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

    Creator:
    Householder, Sydney
    Abstract:
    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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    Capstone Project
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     Policy       Presented  July  25th,  2013

  • A Comparison of the Preferred Role of Science and Scientists in the Marine and Terrestrial Policy Process

    Creator:
    Kloepfer, Daniel H.
    Abstract:
    The role of science in marine policy, and environmental policy in general, is a debated topic. Currently, there is an increasing desire for transparent and participatory democracy that involves more input from local residents and other non-experts. These demands often conflict with the increasing complexity of problems and the real...
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    Capstone Project
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    Presented May 20, 2013 Commencement June 15, 2011   Master of Public Policy essay of Daniel H

  • Seed quality and plant establishment studies of seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Sw.)

    Creator:
    Baker, Stanley D.
    Abstract:
    Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Sw.) is an important warm-season perennial turfgrass, known for its tolerance to salinity. Turfgrass is used for homes, municipalities, sod farms, resorts, and sports fields. Seashore paspalum has historically been planted in sub-tropical and tropical climates because of its heat tolerance. Seashore paspalum could become an...
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    Dissertation
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Crop Science presented on May 1, 2013 Title: Seed

  • Essays on Public-Private Contracting

    Creator:
    Gultom, Yohanna M. L.
    Abstract:
    In this work, I address foundational concerns at the interface of institutions, governance structure, transaction costs, and efficiency in public-private contracting. Following transaction cost economic perspective, I build and justify the theoretical models explaining that institutions may affect the economic performance of public-private contracting through the effect of transaction costs....
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    Dissertation
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    ............................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 2. Transaction Costs and Efficiency in Design-Build Contracting: Empirical Evidence

  • Citizen Perceptions of Public Safety Levies in Josephine County, Oregon: A Test of Group Engagement Theory

    Creator:
    Davis, Nathan
    Abstract:
    Group Engagement Theory describes the relationship between citizen perceptions of policy, individual identity and status judgements, and individual group engagement decisions. Utilizing a least likely crucial case methodology, this paper uses the case of Josephine County, Oregon to determine the validity of the Group Engagement Theory prediction that citizen identity...
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    Capstone Project
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    public safety services. Referenda in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 all failed to garner the support of

  • An Analysis of Community Attributes Likely to Result in School Districts Repealing Native American Mascots

    Creator:
    Miller, Alethia T.
    Abstract:
    Michigan’s State Department of Education issued a resolution in 2003 calling for all public K-12 schools to repeal their American Indian mascots and in 2013 the Michigan Department of Civil Rights filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education in response to school districts failing to do so....
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    Capstone Project
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    repeal their American Indian mascots and in 2013 the Michigan Department of Civil Rights filed a

  • Community Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Java, Indonesia

    Creator:
    Utami, Arini Wahyu
    Abstract:
    Climate change increases weather unpredictability, threatens communities whose livelihoods depend on natural resources, such as rural communities. Utilizing a Community Capital Framework (Flora and Flora, 2013) and Governance of Complex Adaptive Systems (Duit and Galaz, 2008), this study concentrated on the role of cultural and political capital in supporting rural...
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    Dissertation
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    Capital Framework (Flora and Flora, 2013) and Governance of Complex Adaptive Systems (Duit and Galaz

  • Analyzing and Understanding the Latvian Environmental Movement

    Creator:
    Berzins, Mikelis I.
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    Several distinctive environmental movements of the past century have had major influence on public policies in the United States. More generally, social movements that push environmental issues into the limelight have the potential for significantly altering public perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs, thus driving big policy changes. This thesis examines the...
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    Capstone Project
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    , 2013; P a g e  |  7     Galbreath and Auers, 2009). By depoliticized I mean that in the

  • 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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    Capstone Project
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    .......................................................................................................23 7. Conclusion

  • Understanding Wildfire Mitigation Behavior of Central Oregon Homeowners

    Creator:
    Roper, Dan
    Abstract:
    A history of fire suppression, growth in the wildland-urban interface, and changing climate conditions, have created a fire regime in central Oregon that is growing in severity and intensity, putting more people and structures at risk and requiring a greater percentage of state and federal agency budgets to manage fires....
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    Capstone Project
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    ..................................................................................................................................... 7   Background