Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute

Research Reports

This section of our website provides research reports and papers generated from three sources: 1) Integrated Assessments conducted by the Graham Institute, 2) Ph.D. students from Graham Graduate Fellowship Program, who are completing their research projects for their doctorate, and 3) U-M faculty members who conducted research in the past as part of our former faculty research grant program. Please revisit this webpage as updates are posted.

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Tackling Wicked Problems Through Integrated Assessment

A Guide for Decision Makers, Project Leaders, & Scientists

October 2009

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Prevalence of Antiobiotic Resistance in Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution Systems

Chuanwu Xi, Yongli Zhang, Carl F. Marrs, Wen Ye, Carl Simon, Betsy Foxman, and Jerome Nriago

September 2009

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Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems

Stuart Batterman, Joseph Eisenberg, Rebecca Hardin, Margaret E. Kruk, Maria Carmen Lemos, Anna M. Michalak, Bhramar Mukherjee, Elisha Renne, Howard Stein, Cristy Watkins, and Mark L. Wilson

July 2009

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A New Planning and Design Paradigm to Achieve Sustainable Resource Recovery from Wastewater

Jeremy S. Guest, Steven J. Skerlos, James L. Barnard, M. Bruce Beck, Glen T. Daigger, Helene Hilger, Steven J. Jackson, Karen Karvazy, Linda Kelly, Linda MacPherson, James R. Mihelcic, Amit Pramanik, Lutgarde Raskin, Mark C. M. Van Loosdrecht, Daniel Yeh, and Nancy G. Love

July 14, 2009

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Wastewater Treatment Contributes to Selective Increase in Antibiotic Resistance Among Acinetobacter spp.

Yongli Zhang, Carl F. Marrs, Carl Simon, Chuanwu Xi

March 24, 2009

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Restoring the Great Lakes Ecosystem: Worth the Cost?

Soren Anderson, Jennifer Read, and Donald Scavia

March 23, 2009

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Graham Scholars Program: Sustainability Education Through an Interdisciplinary International Case Study

Steven J. Wright, Evelyn Habit, Sara Adlerstein, Oscar Parra, and Jeremy D. Semrau

March 11, 2009

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Preparing for Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region

Donald Scavia, Keely Dinse, and Jennifer Read

February 27, 2009

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2008 Annual Conference on "Water, Health, & the Environment"

Compilation of White Papers and Abstracts from the Graham Institute's 2008 Conference

March 26-27, 2008

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