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  • Wind Energy in Klickitat County, Washington

    Creator:
    Grandolfo, Joseph D.
    Abstract:
    Wind energy has widespread public support; nevertheless, the emergence of local support or opposition in response to siting proposals is often unpredictable. Uncertainty surrounding a community’s response is problematic for both the company planning the project and for states pursuing policies for expanded development and use of renewable energy. Given...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    ............................................................................................................... 52 Appendix B. Interview Protocol

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

    Creator:
    Schermer, Maren
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • 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....
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • Understanding Welfare As We Know It: A Comprehensive and Updated Mixed-Methods Analysis on the Relationship between Public Opinion and Welfare Policies

    Creator:
    Molina, Rafael Felipe S.
    Abstract:
    After the 1996 national welfare reform known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was enacted with more stringent eligibility and work requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, a plethora of analyses have followed assessing the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    .......................................50 2.11. Appendix B: Quantification of explicit mention of filters during committee hearings by

  • Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

    Creator:
    Bakker, Marloes H. N.
    Abstract:
    Floods are the most frequent and damaging of all types of natural disasters and annually affect the lives of millions all over the globe. However, researchers seem to have overlooked the fact that floods do not recognize national boundaries. Therefore, the phenomena of shared, or transboundary floods occurring in international...
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    Dissertation
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    problems because of (a) gaps and numerous deficiencies in data, (b) the highly variably quality of

  • 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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    ………………………………………… 135 Appendix B: Listing of Groundwater Resources User Domains by Nations and States

  • The Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: Environmental Impacts, Policies, and Practices

    Creator:
    Bashar, Shahinur
    Abstract:
    The Rohingya community have faced continuous violence, discrimination and statelessness in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. In 2017, a violent crackdown by Myanmar’s army on Rohingya Muslims sent almost a million fleeing across the border of Bangladesh. They found their temporary home in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • The Politics of Small Farm Policy in Oregon

    Creator:
    Merritt, Terence
    Abstract:
    During the 2011 Oregon Legislative session, seven bills were debated that addressed policy affecting small farms. This paper seeks to understand the environment surrounding these bills: what is the political structure for determining small farm policy? To answer this question seven policymakers were interviewed and two legislative hearings were observed....
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • The Influence of Tax Composition on Tax Evasion

    Creator:
    Ivlieva, Anastasiia
    Abstract:
    Tax evasion is one of many problematic issues associated with tax systems that negatively affect state’s ability to provide public goods and services. This study seeks to examine the impact of tax composition on tax evasion using information about 150 countries from 1999 to 2007. The paper adopts neoclassical theoretical...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • The Influence of Measure 37 claims on the shift in vote between Measure 37 and Measure 49

    Creator:
    Chrostek, Garrett
    Abstract:
    The passage of Measure 37 in 2004 was met with a great deal of controversy as a number of voters claimed the implications of the Measure did not represent their intentions for supporting the legislation. Namely, significant opposition was aimed towards the Measure 37 claim which offered landowners financial compensation...
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    Capstone Project
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    population (§3(B)), from public nuisances identified in common law (§3(A)), or from restrictions on