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  • Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

    Creator:
    Sharp, Shayla B.
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    Two topics concerning fisheries management are considered in this thesis. The first concerns the social values that commercial fishing communities associate with commercial fishing. A survey of residents from eleven Oregon Coastal fishing communities was conducted to examine the social values associated with the commercial fishing occupation and fishing heritage....
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    Masters Thesis
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    community services, attachment to place, maintaining the natural resource history of the area, and

  • Marine protected areas : Gathering stakeholder input via an internet-based survey

    Creator:
    Demirdjian, Renee
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    Conservation efforts have been increasing in recent years to help preserve threatened coastal and ocean resources. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an important tool to protect and conserve ocean resources. The MPA Center was established to take the lead in developing a framework for a national system of MPAs. The...
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    Capstone Project
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    College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 2004 in partial

  • 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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    Management Program College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon

  • 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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    Masters Thesis
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    and resource consumption rates. The availability of substantial external resources has largely

  • Innovation in China's furniture industry

    Creator:
    Cao, Xiaozhi
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    Innovation is considered the ultimate drive for business success. Fast growing furniture imports from China have become a controversial topic within U.S. wood and furniture industries. Low-cost production, which is stereotypically considered as the major competitive advantage of the Chinese-made products, has received considerable attention by a large body of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    .' School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State

  • The supply and demand of university agricultural biotechnology research

    Creator:
    Yang, Hui
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    The objectives and characteristics of university biotechnology research, including its applicability to such industries as agriculture and food processing, arise from formal and informal linkages among university scientists, public and private-nonprofit funding sources, and industry. In the present study I develop, specify, and estimate a model of the supply and...
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    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

  • 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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    : Evaluation of the Intergovernmental Relationships between National and State Wetland Regulatory Agencies

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

    Creator:
    Jarvis, William Todd
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    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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    resources to the metrics of space, scale and time common to the geographic study of natural resources has

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

    Creator:
    Bakker, Marloes H. N.
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    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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    A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

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

    Creator:
    Fischer, Alexandra Paige
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Dr. John C. Bliss In the United States, many of the thorniest natural resource conflicts