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Filtering by: Creator Gosnell, H. Committee Member Campana, Michael Decade 2010-2019

Reallocating resources, rebuilding community : the Klamath Basin agreements and the emergence of adaptive governance

Creator:

Chaffin, Brian C.

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The concept of "adaptive governance" represents a spectrum of hybrid approaches to environmental governance employed to guide management of complex social-ecological systems under conditions of high uncertainty. While the concept of adaptive governance has benefited from over a decade of theoretical development, empirical examples of transitions towards adaptive governance are...

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Dissertation

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Adaptive Governance Abstract approved: Hannah Gosnell The concept of “adaptive governance” represents
Beyond random acts of conservation : an institutional analysis of the Natural Resource Conservation Service's Agricultural Water Enhancement Program

Creator:

Burright, Harmony S. J.

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Irrigated agriculture accounts for 90 percent of consumptive use of freshwater in the western US and is considered the largest contributor to nonpoint source water pollution. The diffuse nature of most water quality and quantity challenges necessitates institutions that can more effectively engage agricultural producers in strategic, integrated, watershed-scale approaches...

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Masters Thesis

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: Hannah Gosnell Irrigated agriculture accounts for 90 percent of consumptive use of freshwater in
Water Governance Process Assessment : Evaluating the Link between Decision Making Processes and Outcomes in the Columbia River Basin

Creator:

Ogren, Kimberly

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Academics and practitioners agree that in water governance, the quality of a decision making process should influence the quality of the outcome and the degree to which it is accepted by interested parties. However, finding a feasible way to evaluate and then improve the quality of a decision making process...

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Dissertation