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An exploration of water quality in the United States using an Environmental Kuznets Curve framework

Creator:

Latané, Annah M.

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This study seeks to explore the determinants of the relationship of economic growth and water quality in the United States using an Environmental Kuznets Curve framework. Specifically this study seeks to determine whether there is evidence of improvement in water quality since passage of the 1972 amendments to the Clean...

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Masters Thesis

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. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ William K. Jaeger This
How Do Population Growth, Land-use Regulations, and Precipitation Patterns Affect Water Use? A Fine-scale Empirical Analysis of Landscape Change

Creator:

Bigelow, Daniel P.

Abstract:

A growing body of literature exists on how human population growth and changes in climatic factors influence the availability of water (Elliot et al. 2014, Prudhomme et al. 2014). These studies typically conclude that climate change is expected to have negative consequences on water availability, an effect that is magnified...

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Dissertation

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. Christian Langpap and Dr. Todd Pugatch, as well as Dr. William K. Jaeger, for their valuable comments and