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Social reconstruction in dam-induced displacement: A case study of four resettlement projects on the Lancang River, China

Creator:: Tang, Yingqi
Abstract:: Involuntary movement, also known as forced displacement, has affected millions of people worldwide. At the end of 20th century, approximately 80 million people had been displaced due to hydropower projects, including approximately 22.5 million people in China. Dam-induced migration not only causes material loss, such as loss of homes and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : The Moral Economy of Water and Power, Dr. Bryan Tilt emphases that Guanxi is a tool to help one’s

Breaking Ground: Automating the Detection of Refugee Settlement Establishment and Growth through Landsat Time Series Analysis with a Case Study in Northern Uganda

Creator:: Friedrich, Hannah
Abstract:: Globally, there are 40 million internally displaced people (IDPs) and 25.4 million refugees as of 2018. Of this global refugee population, 19.9 million are under mandate by UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, while 5.4 million Palestinian refugees are protected by United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Risky business : evaluating the vulnerability and impacts from simulated oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico

Creator:: Nelson, Jake R.
Abstract:: Exploration and production of oil in the Gulf of Mexico has seen an astonishing increase since the first well was drilled in 1936. Much of the current exploration is occurring in waters greater than 5000 feet. The largest and most unprecedented oil spill in the United States occurred on April...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members, Tony Grubesic, Kuuipo Walsh, and Bryan Tilt. There help was key during this process and

Understanding the impact of climate change on snowpack extent and measurement in the Columbia River Basin and nested sub basins

Creator:: Brown, Aimee Lyn
Abstract:: Shifting climate patterns in the Columbia River basin are affecting snow pack, and, as a result, stream flow throughout the region. In the Oregon Cascades, ever growing populations, and their associated activities, place increasing stress on an already over allocated hydrologic system. Political pressures, including the possibility of renegotiation or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Is dam development a mechanism for human security? Scale and perception of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia and the Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River in Laos

Creator:: Veilleux, Jennifer Corinne
Abstract:: Human security is a framework related to the stability and sustainability of political, environmental, economical, and socio-cultural areas of concern. Water resources around the world are under increased pressure from increased development, growing populations, pollution, and global climate change. Large-scale dam development while still popular for political and economic development...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to members of my committee Michael Campana, Bryan Tilt, and Gregg Walker for the hours of invested

Beyond Cooperation : Environmental Justice in Transboundary Water Management

Creator:: Watson, Julie Elkins
Abstract:: Since the Wolf, Yoffe, and Giordano 2003 Basins at Risk study, examining human interactions with transboundary water resources through a lens of conflict and cooperation has been a dominant paradigm. The Basins at Risk (BAR) method involves categorizing events on a scale from most conflictive (e.g. war or extensive casualties)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: possible because of the support, advice, and patience of my committee members: Bryan Tilt and Shireen

Mining Landsat Time-series Imagery to Understand Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Urban Landscape: A Perspective from Local Climate Zone Mapping

Creator:: Xu, Chunxue
Abstract:: We live on an Urban Planet. The current unprecedented urbanization is accompanied by intensive land cover transition and demographic shifts from rural to urban livelihoods. Cities serve as cultural, economic, political centers that facilitate wealth creation and innovation of the society, sustaining human from multi-dimensions with large ecological footprints far...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dr. Bryan Tilt and Dr. Jennifer Hutchings for the generous support to supervise my committee

Searching for Early Archaeological Sites Along the Central Oregon Coast: A Case Study From Neptune State Park (35LA3), Lane County, Oregon

Creator:: Jenevein, Steven A.
Abstract:: Locating archaeological sites that predate the arrival of modern sea level has been difficult along the Oregon coast. This is in part believed to be the result of geologic processes that have influenced the preservation, distribution, and visibility of sites within the Oregon coastal landscape. Because of these changes, researchers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: my committee members Dr. Anne W. Nolin, Dr. Jay S. Noller, and Dr. Carmen D. Steggell. Thank you

Art festivals in Oregon : historic and geographic aspects

Creator:: Tollo, Pia Agneta
Abstract:: The arts and festivals of art have today become a vital economic force in some areas of the country and a way of life for some people. The number and sizes of festivals, as well as audience size, has grown tremendously both nationally and in Oregon, since 1950. Even the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: on a national scale, rather than just around Washington, D. C.; and that urban governments could

The almond industry of Mexico

Creator:: Edwards, Susan
Abstract:: Almond growth has recently been initiated in Mexico in the effort to realize commercial production. This research paper is an evaluation of the physical environment conditions which favor almond production and an attempt to apply them to Mexico. It is shown that areas in the Northwest and Central Plateau are...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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ScholarsArchive@OSU

Social reconstruction in dam-induced displacement: A case study of four resettlement projects on the Lancang River, China

Breaking Ground: Automating the Detection of Refugee Settlement Establishment and Growth through Landsat Time Series Analysis with a Case Study in Northern Uganda

Risky business : evaluating the vulnerability and impacts from simulated oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico

Understanding the impact of climate change on snowpack extent and measurement in the Columbia River Basin and nested sub basins

Is dam development a mechanism for human security? Scale and perception of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia and the Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River in Laos

Beyond Cooperation : Environmental Justice in Transboundary Water Management

Mining Landsat Time-series Imagery to Understand Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Urban Landscape: A Perspective from Local Climate Zone Mapping

Searching for Early Archaeological Sites Along the Central Oregon Coast: A Case Study From Neptune State Park (35LA3), Lane County, Oregon

Art festivals in Oregon : historic and geographic aspects

The almond industry of Mexico

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