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A field-based study of alternative microbial indicator tests for drinking water quality in Northern Ghana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Safe drinking water is essential for human survival, yet it is unavailable to over 1 billion of the world's people living in poverty (World Bank, 2009). The current methods used to identify drinking water sources are ...
Extreme rainfall, flood scaling and flood policy options in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
River flood and rainfall have been shown to exhibit scale invariance behavior over a range of space and time scales. Although various approaches have been taken to investigate and model the various scaling aspects of ...
The role of organizational culture in creating secure and resilient supply chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis aims to understand the role that organizational culture plays in creating secure and resilient supply chains. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the government's subsequent response, propelled ...
Incorporating uncertainty in the Life Cycle Cost Analysis of pavements
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) is an important tool to evaluate the economic performance of alternative investments for a given project. It considers the total cost to construct, maintain, and operate a pavement over its ...
Estimating hydrologic fluxes, crop water use, and agricultural land use in China from multiple data sources
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Crop production has significantly altered the terrestrial environment by changing land use (Ramankutty et al., 2008) and by altering the water cycle through both co-opting rainfall and surface water withdrawals (Postel et ...
Impact of European Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) on carbon emissions and investment decisions in the power sector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This masters thesis assesses the impact of a emissions trading on short-term carbon abatement and investment decisions in the power sector. Environmental benefits from carbon abatement due to emissions trading are quantified ...
Adapting a hazards-risk model to water scarcity in rural India : Aurangabad case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The objective of this project is to improve the responsiveness of District Planning to rural water scarcity in India. Through engagements with the Groundwater Survey Development Agency, and Maharashtra State Government ...
Prospects for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the United States : a general equilibrium analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) could significantly contribute to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from personal vehicle transportation in the United States over the next century, depending on the ...
All fired-up about coal : technology & policy recommendations for the 2030 United Kingdom energy strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Given United Kingdom (UK) carbon dioxide emissions policies that direct attention at the electricity segment, the focus is on the largest electricity polluter, coal, and the immediately pressing issue of UK coal policy. ...
Cost-effective allocation of public funding to promote the commercialization of renewable energy technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The need for new Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) is growing with the challenge of providing affordable electricity under increasing environmental and public health constraints while promoting energy security and ...