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  • Transboundary groundwater : geopolitical consequences, commons sense, and the law of the hidden sea

    Creator:
    Jarvis, William Todd
    Abstract:
    With 97% of the world’s freshwater resources stored underground, the connection between groundwater resources to the metrics of space, scale and time common to the geographic study of natural resources has not been extensively investigated by geographers. While nearly 240 transboundary aquifers are mapped across the world, a potential “tragedy”...
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    Dissertation
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    …………………………………………… 148 Appendix D: Transboundary Aquifer Systems…………………………. 153 LIST OF FIGURES

  • Private forests, public policy : oak conservation on family forests in Oregon’s Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Fischer, Alexandra Paige
    Abstract:
    In the United States, many of the thorniest natural resource conflicts occur on private lands. This is especially true in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon where the hallmark habitat type, Oregon white oak woodland and savanna, is imperiled. Almost exclusively found on private land, Oregon white oak is threatened...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Policy recommendations of the U.S. Commission on ocean policy : Is public input represented?

    Creator:
    Hamilton, Jessica S.
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    This study analyzes public participation in nine regional hearings and six public meetings held by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (USCOP) from September 2001 to April 2003. While several researchers have examined whether certain public involvement methods are considered successful or fair, this study characterizes the participants in a...
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    Capstone Project
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    fisheries management programs at the federal, the state level, local levels." - Admiral James D. Watkins

  • Evaluation of the intergovernmental relationships between national and state wetland regulatory agencies within wetland regulatory units

    Creator:
    Taylor, Ryan W
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    Since the 1890s, American federalism has been perceived as being unique in the world by having two different levels of government operating within the same jurisdiction without influencing one another. Modern scholars call into question the validity of this basic assumption, but few have published quantitative evidence to reject its...
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    Dissertation
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    : Landscape Variables ............................................................. 290 Appendix D: CZM

  • Institutionalizing sustainability in community colleges : the role of the college president

    Creator:
    Williams, Peter G.
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    The purpose of this research study was to describe and improve understanding of the meaning of institutionalized sustainability and the role that a college president plays in institutionalizing sustainability on a community college campus. The following questions guided the research: (a) What does it mean to have sustainability “institutionalized” at...
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    Dissertation
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    sustainability impact, (d) extensive student involvement in sustainability activities, and (e) knowledge of

  • The Power of Choice : How Certain Policies Encourage Renewable Energy Development

    Creator:
    Aljets, Paul
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    Despite a great deal of attention paid to state renewable energy potential, there has been relatively little research on specific energy policies and their effect on the generation of renewable energy. This study seeks greater understanding of the state energy policies and how they individually affect the generation of wind,...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Renewable Energy Development By Paul Aljets MPP Essay Submitted to Oregon State

  • Federal Timber Payments and County Government Expenditures in Oregon

    Creator:
    Adams, Vince
    Abstract:
    The federal government owns 60 percent of Oregon’s forests and, since 1908, has shared proceeds from federal forest timber harvests with counties. These revenues have provided a relatively stable source of funds for the provision of services by county governments in Oregon. Shared revenues from US Forest Service (USFS) lands...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Phobe Zarnetske, Angela Brandt, Cara Benfield and Paul Severns, and Pavel Goldstein and Jessica

  • Linking Population Growth Reduction to Climate Change

    Creator:
    Jacobs, Derric
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    By 2050 the world population is expected to reach 9 billion. Fears of the impact of such a large population on earth’s environmental systems and finite resources have lead efforts by governmental and non-governmental agencies to assist developing nations in reducing fertility rates to slow population growth by direct medical...
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    Capstone Project
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  • Technocracy, Democracy and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy

    Creator:
    Clark, Will
    Abstract:
    The complexity of modern environmental problems has increased appeals for including scientific research and findings in natural resource policy decision making. Though scientists, resource managers, interest groups, and the general public support more science-based environmental policy, these preferences have been accompanied by growing calls for decentralization and democratization of policy...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • 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
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    …………………………………………………….……9 D. Lag Length Selection…………………………………………………………..10 III. Data…………………………………………………………………...…………11