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  • Is wave energy comparatively sustainable in Oregon?

    Creator:
    Yin, Yao
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    This essay provides a snapshot of sustainability and acceptability of wave energy and eight other electricity-generating energy sources in Oregon. Since “sustainability” is an important point of view in decision-making, the paper is centered around the concept. Although there is no consensus on the definition of sustainability in the academic...
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    -generations (Osorio, Lobato et al. 2005). Sustainable development, by the definition given by the Commission

  • Religion and Climate Change Views in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    James, Alexis R.
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    Anthropogenic climate change is an escalating environmental and humanitarian emergency, but American public opinion varies on the issue, particularly in terms of whether climate change is natural or human caused. Belief that climate change is human caused has been shown to be critical in terms of support for policy action....
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  • The Impact of Rural Electrification on Deforestation and Soil Fertility

    Creator:
    Tanner, Andrew M.
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    Deforestation and loss of soil fertility are two forms of environmental degradation with global importance. Theories of environmental degradation commonly cited in public and academic discourse have historically emphasized the role of human populations and national economic development as being the primary drivers of environmental damage. This thesis utilizes quantitative...
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    ____________________________________________ Dr. Brent S. Steel, representing political science

  • International environmental treaty-making. The future of the UN BBNJ Treaty

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    Banshchikova, Inga
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    Because the environmental threats are becoming global in scope, international cooperation and global governance issues are in the spotlight. The most controversial environmental law and policy problems arise in the areas where no individual state has sole responsibility for governing, "global commons." Scholars believe that the best way to deal...
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    , such as F. T. Christy's research on fisheries suggesting more restrictive rules (Christy, 1982); Y. S

  • Community Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Java, Indonesia

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    Utami, Arini Wahyu
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    Climate change increases weather unpredictability, threatens communities whose livelihoods depend on natural resources, such as rural communities. Utilizing a Community Capital Framework (Flora and Flora, 2013) and Governance of Complex Adaptive Systems (Duit and Galaz, 2008), this study concentrated on the role of cultural and political capital in supporting rural...
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    , Johan Colding, and Carl Folke. 2000. Rediscovery of traditional ecological knowledge as adaptive

  • Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Ideas

    Creator:
    Peterson, Holly L.
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    Public policy narratives and stories are often referenced by the media, politicians, advocacy groups, and across many disciplines in academia. Studies of social and political narratives support the notion narrative matters, but often lack systematic design capable of producing generalizable findings. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has responded to this...
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    , environmental policy experts Hilary Shaffer Boudet and Brent S. Steel, political science and methodological

  • The Melamine Milk Scandal and Its Implication for Food Safety Policy in China

    Creator:
    Chen, Zhe
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    China suffered its biggest food-safety crisis in 2008 when it was discovered that melamine had been illegally added to the milk formula. More than 290,000 children were poisoned and at least six infants were dead. Chinese citizens and the governments around the world gave the Chinese government a lot of...
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  • Use Your Heart: Understanding Street-Level Discretion in the Emergency Food Network

    Creator:
    Precious, Cheryl L. M.
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    Hunger is among the greatest contemporary social problems in the United States. An incredible 48 million people, or 14% of households, experienced food insecurity during 2014. At the same time, public responses to food insecurity, such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program, have increasingly relied on the “emergency food network,”...
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    work. Indeed, Houser et al.’s (2014) findings revealed that the greatest variance in policy

  • When Incumbent Vote Penalty and Weak Party Affiliation Catalyzes Vote-Buying. A Quantitative Analysis of Party Affiliation Influence in Vote-buying. A Case Study from Albania

    Creator:
    Karakushi, Alida
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    Corruption has important implications for the proper implementation and success of public policies. A vast literature in the social sciences has highlighted important national attributes that propagate corruption within the public sector. Despite these vast literatures, less attention has focused on individual characteristics, outside of more basic cost/benefit analysis, that...
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  • Family Planning Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failure of Policy Transfer

    Creator:
    Daniel Andrianaivosoa, Landy Miary
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    After Colonization and since the beginning of the globalization era, governments in developing countries have been restricted in implementing certain policies and reforms, often being forced to accept or borrow policies from former colonizers or other developed countries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Previous studies found that borrowing policy often leads...
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