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Resilience of large river basins : applying social-ecological systems theory, conflict management, and collaboration on the Mekong and Columbia Basins

Creator:

MacQuarrie, Patrick R.

Abstract:

River basins provide essential services for both humans and ecosystems. Understanding the connections between ecosystems and society and their function has been at the heart of resilience studies and has become an increasing important endeavor in research and practice. In this dissertation, I define basin resilience as a river basin...

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Dissertation
Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

Creator:

Bakker, Marloes H. N.

Abstract:

Floods are the most frequent and damaging of all types of natural disasters and annually affect the lives of millions all over the globe. However, researchers seem to have overlooked the fact that floods do not recognize national boundaries. Therefore, the phenomena of shared, or transboundary floods occurring in international...

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Dissertation

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, the number of casualties and how this relates to the nationa l Gross National Income (GNI), the