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Co-producing Software for Environmental and Ecological Visualization

Creator:: Zanocco, Chad
Abstract:: Environmental scientists, land managers, and policy actors are increasingly presented with high-stakes high-uncertainty problems stemming from human-ecosystem interactions. To help address these problems, scientists frequently use models that produce enormous geospatial and temporal datasets that are constantly modified and often seek input from communities outside their discipline. To assist scientists—as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Complicating the Rural in Oregon's Water Policymaking

Creator:: Freeman, Misty
Abstract:: The state of Oregon is divided in important ways along rural and urban lines, including the way people make a living, individual and group relationships with the natural world, political ideologies, and personal values. This rural-urban divide has assisted policymakers in making decisions that balance the needs of Oregonians on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Social Learning and Adaptive Capacity in Collaborative Watershed Partnerships

Creator:: Calvert, Daniel T.
Abstract:: This dissertation examines learning driven adaptations in salmon recovery efforts and water resources management in Oregon. The case study utilizes a framework highlighting the connections between human and natural systems. Semi-structured interviews are used to analyze interactions between rural riparian landowners and watershed council staffs living and working in Oregon’s...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Visualization in environmental science

Creator:: Winters, Kirsten M.
Abstract:: The VISualization of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems (VISTAS) software development project began with the proposition that visualization would increase the ability of scientists to explore and communicate their data, especially complex datasets that span multiple spatial and temporal scales. A case study of VISTAS articulates how and why scientists intend...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A Comparison of the Preferred Role of Science and Scientists in the Marine and Terrestrial Policy Process

Creator:: Kloepfer, Daniel H.
Abstract:: The role of science in marine policy, and environmental policy in general, is a debated topic. Currently, there is an increasing desire for transparent and participatory democracy that involves more input from local residents and other non-experts. These demands often conflict with the increasing complexity of problems and the real...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Educating Pacific Northwest Campers on the Risk of Spreading Invasive Forest Pests through Firewood: Developing a Mental Model

Creator:: Runberg, Damon
Abstract:: The spread of invasive species into the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States poses a serious threat to the valuable forest resources of the region. Many insects and diseases that are a threat to these forest resources can be transported inside firewood. When campers transport their firewood across borders...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework to understand challenges in urban water policy reforms: A case study of the Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal

Creator:: Maskey, Stuty
Abstract:: The Himalayan mountain range is one of the world’s largest sources of fresh water, and Nepal, situated at the foothills of the Himalayas, is endowed with ample water resources. In spite of this water abundance, drinking water supply in many parts of the country is inadequate, particularly in the capital,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Technocracy, Democracy and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy

Creator:: Clark, Will
Abstract:: The complexity of modern environmental problems has increased appeals for including scientific research and findings in natural resource policy decision making. Though scientists, resource managers, interest groups, and the general public support more science-based environmental policy, these preferences have been accompanied by growing calls for decentralization and democratization of policy...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

Creator:: Sharp, Shayla B.
Abstract:: Two topics concerning fisheries management are considered in this thesis. The first concerns the social values that commercial fishing communities associate with commercial fishing. A survey of residents from eleven Oregon Coastal fishing communities was conducted to examine the social values associated with the commercial fishing occupation and fishing heritage....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Exploring the Perspectives and Behaviors of Teachers on Invasive Species

Creator:: Root, Skye
Abstract:: This study explores the role of classroom use of live organisms as a pathway for the spread of invasive species. The overall guiding research question is “Are behavioral changes necessary to reduce the spread from the classroom pathway?” Using focus groups comprised of key educators, this study seeks to identify...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Assessing the feasibility of policy prescriptions in the Salmon 2100 Project

Creator:: Whitehead, Katharine S.
Abstract:: Wild salmon populations are in decline in the Pacific Northwest. In the region populations and runs of Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytsha), Chum (Oncorhynchus keta), Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Sockey (Oncorhynchus nerka), and Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) have been listed as threatened and/or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the U.S. and/or...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Diesel fuel emissions and truck idling : the Oregon Interstate 5 Idle-Free Corridor Project : a bounded rationality perspective

Creator:: Ham, Clifford L.
Abstract:: Long-haul diesel trucks carry the lion’s share of all shipped goods in the United States. The drivers of these trucks often live in these trucks for days, sometimes weeks, at a time as they deliver these goods. When stopped overnight, many of these drivers leave their engines idling to heat...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Co-producing Software for Environmental and Ecological Visualization

Complicating the Rural in Oregon's Water Policymaking

Social Learning and Adaptive Capacity in Collaborative Watershed Partnerships

Visualization in environmental science

A Comparison of the Preferred Role of Science and Scientists in the Marine and Terrestrial Policy Process

Educating Pacific Northwest Campers on the Risk of Spreading Invasive Forest Pests through Firewood: Developing a Mental Model

Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework to understand challenges in urban water policy reforms: A case study of the Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal

Technocracy, Democracy and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy

Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

Exploring the Perspectives and Behaviors of Teachers on Invasive Species

Assessing the feasibility of policy prescriptions in the Salmon 2100 Project

Diesel fuel emissions and truck idling : the Oregon Interstate 5 Idle-Free Corridor Project : a bounded rationality perspective

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