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Filtering by: Committee Member Steel, Brent S. Date 2011 Degree Name Master of Science (M.S.)

Assessing sustainable governance in Kuwait after the First Gulf War

Creator:

Husain, Abdullah M.

Abstract:

The First Gulf War that took place in Kuwait in 1991 resulted in one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of mankind. Extreme pollution affected the soil, waters, and the air in Kuwait. In this research I try to look into how the Kuwaiti government reacted to those...

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Masters Thesis
Assessing water governance capacity in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Albuquerque Area Office

Creator:

Pak, Mariya

Abstract:

In the Middle Rio Grande region of New Mexico, challenges such as droughts, growing urban demand for water, and newly listed endangered species have forced people to change the way that they manage water. New challenges in water governance have created cooperation among agencies that often have conflicting interests, goals,...

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Masters Thesis
The relationship between vehicle miles traveled and economic activity

Creator:

Eckstein, Nathan

Abstract:

Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the U.S. have exhibited an upward trend over time similar to that observed for GDP and personal income. While conventional wisdom suggests that economic growth leads to more driving and thus higher VMT, it is theoretically possible that the causation could also be the other...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis