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Wind Energy in Solano County

Creator:: Kelly, Anna C.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: 22nd, 2015. Title: Wind Energy in Solano County. Abstract approved: Brent S. Steel

Getting through the Winter and Catching Up: Emergency Assistance and Rural Livelihoods in Tillamook County, Oregon

Creator:: Hickman, Rose
Abstract:: Large-scale safety-net programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have been shown to alleviate the negative effects of low-wage jobs and unemployment on poor American households. However, less is known about the role of “emergency” safety net programs, such as rental...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Catching Up: Emergency Assistance and Rural Livelihoods in Tillamook County, Oregon by Rose Hickman

Community Acceptance of Utility Scale Wind Developments: The Role of Environmental Values and Justice in the San Gorgonio Pass, California

Creator:: Anderson, Lauren R.
Abstract:: To face large scale environmental challenges like climate change, the Obama administration has turned to renewable sources of energy to offset the carbon emissions that result from traditional energy sources like coal and natural gas. However, finding suitable locations for large-scale renewable energy developments has proven difficult due to strong...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: San Gorgonio Pass of Riverside County, California, this study outlines a framework in which

Challenging the System : The Role of Community Choice Aggregation in California's Transition to a Renewable Energy Future

Creator:: Gunther, Stephen J.
Abstract:: Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources has been identified by governments throughout the world as a key strategy for reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing sustainability and resiliency, and supporting local economies. Despite these benefits, this transition has been slow in the United States, causing some...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: been the voices I needed in times of stress or failure. Thank you for always being there and always

Homeless Policy in Eugene, Oregon: A critical examination of the West Coast from a Social Construction Framework

Creator:: Bonkoski, Sheila
Abstract:: Homelessness is a visible and growing problem, with unsheltered rates of homelessness largely concentrated on the West Coast. There have been two main explanations for homelessness over the past four decades, either individual or structural failings, and those explanations have produced different policy responses. Eugene, Oregon has one of the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , either individual or structural failings, and those explanations have produced different policy

The symbolic work of modern homelessness services : experiences from users

Creator:: Maclaren, Kaia
Abstract:: The question of “what is to be done” about the prevalence of houselessness in large US cities has become a top policy priority, Often left out of these discussions are the opinions of the unhoused about the policies that are designed to serve their needs. Most of the literature that...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: literature that exists in this field is ethnographic on the one hand, or else policy-focused on the other

Applying a Collaboration Model to Collaboration Corvallis

Creator:: Dugan, Dennis
Abstract:: Oregon State University and the City of Corvallis have recently embarked on a three-year series of meetings and forums (‘Collaboration Corvallis’) designed to increase collaboration between the two organizations and other relevant stakeholders as well as find solutions to worsening problems in the areas of parking, noise and student population...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: determinants of success or failure of such processes. Using Ansell and Gash’s

Understanding Community Opposition to Industrial Scale Wind Farm Sitings and the Impacts of Federal Fast Track Initiatives in Southern California: A Case Study of the Tule and Ocotillo Wind Energy Facilities

Creator:: Allouzi, Yousef
Abstract:: As climate change forces energy policy to incorporate environmental impacts and fuel diversification into the traditional model of energy security, finding ways to site, develop, and deliver renewable energy has taken on increasing importance across the United States. With no consistent federal framework to implement these changes, much of the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: workers who move from state to state or increasing county or state coffers. Alternatively, impacts such

Unalaska, Alaska : social capital and a plastic bag ban

Creator:: Montier-Burke, Virginia Dee
Abstract:: This study aimed to explore the relationship between grassroots activism, in the form of a plastic bag ban, and social capital. I postulated that grassroots activism would lead to higher levels of social capital. The data was collected through a survey distributed on community bulletin boards, an announcement at a...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: post on the KUCB Community Calendar. In total, fourteen respondents completed part or all the survey

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

Creator:: Taylor, Casey Lynn
Abstract:: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent challenges to the Act’s implementation make reaching conservation goals problematic. Most notably, the very nature of the law—providing protections for species already at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for slowing or stopping unwanted development. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has begun

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Wind Energy in Solano County

Getting through the Winter and Catching Up: Emergency Assistance and Rural Livelihoods in Tillamook County, Oregon

Community Acceptance of Utility Scale Wind Developments: The Role of Environmental Values and Justice in the San Gorgonio Pass, California

Challenging the System : The Role of Community Choice Aggregation in California's Transition to a Renewable Energy Future

Homeless Policy in Eugene, Oregon: A critical examination of the West Coast from a Social Construction Framework

The symbolic work of modern homelessness services : experiences from users

Applying a Collaboration Model to Collaboration Corvallis

Understanding Community Opposition to Industrial Scale Wind Farm Sitings and the Impacts of Federal Fast Track Initiatives in Southern California: A Case Study of the Tule and Ocotillo Wind Energy Facilities

Unalaska, Alaska : social capital and a plastic bag ban

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

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