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Traditional Agriculture in Transition: Continuity and Change in Southwest China

Creator:: Li, Xiaoyue
Abstract:: This dissertation seeks to understand Yi farmers’ livelihoods in the midst of an agricultural transition in Yunnan, Southwest China. This dissertation examines a community’s traditional knowledge related to wild edible plants (WEPs), analyzes socio-ecological vulnerability and resilience in the face of agricultural transition from subsistence farming to cash cropping, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: China. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Bryan D. Tilt

A GIS investigation of indigenous intensification of native food plants : humans as environmental variable in maxent habitat suitability modeling of Camassia in Oregon

Creator:: Elliott, Braden T.
Abstract:: This thesis merges the fields of Ecology and Anthropology by applying Habitat Suitability Modeling to the relationship between people and plants in the Pacific Northwest. In it, I create and optimize two Maxent habitat suitability models for camas (Camassia spp.) in Oregon. The first model describes the physical environment of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Bryan D. Tilt This thesis merges the fields of Ecology and Anthropology by applying Habitat

Standing in the Way of Control : Small Farmers, Water Use, and Technology Adoption in Oregon

Creator:: Hepperly, Jody R.
Abstract:: In recent years, several interrelated forces—prolonged drought, growing populations, height-ened environmental protections, sustained agricultural use, and hydrologic alterations due to climate change—have increased pressure on water users in the Western United States, where the agricultural sector accounts for up to 90% of total water withdrawals. Technology im-provements developed since the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Bryan D. Tilt In

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

Creator:: Little, Peter C.
Abstract:: This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to analyze the experience of residents living in the IBM-Endicott Superfund site in Endicott, New York. Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents' perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Bryan Tilt This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to

Investments in people and technology : public participation in the remediation of Dian Lake in Yunnan, China

Creator:: Carson, Andrea L.
Abstract:: From the 1960s to 1990s, the water quality of Dian Lake (滇池), China's sixth largest freshwater lake located outside the capital of Yunnan Province, Kunming City, rapidly declined causing livelihood disruption, decreased water availability, and biodiversity loss. Despite significant investments in remediation efforts, only small water quality improvements have been...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Bryan D. Tilt From the 1960s to 1990s, the water quality of Dian Lake (滇池), China’s

International Mekong River Basin : Events, Conflicts or Cooperation, and Policy Implications

Creator:: Yorth, Bunny
Abstract:: “International river basin is defined as an area extending over two or more states determined by the watershed limits of the system of waters, including surface and underground waters, flowing into a common terminus” (Shapiro-Libai, 1969, p. 22). There are 276 international river basins providing almost 60% of global freshwater...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : _________________________________________________________ Bryan Tilt Abstract “International river basin is defined as

Changing pastoral lifeways in the land where the horse was king : the effects of China's Grassland Contract Policy on Mongolian herders' attitudes towards grassland management and cooperation

Creator:: Conte, Thomas J.
Abstract:: This thesis explore the effects of China's Grassland Contract policy on sedentary and mobile Inner Mongolian pastoralists' attitudes towards cooperation, current grassland management practices, and the future viability of livestock herding in New Barag Right Banner, Inner Mongolia. Semi-structured interviews, a scaled survey instrument, and participant observation were carried out...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Bryan D. Tilt This thesis explore the effects of China’s Grassland Contract policy on sedentary and

Risk Perceptions in the Oregon Hazelnut Growing Industry: An Exploratory Study of a Recovering Industry

Creator:: Harrison, Darin L.
Abstract:: This paper is an exploratory study of the risk perceptions in the Oregon Hazelnut growing community. The study takes place at a time when the industry as a whole has begun to stabilize from the effects of Eastern Filbert Blight, a fungal pathogen that infects hazelnut trees which had devastated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ___________________________________________________ Bryan Tilt This paper is an exploratory study of the risk perceptions in the Oregon

Understanding policy change in hydropower development by using MSA: A case study of the Nu River Project, China

Creator:: Zhong, Huaxia
Abstract:: In 2003, due to the dramatic growth of economy, China’s National Development and Reform Commission proposed to build 13 dams on the Nu River to fulfill the nation’s rapidly growing demand for hydropower. The 13 dams that comprise the Nu River Project (NRP) are considered among the biggest hydropower development...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Zhong presented on May 27th, 2016 APPROVED: Bryan Tilt, representing Anthropology

Improving community profiles for Oregon fisheries and coastal communities through collaboration

Creator:: Package, Christina
Abstract:: In an effort to supplement the recently completed NOAA fishing community profiles, three coastal Oregon communities were chosen as sites for a collaborative project designed to produce long-form profiles. In order to provide a representation of the coast Newport, Port Orford, and Garibali, Oregon were included based on community size,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Collaboration Abstract approved: Bryan Tilt In an effort to supplement the recently

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Traditional Agriculture in Transition: Continuity and Change in Southwest China

A GIS investigation of indigenous intensification of native food plants : humans as environmental variable in maxent habitat suitability modeling of Camassia in Oregon

Standing in the Way of Control : Small Farmers, Water Use, and Technology Adoption in Oregon

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

Investments in people and technology : public participation in the remediation of Dian Lake in Yunnan, China

International Mekong River Basin : Events, Conflicts or Cooperation, and Policy Implications

Changing pastoral lifeways in the land where the horse was king : the effects of China's Grassland Contract Policy on Mongolian herders' attitudes towards grassland management and cooperation

Risk Perceptions in the Oregon Hazelnut Growing Industry: An Exploratory Study of a Recovering Industry

Understanding policy change in hydropower development by using MSA: A case study of the Nu River Project, China

Improving community profiles for Oregon fisheries and coastal communities through collaboration

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