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Theses and Dissertations
Cumulative Listing from 1990 - Present
1990, M.A. Theses
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2039 BAILEY, Jodi L. The Image and Beyond: A Study of Place, Perception, and ; Advisor: Brian J. Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2086 BUTLER, Joan A. Spatial Patterns of Age Structure and Political Instability; Advisor: Gary Fuller
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2044 DES ROCHERS, Kim Women's Fishing on Kosrae Island, Federated States of Micronesia:; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2090 GRADY, Mary Human Impact on Ecological Degradation in the Andes Mountains.; Advisor: Brian J. Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2064 GREENE, John Scott Raingauge Network Selection in Queensland, Australia: Application; Advisor: Tom Giambelluca
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2055 RIGLER, Malia Ann Land Tenure and Land Use in the Ahupua'a of Moanalua, O'ahu; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2077 SCHROEDER, John Comparison of Two Methods for Teaching Introductory Physical Geography
1990, Ph.D. Dissertations
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2499 BASTOS, Therezinha X. Delineating Agroclimatic Zones for Deforested Areas in Para; Advisor: Tom Giambelluca
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2507 DIN, Abdul Kadir Haji Bumiputera Entrepreneurship in the Penang Langkawi Tourist; Advisor: Brian J. Murton
1991, M.A. Theses
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2127 CHOW, Jonathan Effects of Line Complexity on Manual Digitization; Advisor: Everett Wingert
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2154 COPELAND, Steven The Public Trust Doctrine and Natural Resource Management; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2155 FOLEY, Paul Hejrat: The Migration of Afghan Refugees to Pakistan 1978-1990; Advisor: Murray Chapman
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2106 HANSEN, James M. Prospects for Improved Energy Sector Management in the; Advisor: Brian J. Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2133 HAYES, David Cost Benefit Analysis of Geothermal Power Development on the Big Island; Advisor: Everett Wingert
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2107 HOOF, Allen Bathymetric Mapping of Recreational Scuba Diving Sites; Advisor: Everett Wingert
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2108 LAN, Pi Wei The Effects of Complexity and Experience on the Form of the; Advisor: Everett Wingert
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2161 LINDQUIST, Bruce Systems and Social Process of International Movement from the Philippines; Advisor: Murray Chapman
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2110 MOORE, Ryland L. Edible Oil Plants of the Tropics; Advisor: Lyndon Wester
1991 Ph.D. Dissertations
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2664 DOWDLE, Nancy Ecological Constraints and Demographic Adaptation in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of China; Advisor: Sen dou Chang
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2590 GAVER, Robert D. Land Reclamation in China: A Major Coastal Potential; Advisor: Forest R. Pitts
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2637 KIEFFER, Edith C. Geographic Patterns of Low Birthweight and Prenatal Care Service Utilization in Hawaii, Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2607 MANSBERGER, Joe Ban Yatra: A Bio-Cultural Survey of Sacred Forests in; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2650 SCHWEITHELM, James Rapid Watershed Assessment For Outer Island Indonesia With A Kalimantan Case Study; Advisor: Brian Murton
1992, M.A. Theses
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2253 ELMER, Nancy Interpretations of Vulnerability to Famine: A Realist Approach to Research; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/RARE/CB5/H3/no.219 FENDRICK, Peter Visual Interpretation of a Summer Landscape: Seward, Alaska; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2223 FREEMAN, William E. Agricultural Water Use Requirements for the Ho'olehua Plain Island of Moloka'i, Hawaii; Advisor: Tom Giambelluca
1992 Ph.D. Dissertation
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2735 PAULSON, Deborah. Forest Depletion, Village Agriculture and Social Change inRural Western Samoa: A Case Study; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
1993, M.A. Theses
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2299 ALLISON, Amanda L. The Role of Informal Information In Family Planning Acceptance in Rural Northeastern Thailand; Advisor: Gary Fuller
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2277 CHAI, David Keli'i A Biophysical Inventory and Assessment of Anchialine Pools Along the Waiakea Coast, Hilo Hawai'i; Advisor: James Juvik
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2288 MAIGRET, Maryanne B. Map Use and Ethics In Coastal Erosion Hazard Management; Advisor: Everett Wingert
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2290 O'CONNELL, Robin G. Rural Township Enterprises and the Appropriation of Rural Resources Jiangsu Province, PRC; Advisor: Sen dou Chang
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2317 RUSH, Randall A. An Endangered Transported Landscape: Laotian and Tongan Communities at Kahuku, Oahu; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2270 SMITH, Amy E. The Movement Patterns of Dual Income Families: The Case of Honolulu, Hawaii; Advisor: Gary Fuller
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2274 YU, Ting Age Structure Transition of China's Population: Regional Differentials and Implications for Development Policy; Advisor: Gary Fuller
1993 Ph.D. Dissertations
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2955 HUANG, Yunlin Sea Use Planning: A Case Study of the Yellow Sea; Advisor: Joseph Morgan
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2959 LAY, Jinn Guey Automatic Extraction of Terrain Features From Digital Terrain Data: A Multi Faceted Study; Advisor: Ev Wingert
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2879 PEARSALL, Sam H. A Geographical-Ecological Model For Landscape Conservation In Western Samoa; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2882 RAPAPORT, Moshe Defending the Lagoons: Insider/Outsider Struggles Over the Tuamotuan Pearl Industry; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 2921 SUBEDI, Bhim Prasad Continuity and Change in Population Movement: From Inside a Rural Nepali Community; Advisor: Murray Chapman
1994 M.A. Thesis
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2351 BARNES, Claire Identity and Domestic Space: The Nineteenth Century American Mission to Hawai`i; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- Hawn/CB5.H3/no. 2324 CUSICK, John Environmental History of Kipahulu District, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawai'i; Advisor: Ross Sutherland
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2394 DUNFIELD, J. FRASER The Perception of the Quality of Health Care and the Utilization of Non-Conventional Care; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5.H3/no. 2327 FANG, Tao Distance Descriptions in Fuzzy Logic; Advisor: Ev Wingert
- Hawn/CB5.H3/no. 2332 MINYARD, William The Relationship of Vegetation Distribution to Water Availability; Advisor: Tom Giambelluca
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2404 ORCUTT, Anne M. Island Resource Management: Who, What, and Where: A Case Study of Yap Proper, Federated States of Micronesia; Advisor: Joseph Morgan
1994 Ph.D. Dissertations
- Hawn/AC1.H3/no. 2984 BAJRACHARYA, Bhishna Small Towns and Rural Development: A Study of Urban-Rural; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/AC1.H3/no. 2996 IKAGAWA, Toshihiko Residential Gardens in Urban Honolulu, Hawai'i:; Advisor: Lyndon Wester
- Hawn/AC1.H3/no. 3011 PARKE, Soon Ho Forced Child Migration: Korea-Born Intercountry Adoptees in the United States; Advisor: Gary Fuller
- Hawn/AC1.H3/no. 3030 WARREN, William H. Koreans in Japan: Movement, Distribution, and Landscape; Advisor: Forrest Pitts
1995 M.A. Theses
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2465 EVANS, Christopher W. Sewage Diversion and the Coral Reef Community of Kane'ohe Bay, Hawai'i: 1970-1990; Advisor: Lyndon Wester
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2425 KERR, Carrie E. Proposed vs. Actual Environmental Education in the Secondary Schools on O'ahu; Advisor: Lyndon Wester
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2452 MUSTAFA, Danish Policy Implications of Flood Hazard in Pakistan: A Study in Risk, Exposure, Vulnerability and Response, in the Context of Global; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2434 PARRISH, Frank A. GIS Assisted Spatial Analysis of Windward O'ahu's Juvenile, Deepwater Snappers (Pristipomoides filamentosus); Advisor: Matthew McGranaghan
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2475 RUSSELL-ALAKAI, Rebecca A Survival of Interests: Substainable Yield & Correlative Rights & Their role in the Development and Implementation; Advisor: Ross Sutherland
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2438 SHANNON, Sequoia Delimitation of Ocean Space for Marine Resource Management inthe Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; Advisor: Joseph Morgan
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2457 TRAN, Liem T. Relationship Between the Inversion and Rainfall on the Island of Maui; Advisor: Tom Giambelluca
1995 Ph.D. Dissertations
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3122 BORDNER, Richard Contested Images of Place in a Multicultural Context: The Ahupua'a of Kanaio and A'uahi, Maui; Advisor: Murray Chapman
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 3257 HERMAN, R. Douglas K. Kalai'aina -- Carving the Land: Geography, Desire and Possession in the Hawaiian Islands; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 3213 JOHNSTON, Charles Samuel Enduring Idylls? A Geographical Study of Tourism In Kona, Hawaii Island; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3167 SAHACHAISAEREE, Nopadon The Political Economy of Land and Housing for the Urban Poor in Bangkok: A Case Study in Klong Toey and Wat Chonglom Settlement; Advisor: Jonathan Goss
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3170 SCHUG, Donald M. The Marine Realm and a Sense of Place Among the Papua New Guinean Communities of the Torres Strait; Advisor: Joseph Morgan
1996 M.A. Theses
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2548 BAILEY, Keiron D. Power, Politics and Urban Development in Honolulu: The Urban Resort in the Making; Advisor: Jonathan Goss
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no.2512 BESIO, Kathryn Mountain Heirs: Western Imaginings of Sherpa Children in the Khumbu, Nepal; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2489 LASH, Sharon L. Meridians in the Margins: An Exploration of Alternative Medicine Through A Case Study of Acupuncture Practice on Oahu; Advisor: Nancy Davis Lewis
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2569 STONE, Richard Mapmaing with Resource-Grade GPS Receives: Fundamentals of Accuracy Evaluation; Advisor: Everett Wingert
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2570 TANAKA, Darrel T. Detecting Lava Tubes Using the Inverse Relation Between Total Intensity of the Geomagnetic Field at the Surface and Effective Chord Length along Magnetic Inclination in the Lava Tube; Advisor: Everett Wingert
1996 Ph.D. Dissertation
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3418 FERNANDES, Leanne Evaluating Proposed Uses of Coral Reefs: Comparison of Economic and Multiple Criteria Approaches; Advisor: Mark Ridgley
1997 M.A. Theses
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2646 WAGNER, Sean Tenrikyo: The Establishment and Legitimization of Sacred Space in Tenri City, JAPAN; Advisor: Mary McDonald
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2377 CLOUET, Craig Measuring the Accuracy of USGS1: 24000 Digital Elevation Models Using The Global Positioning System; Advisor:
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2610 WESNER, Ben The Legal Geography of Marijuana In Hawai`i: Power, Politics and Pakalolo; Advisor: Jon Goss
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2638 SHERWOOD, Vaughn G. Occurrence and habitat of the Relict Population of the Oah`u 'Elepaio'; Advisor Lyndon Wester
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2648 WENGER, Michael G. Development and Evaluation of an Agroecosystem Rating Matrix and its Application to Systems Analysis of a Windward Oahu Watershed and Farming System; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2650 BERKOWITZ, Steven Paul A New Approach to an Old Problem: Using Optimization to Explore O`ahu's Land-Use and Water-Resource Conflicts; Advisor: Mark Ridgley
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2630 MAREK, Serge Waikiki Virtual Reality: Space, Place, and Representation in the Waikiki Master Plan; Advisor: Jon Goss
1997 Ph.D. Dissertations
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3573 HOVERMAN, Suzanne Environmentalism and Social Change: Public Participation in Australian Forest Management; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3594 PENN, David C. Water and Energy Flows in Hawaii Taro Pondfields; Advisor: Thomas Giambelluca
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3604 WALTERS, Jeffrey S. Exploring Local Knowledge of Tropical Coastal Ecology: Participatory Resource Assessment in a Philippine Fishing Community; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3418 FERNANDES, Leanne Evaluating Proposed Uses of Coral Reefs: Comparison of Economic and Multiple Criteria Approaches; Advisor: Mark Ridgley
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3498 PARK, Kyu Taeg The Development of the Textile Industry in Taegu South Korea; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3483JUDD, Nanette Laau Lapaau: A Geography of Hawaiian Herbal Healing; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3491 LEE, Chieng-Tung Interrill Erosion Processes and Their Influence on Caesium 137 As a Tracer for Estimating Soil Erosion; Advisor: Ross Sutherland
1998 M.A. Theses
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. ACKLEY, Betsy Regional Patterns of Contemporary Global Fertility Declines: Trends, Exceptions and Proposals for Future Research; Advisor: Gary Fuller
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. KAPP, Drew Pictorial Representations of Hawai`i: A Critique of Cultural Landscape Imagery Produced by European Artists in Hawai`i, 1778-1820; Advisor: Jon Goss
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. 2656 KENNEDY, Randall W. A Survey of Resource Managers Attitudes and Administrative Policy Concerning Feral Pig Control in Wildland Areas of Hawaii; Advisor: Lyndon Wester
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. LAM, Peter Landowner's Response to State Development Plans: Production of Uneven Development in Kaka`ako; Advisor: Mary McDonald
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. LOUIS, Renee The Authoritative Textualization of Hawaiian Places and Names; Advisor: Matthew McGranaghan
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. SHIER, Anita The Effects of Riparian Vegetation and Channel Modification on Temperature Regimes in Four Perennial Streams on Oahu, Hawai`i; Advisor: Deborah Woodcock
- Hawn/CB5/H3/no. LUMPKIN, Christina Using Cognitive Maps to Examine Scientific Dispute in Decision-Making; Advisor: Mark Ridgley
1998 Ph.D. Dissertations
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. BRODT, Sonja Learning From the Land: Local Knowledge Systems of Tree Management; Advisor: Brian Murton
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. OMENGAN, Elizabeth Deforestation, Northeast Thailand: Time Frames of Farming, Logging, and Forestry; Advisor: Lyndon Wester
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. PARKE, Michael Minimizing Public Health Risks and Maximizing Public Acceptance of Wastewater Reuse in Hawai`i; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- Hawn/AC1/H3/no. 3660 SNEED, Paul Gerrald National Parklands in Northern Homelands: A Comparison of Co-Management of National Parks With Native People In Alaska (U.S.A.) and the Yukon (Canada); Advisor: Brian Murton
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1999 M.A. Theses
- EVANS, Bradley M. Simulating Polynesian Double-Hulled Canoe Voyaging: Combining Remotely-Sensed and Experimental Data; Advisor: Matthew McGranaghan
- MENARD, Trae P. Ecological and Hydrological Effects of a Rainless Period On a Montane Cloud Forest Treeline on Haleakala, Maui; Advisor: Thomas Giambelluca
- OLIVEIRA, Katrina-Ann.
- O'NEAL, Erin Ecotourists and Mass Tourists in Maui: A Critical Examination of Distinction in Tourism; Advisor: Jon Goss
- ROBERTS, Lucile M. An Application of Locality Theory to the Study of A Pacific Island State: Tourism in Palau; Advisor: Murray Chapman
- MORRISON, Rebecca L. From Policy to Demography Shifting in Ethnic Identification in the People's Republic of China, 1982-1990. Advisor: Gary A. Fuller
1999 Ph.D. Dissertations
- BRENNAN, Peter The Conservation of Semi-Evergreen Vine Thicket Remnants in Central Australia Queensland; Advisor: Lyndon Wester
- BRODT, Sonja
- OMENGAN, Elizabeth Deforestation: Farming, Logging, and Forest Management in Northeast Thailand, Advisor: Lyndon Wester
- PARKE, Michael Land Suitability Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems to Minimize Public Health Risks and Maximize Public Acceptance of Wastewater Reuse in Hawaii; Advisor: Nancy Lewis
- TRAN, Liem T. Multi-Objective Fuzzy Regression and Its Application to Erosion Prediction; Advisor: Mark Ridgley
- BRENNAN, Peter. The Conservation of Semi-Evergreen Vine Thicket Remnants in Central Queensland, Australia. Advisor: Lyndon Wester
2000 Ph.D. Dissertations
- ZIEGLER, Alan. Toward Modeling Erosion on Unpaved Roads in Mountainous Northern Thailand. Advisor: Thomas Giambelluca