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Public Perceptions of Oregon’s K-12 and Higher Education Schools

Creator:: Henthorne, Ryan
Abstract:: This study explores Oregonians’ attitudes about and perceptions of public education. Specifically, perceptions about education quality were analyzed, looking at the perceived quality of education today and how it has changed over the last 5 years. Questions posed to respondents about education funding, explored views on additional state funding needed...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text::  children, has left the American  public with a negative perception of public education.   Observing

Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions : Responses to the Threat of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes and Tsunamis.

Creator:: Buylova, Alexandra
Abstract:: This research examined public perceptions of risk, behavioral intentions in the event of the M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake and tsunami on the Oregon Coast, and factors that may influence both attitudes and intentions. A household survey was conducted to understand public opinion in Seaside, Oregon, which is located...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: risk perception and evacuation behavioral intention, suggesting that higher risk perception motivates

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...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: account for multiple motivations within each perception when utilizing Group Engagement Theory. One

Stakeholder Perceptions of Public Participation in LNG Siting in Coos Bay, Oregon

Creator:: Gaustad, Brittany V.
Abstract:: Selecting locations for large energy facilities represents a land use dilemma: The beneficiaries of such facilities often are not the ones to suffer from adverse local impacts. As a result, it is not uncommon for local opposition groups to form in response to such proposals, and although opportunities for public...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: run for city council (interviews 3, 6). Consistent with this perception, one local decision maker

Public perceptions of sagebrush ecosystem management : a longitudinal panel study of residents in the Great Basin, 2006-2010

Creator:: Gordon, Ryan Patrick
Abstract:: Intact sagebrush communities in the Great Basin are rapidly disappearing due to invasion of non-native plants, large wildfires, and encroachment of pinyon pine and juniper woodlands. Land management options include the use of prescribed fire, grazing, herbicides and mechanical treatments to reduce the potential for wildfire and restore plant communities....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sincerity factors (e.g., good communication or the perception that agencies share citizens’ goals

Non-lethal Wolf Management Perceptions Impact on the Willingness to Ranch Alongside the Presence of Wolves in Washington State

Creator:: Symmes, Melissa
Abstract:: The management of the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRM) gray wolf population is a longstanding controversy that has fueled generations of political and cultural turmoil in the American West. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, wolves were eradicated from the West for the threat...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , perception 2 ©Copyright by Melissa Symmes June 1, 2022 All Rights

Collaboration Challenges: Stakeholder Perceptions of Managing a National Forestry Program. A Case Study of the Multi Stakeholder Forestry Program in Nepal

Creator:: Maskey, Stuty
Abstract:: Increasing calls from stakeholders for a greater role in public decision making has led to the rapid world-wide adoption of multi stakeholder collaboration for policymaking. In line with this emerging trend the Government of Nepal with support from its long-time development partners and bi-lateral donors initiated a policy level experiment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Food Safety Issues in the Vegetable Trade between China and Japan: What is Required to Establish Effective Food Safety System in Their Bilateral Food Trade?

Creator:: Matsuda, Akane
Abstract:: In the context of expanding global food trade in which we import and consume a variety of foods from across the world, insuring food safety, an essential public health issue, has become a major concern in our food supply system. Over the past several years, food related scandals of Chinese...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: that to change Japanese consumers’ biased and incorrect perception of Chinese food products, which

Analyzing and Understanding the Latvian Environmental Movement

Creator:: Berzins, Mikelis I.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: potential for significantly altering public perception, attitudes, and beliefs, thus driving significant

Assessing water governance capacity in MENA : applying an institutional document analysis to Jordan

Creator:: Brown, Bridget N.
Abstract:: Water governance has been identified as a crucial component to improving conditions and balancing supply and demand of water resources in the water-scarce Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. Finding a method for, and commencing the process of, evaluating water governance is thus imperative. This study analyzes the potential to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Public Perceptions of Oregon’s K-12 and Higher Education Schools

Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions : Responses to the Threat of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes and Tsunamis.

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

Stakeholder Perceptions of Public Participation in LNG Siting in Coos Bay, Oregon

Public perceptions of sagebrush ecosystem management : a longitudinal panel study of residents in the Great Basin, 2006-2010

Non-lethal Wolf Management Perceptions Impact on the Willingness to Ranch Alongside the Presence of Wolves in Washington State

Collaboration Challenges: Stakeholder Perceptions of Managing a National Forestry Program. A Case Study of the Multi Stakeholder Forestry Program in Nepal

Food Safety Issues in the Vegetable Trade between China and Japan: What is Required to Establish Effective Food Safety System in Their Bilateral Food Trade?

Analyzing and Understanding the Latvian Environmental Movement

Assessing water governance capacity in MENA : applying an institutional document analysis to Jordan

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