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Creator:: Treviño Peña, Melva B.
Abstract:: The mangrove ecosystem has served as a life-support system to large populations of coastal dwellers in Ecuador for many generations. Diverse communities comprised of multi-racial and multi-ethnic groups have formed along the edge of the mangrove forests throughout the Ecuadorian coast. These groups self-identify as being part of an “ancestral”...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Laurence C. Becker The mangrove ecosystem has served as a life-support system to large populations

Creator:: Wiegand, Jenna L.
Abstract:: Tourism presents a significant challenge for island economies in the Global South attempting to improve local standards of living. Due to limited resources and often low education levels of island residents, tourism development frequently becomes a tool for foreign investors to profit while local people continue to work low-income jobs....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Larry Becker ABSTRACT Tourism presents a significant challenge for island economies in

Creator:: Wood, Douglas T.
Abstract:: The specific geography of individual wine growing regions has long been understood to be a significant factor in predicting both a region’s success in producing high quality grapes, and the resulting demand for wines produced from that region's fruit. In the American wine industry, American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) are increasingly...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Wine Industry Abstract approved: _____________________________________________ Laurence C

Creator:: Bucklin, David N.
Abstract:: Protected natural areas are important reserves for biodiversity, and in the tropics, often play a role in deterring deforestation. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a protected-area with a two-tiered management regime in Bolivia, Amboró National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area (IMNA), in deterring clearance of forest. Four satellite...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: the degree of Master of Science Geography Program June 2010 Directed By: Dr. Laurence C. Becker

Creator:: Anderson, Carl G.
Abstract:: From a landscape ecology perspective, meadows are often seen as landscapes in transition. Succession and change in meadows may be investigated by considering the physical and anthropogenic factors that influence the landscape through time. What is often unknown is how changes occur and how physical and anthropogenic factors contribute to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: GEOGRAPHY PROGRAM September 2007 Directed by Dr. Larry Becker ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Creator:: Tang, Yingqi
Abstract:: Involuntary movement, also known as forced displacement, has affected millions of people worldwide. At the end of 20th century, approximately 80 million people had been displaced due to hydropower projects, including approximately 22.5 million people in China. Dam-induced migration not only causes material loss, such as loss of homes and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: well as small populations of Bulang, Dai, Hui, Jingpo, Hani, Wa and Yao people(See Appendix C

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