Academic Program Reports
Undergraduate Summer Program
Reports
The Sustainable Cities Program Undergraduate
Fellowship Program offers students from USC and other
colleges and universities the opportunity to become
involved in the research of faculty-led collaborative
projects. Find out more about the results of collaborations
between students and faculty. More information
International Summer Program Reports
The Center mounts international summer
programs for fellowship students funded by the National
Science Foundation. Read more about past research studies
around the globe. More information
Seminar Reports
The Sustainable Cities Program sponsors
a series of lectures during the academic year as outreach
to the intellectual community at USC and to supplement
the curriculum for program participants. Get more information
on the different publications and material from these
seminars. More information
Undergraduate Fellowship
Program Reports
The Sustainable Cities Program Undergraduate
Fellowship Program offers students from USC and other
colleges and universities the opportunity to become
involved in the research of faculty-led collaborative
projects. Undergraduate Summer Fellows will become members
of interdisciplinary research networks, to learn and
experience an integrated approach to environmental issues,
transcending the conventional confines of disciplinary
specialization. Participating faculty and doctoral students
come from several fields, including the social and natural
sciences, engineering, public policy and planning, and
medicine. Their collaboration represents a visionary
effort to engender a profound understanding of interdisciplinary,
policy-relevant research on major environmental problems. See the
Undergraduate Program for more information
Undergraduate Reports, Summer
2001
- Worldwide Water Quality Assessment: A Comparative
Study of Ten Major Coastal Cities (click here to download PDF report)
- Exploring Alternative Environmental Assessment:
A Case Study of the Alamdea Corridor of Central Los
Angeles (click here to download PDF report)
Undergraduate Reports, Summer
2000
- Implementing Stormwater Regulations Through Best
Management Practices (click here to download PDF report)
- Analyzing Storm Water Compliance in Southern California (click here to download PDF report)
- Assessment of Los Angeles Department of Water and
Power Cool Schools Tree Planting Program (click here to download PDF report)
- Eco-Industrial Parks in the City: an Implementation
Study in Central Los Angeles
Undergraduate Reports, Summer
1999
- Nature in Cities (click here to download PDF report)
- An Undergraduate Fellowship Experience
- Metal Finishing in Los Angeles (click here to download PDF report)
- Challenges to Ensuring Grid Reliability & Seismic
Resistance in the Face of Electricity Deregulation (click here to download PDF report)
- Biofiltration Project-Sustainable Cities (click here to download PDF report)
- Factors Influencing Environmental Perception: A
Focus on the Media (click here to download PDF report)
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Sustainable Cities International
Program Papers
La Frontera Program, Summer 2004
France Program, Summer 2001
La Frontera Program, Summer 2001
- The Use of Focus Groups in Measuring People's Perception
of Nature Services (click here to download PDF report)
La Frontera Program, Summer 2000
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Sustainable Cities Seminar Reports
Industrial Ecology and Life-Cycle Analysis: Sustainability of the Los Angeles Jewelry District
Practice and Theory of Urban Sustainability in the Developed and Developing Nations
An Industrial Ecology Analysis of Water Issues
in California
Moving Toward Sustainability: A New Direction
for the Community
Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles
- GEOG 611 Fall 2001 (Pincetl, Instructor)
- Client: Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency
Sustainable Cities and Industrial Ecology
in El Sereno
- GEOG/PLUS 611 Spring 2001 (Pincetl, Instructor)
- Client: Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency
Eastside
- Click here to download PDF report
An Industrial Ecology Analysis of Electricity
Deregulation in California
- ENST 500 Fall 2000 (Vos, Instructor)
New Visions for Open Space: Achieving Sustainability
in the City
- GEOG/PLUS 611 Fall 1999 (Pincetl, Instructor)
- Client: Los Angeles City Department of Planning
Southern California's Ecological Footprint
- GEOG/PLUS 611 Spring 1999 (Pincetl and Wolch, Instructors)
- Client: Southern California Association of Governments
EMWD Upgrade Project for HSJWRF and MVRWF
Plants
- CE 564 Spring 1999 (Meshkati, Instructor)
- Client: Eastern Municipal Water District
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