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  • Oregon's integrated water resource planning : public knowledge, risk perception, and civil society

    Creator:
    Hubbard, Monica L.
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    The overall purpose of this research is to assess the Oregon public's capacity to address water resources disturbances through civil society. According to scientists and resource managers, Oregon's water resources are over taxed and at risk, with future projections placing additional stress from climate change and population growth. Oregon's 2009...
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    Dissertation
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    ...................................................... 44 3. Civil Society Weighted Independent Variables

  • Wind Energy Siting in Kittitas County, Washington

    Creator:
    Naimoli, Stephen
    Abstract:
    Increasing renewable energy development is often seen as an essential tool for combating global climate change, yet despite widespread support in theory, renewable energy often faces problems at the implementation stage. In the state of Washington, where voters have expressed a desire for greater renewable energy by mandating that 15%...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    ................................................................................................... 44 6 Introduction For policymakers, climate change introduces what scholars refer

  • Evaluating Equity in the Provision of Primary Health Care in Tanzania

    Creator:
    Babbel, Breannon
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    Equitable access to primary health care is vital to the overall health and development of a country. Since its independence in 1967, Tanzania has established a clear objective of achieving primary health care for all. Yet achieving the goal of health care for all is especially difficult considering Tanzania’s poverty...
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    Capstone Project
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    Tanzania is one of East Africa’s most populous countries, with a population of nearly 44 million (World

  • Opening a Developing Economy in the 21st Century: A Look at the Rural Salvadoran Perspective

    Creator:
    Juarez, Benjamin
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    In recent decades there has been a trend for countries to begin establishing bilateral trade relations with one another, namely, free trade agreements. The result has been open economies that are economically tied to one another. In El Salvador, two policies are highlighted that tie it strongly to the United...
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    Capstone Project
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    Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR- CAFTA). This paper analyzes the policy process, utilizing a mix

  • Wind Energy in Solano County

    Creator:
    Kelly, Anna C.
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    While the U.S. energy portfolio increasingly includes renewables, social acceptance of such technologies can pose an important challenge for developers. Using survey data from a random sample of nearby households (n=524), content analysis of coverage in local newspapers, and interviews with various stakeholders (n=14), I explore local social acceptance of...
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    Capstone Project
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     ..................................................................  44     LIST OF FIGURES   Figure 1. Map of wind development in Solano County by

  • Community Driven Development (CDD) in Action: Three Case Studies of International Nongovernmental Development Organizations’ (INGOs’) CDD Practices

    Creator:
    Rhynard-Geil, Meghann
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    Since the 1980s, NGOs have created a necessary niche for themselves within developing nations addressing poverty “traps” such as: lack of infrastructure, corruption, environmental degradation, conflict, disease, educational paucity, and gender inequality. Due to increasing issues of dependency and failed development projects resulting from a top-down, organizational structure, international nongovernmental...
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    Capstone Project
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      paper  is  to  compare  the  current  practices  of  three  small-­‐scale

  • State Tax Credit Auctions

    Creator:
    Korejwa, Elise
    Abstract:
    Tax credit auctions are a new way to fund government programs, dating back to just 2011. In place of funding new programs with direct appropriations from the general fund, tax credit auctions are a means to fund programs by monetizing tax credits. We performed a case study of all of...
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    Capstone Project
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  • A Study on Policy Change of Locating Radioactive Waste Depository Facilities in South Korea Using a Multiple Streams Perspective

    Creator:
    Kwon, Taehyun
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    This essay provides a snapshot of major policy change in the siting of radioactive waste depository facilities in South Korea during 2005. After 20 years of failing to locate a radioactive waste depository facility, South Korea finally succeeded in locating a facility through a major policy change of delegating decision...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • Wind Energy Siting in Harney and Crook Counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Bhattarai, Mukesh
    Abstract:
    Concerns over climate change and energy security have spurred governments worldwide to encourage the development of renewable energy. Although public attitudes and macro-politics, in general, show moderate to strong support for renewables- in particular, wind power- largely because of the economic and environmental benefits associated with it. However, local politics...
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    Capstone Project

  • Donating Democracy: Measuring the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Central Asia

    Creator:
    Michaels, Julia
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    The promotion of democracy abroad has become a critical national security objective for the United States. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly independent states have received millions in aid to facilitate their transition to democracy. A significant portion of this funding has been administered by the United States...
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    Capstone Project
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    paper, but authoritarian in reality (McMann, 2006). Such hybrid regimes are able to carry out many