Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2011
• One original, unbound, boxed copy of the thesis is to be submitted to the Urban
Planning Program (Leigh Brown). This copy will then be submitted to Avery Library for
binding and will become part of the Library’s permanent archives. (Electronic
submission will not be available until May 2012)
• Borders: At least 1” on top, right side and bottom margins; 1-1/2” ON LEFT
MARGIN.
• Illustrations: Graphs and other diagrams will be drawn in black ink; other
illustrations may be black and white or color photographic prints printed using the
highest quality resolution possible. Illustrations may be interspersed in the text or
put in an appendix. Glossy photographic paper may be used if it is certified acid-
free.
• Page Numbering: Must be consecutive from first page of text. Prefatory material
that precedes the text, such as title page, abstract page of acknowledgements,
preface, etc., are numbered in lowercase Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, etc.), with the
number omitted from the title page.
• General form for footnotes, bibliography and other elements may vary from thesis
to thesis, but must be consistent within any one thesis. For standard form, consult a
recognized manual such as Kate Turabian’s Manual for Writers of Term Papers,
Theses and Dissertations.
• An abstract of the thesis, a short summary of its contents (not to exceed 150
words) along with author, title, submission date, and advisor name is required in the
front matter. It is also to be transferred electronically to the Urban Planning office
for inclusion on the website.
For example:
Marguerite Aileen Grady, “The FreshDirect Effect: How Does Food Choice
Affect a Neighborhood’s Appeal?” Submitted May, 2008. Advisor: Dr. Stacey
Sutton.
E-grocery stores, like FreshDirect in New York City, have altered the urban food
landscape by providing better food access to neighborhoods underserved by
bricks-and mortar grocery stores. Empirical accounts suggest that this sudden
increase in food choice has fueled gentrification in these neighborhoods. While
urban food access has been widely analyzed in relation to race, class, and public
health, few studies have examined it in relation to gentrification. This study helps
fill this gap by spatially analyzing FreshDirect’s deliveries by zip code from
2002-2007 in relation to the variables of income, rent, property value, and number
of supermarkets, as well as by surveying FreshDirect customers.
• A “Permission to Copy,” so that the librarians can permit other scholars to make
photocopies of portions of your thesis.
Permission to Copy
Each thesis should have bound within it, preferably after the title page, the following
permission to copy statement, if you wish to have other researchers make copies of
portions of their thesis for private use.
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