate matter are responsible for the diagnosis of asthma in . . .

Cultural landscapes are a recognized type of historical resource and also an interdisciplinary category of analysis that can help to illuminate the relationship of people to their environments- how people interpret space. Cultural landscapes reflect t . . .