Access to abstract permanently restricted to Ball State community only / Theoretical background -- Environmental setting -- Prehistory within the Upper Wabash River Valley -- Data sets -- Results -- Discussion and conclusion. / Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only / Department of Anthropology

Awareness of extreme high tide flooding in coastal communities has been increasing in recent years, reflecting growing concern over accelerated sea level rise. As a low-lying, urban coastal community with high value real estate, Miami often tops the rankings of cities worldwide in terms of vulnerability to sea level rise. Understanding perceptions of these changes and how communities are dealing with the impacts reveals much about vulnerability to climate change and the challenges of adaptation. This empirical study uses an innovative mixed-methods approach that combines ethnographic observations of high tide flooding, qualitative interviews and analysis of tidal data to reveal coping strategies used by residents and businesses as well as perceptions of sea level rise and climate change, and to assess the relationship between measurable sea levels and perceptions of flooding. I conduct a case study of Miami Beach’s storm water master planning process which included sea level rise projections, one of the first in the nation to do so, that reveals the different and sometimes competing logics of planners, public officials, activists, residents and business interests with regards to climate change adaptation. By taking a deeply contextual account of hazards and adaptation efforts in a local area I demonstrate how this approach can be effective at shedding light on some of the challenges posed by anthropogenic climate change and accelerated rates of sea level rise. The findings highlight challenges for infrastructure planning in low-lying, urban coastal areas, and for individual risk assessment in the context of rapidly evolving discourse about the threat of sea level rise. Recognition of the trade-offs and limits of incremental adaptation strategies point to transformative approaches, at the same time highlighting equity concerns in adaptation governance and planning. This new impact assessment method contributes to the integration of social and physical science approaches to climate change, resulting in improved understanding of socio-ecological vulnerability to environmental change.

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Ce travail de thèse s'intéresse aux processus d'appropriation spatiale à travers l'étude des Cubano-américains et de leurs ancrages dans l'agglomération de Miami depuis la révolution cubaine. Dans une démarche entre géographies politique, culturelle et sociale, cette thèse cherche à démontrer comment la trajectoire de Miami est aujourd'hui indissociable de celle des Cubains qui ont gagné la ville. Minorité devenue majoritaire, les Cubano-américains ont bénéficié d'un contexte géopolitique particulier (la guerre froide) pour s'implanter et développer Miami. À différentes échelles, cette étude analyse les relations de pouvoir et les modalités de circulation qui font naître une multitude de territoires en perpétuelles renégociations dans cette ville en chantier. En abordant Miami comme un carrefour américain, cette thèse explore les processus en cours qui « produisent l'espace » de la ville mais font également de celle-ci le théâtre d'une « troisième Amérique » qui se forme et se transforme au gré de créolisations.

One of the most profitable fields of exploration for the history student today is in the realm of Indian history. Many books have been written concerning the social, cultural, and military aspects of the Indiana, but few have been written to expost the abuse and fraud the savage suffered at the hands of the traders, agents, and government officials. It was for this purpose that this study of the Miami Indians has been prepared.

"The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there were significant differences in data collected by a schedule of selected items applied to the case records of thirty unmarried mothers born in Spanish American countries and thirty unmarried mothers born in the United States. All sixty mothers who were pregnant out-of-wedlock are former recipients of services offered by Catholic Welfare Bureau, Incorporated, Miami, Florida between May, 1951 and May, 1960"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: John T. Greene, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaaves 63-64).

"The purpose of this study is to present descriptively the available information pertaining to the historical development of a voluntary non-profit home--Douglas Gardens, Jewish Home for the Aged of Greater Miami, Florida. The founders of the Home formed themselves into an organized group in 1939 and became incorporated as a non-profit organization on July 25, 1940. However, the Home was not opened for service until 1945. It was believed that information about the Home which was accumulated over the last twenty years would exhibit an historical and chronological experience of this sectarian group which would have wide application to similar efforts elsewhere"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1960." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Irene E. Morris, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-88).

"The purpose of this study was to examine some social, economic, and physical characteristics of aged persons who requested admission to Douglas Gardens, the Jewish Home for the Aged of Greater Miami, Florida. It was felt that by means of such an examination some conclusions could be drawn about characteristics which influence an aged person's choice of residence in a home for the aged. Fifty-eight applicants were selected for the purpose of examining these characteristics, a sample which consisted of twenty-eight aged persons who requested admission, but withdrew their applications during the application process and thirty people who were admitted as residents of the Home"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Dixie B. Jones, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-54).

This thesis presents a preliminary study on geochemical conditions within the Snapper Creek well field in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The study investigates the background groundwater chemistry within the Biscayne aquifer in order to provide information on the geochemical processes and water-rock interactions within the study site. In conjunction with hydraulic gradient information, major ion chemistry and deuterium and oxygen-18 data were used as environmental tracers to help describe the groundwater-surface water interactions between the well field and the Snapper Creek canal. Hydrologic data show there is potential for natural groundwater recharge from the canal within the shallow flow zone of the Biscayne aquifer and chemical data show evidence of canal-groundwater mixing within this zone. The limitations for the v environmental tracers employed within the study are addressed, as well as recommendations for further research involving natural geochemical tracers and groundwater-surface water interactions near municipal well fields. This study was part of a larger effort being conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in order to assess municipal well field pumping effects on the Snapper Creek (C-2) canal. / by Dominick J. Antolino. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.