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Filtering by: Creator Epps, Clinton W. Advisor Wolf, Aaron T. Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Enhancing social-ecological resilience in the Colorado River Basin

Creator:

Eidem, Nathan T.

Abstract:

This research presents the Colorado River basin as a social-ecological system. Utilizing event data on cooperative and conflictive interactions over fresh water, the system is decomposed to look for evidence of outcomes of resilience enhancement. The Animas-La Plata Project in the upper San Juan basin is presented as a case...

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Dissertation
Beyond Cooperation : Environmental Justice in Transboundary Water Management

Creator:

Watson, Julie Elkins

Abstract:

Since the Wolf, Yoffe, and Giordano 2003 Basins at Risk study, examining human interactions with transboundary water resources through a lens of conflict and cooperation has been a dominant paradigm. The Basins at Risk (BAR) method involves categorizing events on a scale from most conflictive (e.g. war or extensive casualties)...

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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
It Depends: Defining Cooperation and Evaluating Effectiveness in Transboundary Waters

Creator:

McCracken, Melissa J.

Abstract:

With the increasing international focus on transboundary cooperation as a part of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Framework, there is global recognition of transboundary water cooperation as a tool for improved governance and management of transboundary surface and groundwaters. Yet, there is not an agreed upon definition of transboundary water...

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Dissertation