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  • Strengthening Oregon's communities : Latino community leadership training

    Creator:
    Curiel, Sara
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    Latinos are less likely to be civically involved in their community than any other minority group, despite the fact that they are the biggest minority in the United States. A great concern exists over ways to effectively promote and improve this group’s participation in their community’s decision-making process [or civic...
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    particularly effective for both studying a cultural group’s attitudes toward issues (Sullivan et al, 2005

  • Where wildfire risk and social vulnerability coincide: mapping place vulnerability to wildfire over the coterminous US

    Creator:
    Wigtil, Gabriel A.
    Abstract:
    The hazards-of-place model of vulnerability to environmental hazards posits that vulnerability has biophysical and social components. While biophysical characteristics are important in predicting locations of elevated wildfire risk, the social characteristics of human communities may help us predict locations of elevated wildfire impacts. We examine the relationship between biophysical and...
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    (Theobald and Romme 2007; Hammer et al. 2009). In addition to increased wildfire risk as a result of WUI

  • Exploring pathways to adaptive collaborative management : a multi-case study of the National Riparian Service Team's place-based riparian assistance

    Creator:
    Smedstad, Jill A.
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    Adaptive collaborative (co-) management has received increased recognition as a novel approach to environmental governance that combines the dynamic learning features of adaptive management with the linking and network features of collaborative management. This approach is concerned with fostering sustainable livelihoods and ecological sustainability in the face of uncertainty and...
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    et al. 2004, Armitage et al. 2007). Hailed as a novel approach to natural resource governance

  • An examination of how family structure and support affect a woman's candidacy for public office

    Creator:
    Steinhebel, Michelle A.
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    The year, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification, granting American (primarily white) women the right to vote, however, women remain underrepresented in elected offices across the United States. In comparison to men, women face several additional challenges related to gender when attempting to reach the upper...
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    how family structure and support affect a woman’s candidacy for public office By Michelle

  • Resilience Planning for Elderly Residents in Oregon Coastal Communities

    Creator:
    Whelan, Patrick
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    When a catastrophic event happens, senior residents who are physically or mentally disabled, are placed at a much greater risk of injury or death. Researchers in the aftermath of hurricanes’ Katrina, Sandy, and Harvey, consistently record elderly residents presenting the most difficult challenges for emergency personnel during evacuation and post...
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    COASTAL COMMUNITIES Patrick Whelan Page 2 of 48 April 9, 2019 ABSTRACT When a

  • Western U.S. Water Utilities and Adaptive Capacity: A Case Study

    Creator:
    Schermer, Maren
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    Water in the U.S. West faces considerable challenges and uncertainties. Climate change has intensified weather extremes, threatening the water sources that support the region’s many stakeholders. Urban water providers are among the stakeholders contending with the challenge of providing reliable water supplies to their growing populations. Recognizing the critical role...
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    Portland, OR. The Adaptive Capacity Wheel (ACW) developed by Gupta et al. (2010) provides a framework to

  • Towards a sustainable future : a global empirical analysis on the diffusion & innovation of carbon pricing policies

    Creator:
    Raghoo, Pravesh
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    There are currently 43 countries which have adopted some kind of carbon pricing policy – either adopted a carbon tax or entered a cap–and–trade, while the remaining countries have not. This has created significant diversity in the world with regard to climate change mitigation. There is thus a need to...
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    ; Vijayavenkataraman et al., 2012; Watts et al., 2017). Over a century of research in climate science has made it

  • A Health Impact Assessment of Proposed Changes in Rental Housing Policy in Corvallis, Oregon

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    Householder, Sydney
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    Housing is the single most important environmental factor associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity (United Nations, 2007). Most Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors, and an estimated two-thirds of that is spent in the home (Klepeis et al., 2001). Studies show a link between substandard housing...
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     spent  in  the  home  (Klepeis  et  al.,  2001).  Studies   show  a  link

  • Barriers to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Case Study

    Creator:
    Allen, Solomon
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    The use of FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) is a critical tool in reducing the impacts of the opioid crisis. Despite the known benefits of these medications, access to these treatments is lacking more than two decades into the opioid crisis. While most policy changes...
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    century (Kolodny, et al., 2015). With a lack of understanding of pain and the absence of regulations on

  • Agroforestry farming in American Samoa : a classification and assessment

    Creator:
    Tuitele-Lewis, Jeannette D.
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    Agroforestry is a traditional farming practice in American Samoa that has helped to sustain the livelihood of the native population for centuries. These once self-sufficient islands have become economically dependent on U.S monies and other external resources during the past century. Dependency has caused a shift in the carrying capacity...
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    : Agroforestrv Farming in American Samoa: A Classification and Assessment Abstract approved: # /~ - Signature