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How We’ve Rebuilt : Collaboration, Community, Institutions, and Adaptation Following Catastrophic Wildland Fire in the United States

Creator:: Fishler, Hillary K.
Abstract:: In the study of rebuilding and recovery after natural disasters in the United States, little attention is paid to understanding how and why people rebuild following recurring, small-scale events, like wildfire. Hazard and risk literature, instead, is focused on understanding how larger communities with greater resources, economics, and social capital,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Hillary K. Fishler

Situational, Socioeconomic and Ideological Determinants of Support for Public Education Funding and Budgetary Management in Oregon

Creator:: Cochran, Aaron
Abstract:: The Oregon education system at both the K-12 and Postsecondary level is strained for resources, with funding at levels far below the national average. This is due, in large part, to the small percentage of state taxes that are used to fund education. Public support for additional revenue for schools...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Cochran, for her constant support and motivation. Dr. Tena K Cochran and Terry R. Cochran for instilling

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

Creator:: Taylor, Casey Lynn
Abstract:: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent challenges to the Act’s implementation make reaching conservation goals problematic. Most notably, the very nature of the law—providing protections for species already at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: nature of the law—providing protections for species already at risk of extinction—means its protections

A Mixed Methods Analysis of Philippine Labor Export Policies and Impacts on Overseas Filipino Workers

Creator:: O'Steen, Brianna
Abstract:: The Philippines’ labor export system is a complex web of policy instruments that have been amended, repealed, and refined over the last four decades. The laws along with the hortatory tools used to promote them have shaped the lives of millions of Filipinos, separating families across oceans. Temporary labor migration,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: martial law, Ferdinand Marcos devised his foreign policy strategy, referred to as “development diplomacy

Analysis of the Oregon Stakeholder Drug Take Back Public Policy Process to ReducePharmaceutical Pollution in Oregon’s Water Resources

Creator:: Hubbard, Monica L.
Abstract:: The goal of this analysis is to use the social construction framework to determine 1) whether the Oregon Drug Take Back Program stakeholder group can design a public policy that will ultimately reduce water contamination from the improper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals from the general public, and 2) use the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: and fall out of the jurisdiction of the Controlled Substances Act and law enforcement. The goal

The Narrative of Environmentalism in Kuwait

Creator:: Husain, Abdullah M.
Abstract:: Kuwait has undergone dramatic political and economic transformations over the past century. From the rapid transition to an oil-based economy in the 1940s to the unexpected Iraqi invasion in 1990, change has been constant. While much of the focus has been on the economy and society, it is also true...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Environmental Law of 2014 that instituted even the death penalty for some environmental Chapter 1

Be Careful What You Tweet: An Investigation of Anti-Asian Tweets and Anti-Asian Hate Crimes during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Creator:: Hui, Deeann
Abstract:: Reports, both anecdotal and empirical, indicate a rise in anti-Asian sentiments, including hate crimes, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase of such discrimination and hate may be attributed to negative perceptions of the origins of the COVID-19 virus. During the pandemic, the use of stigmatizing language, such...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Congress members and President Donald Trump introduced Congressional bills or signed into law several

Transboundary Water Management Among the Riparian States of the Mekong: Using the Water Governance Reform Framework to Prevent Conflict

Creator:: Eilers, Michael
Abstract:: Few river systems in the world are under equal or more stress than Southeast(SE) Asia’s Mekong River. Several factors threaten the Mekong as the riparian states of China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam jockey for position within its geopolitical sphere. Climate change, globalization,industrialization, urbanization, economic growth, and hydro-hegemony...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: “the state who can exert power over others beyond that accounted for by coercion or law” (p. 438). In

Transboundary Water Management Among the Riparian States of the Mekong: Using the Water Governance Reform Framework to Prevent Conflict

Creator:: Eilers, Michael
Abstract:: Few river systems in the world are under equal or more stress than Southeast (SE) Asia’s Mekong River. Several factors threaten the Mekong as the riparian states of China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam jockey for position within its geopolitical sphere. Climate change, globalization, industrialization, urbanization, economic growth,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: power over others beyond that accounted for by coercion or law” (p. 438). In the case of transboundary

Understanding community wind energy development in Oregon : an integrated analysis

Creator:: Yin, Yao
Abstract:: This research intends to provide insights into community wind energy development in Oregon using an integrated analysis approach, which incorporates GIS Suitability Analysis, Socio-Political Analysis, and Empirical Case Studies. In the GIS analysis, we developed a model through a series of steps (including data acquisition, preprocessing, data management, manipulation and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Goldberg, M., Sinclair, K., and Milligan, M. (2004). Job and economic development impact (JEDI) model: A

ScholarsArchive@OSU

How We’ve Rebuilt : Collaboration, Community, Institutions, and Adaptation Following Catastrophic Wildland Fire in the United States

Situational, Socioeconomic and Ideological Determinants of Support for Public Education Funding and Budgetary Management in Oregon

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

A Mixed Methods Analysis of Philippine Labor Export Policies and Impacts on Overseas Filipino Workers

Analysis of the Oregon Stakeholder Drug Take Back Public Policy Process to ReducePharmaceutical Pollution in Oregon’s Water Resources

The Narrative of Environmentalism in Kuwait

Be Careful What You Tweet: An Investigation of Anti-Asian Tweets and Anti-Asian Hate Crimes during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Transboundary Water Management Among the Riparian States of the Mekong: Using the Water Governance Reform Framework to Prevent Conflict

Transboundary Water Management Among the Riparian States of the Mekong: Using the Water Governance Reform Framework to Prevent Conflict

Understanding community wind energy development in Oregon : an integrated analysis

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