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Filtering by: Subject Water-supply -- Oregon Remove constraint Subject: Water-supply -- Oregon Advisor Lach, Denise Remove constraint Advisor: Lach, Denise Degree Level Doctoral Remove constraint Degree Level: Doctoral

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  • Complicating the Rural in Oregon's Water Policymaking

    Creator:
    Freeman, Misty
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    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...
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    affecting Oregon as a whole. Three rural case studies offer insight into how water issues are affecting

  • 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...
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    dissertation examines learning driven adaptations in salmon recovery efforts and water resources management

  • Residents' attitudes toward water resource protection in metropolitan Portland, Oregon

    Creator:
    Larson, Kelli L., 1975-
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    Three research questions are addressed in this study: (1) To what degree do residents support/oppose various aspects of water resources protection? (2) What factors explain residents' attitudes? and, (3) How do attitudes vary between participants and nonparticipants of place-based groups (watershed councils and neighborhood associations)? The population of interest is...
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    Dissertation