Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Has journal Coos County South Coast Grower News Remove constraint Has journal: Coos County South Coast Grower News Committee Member Tilt, Bryan Remove constraint Committee Member: Tilt, Bryan

Search Results

  • Communities, Collaboration, and Climate Change Adaptation : Case Studies from Coastal Maine and Oregon

    Creator:
    Kelly, Miriah Russo
    Abstract:
    Twenty five years' worth of science indicates that the world can expect a number of climate change impacts. Increasingly, local municipalities, businesses and communities of people are becoming more concerned about what to do, yet they are looking for ways to best work together under these conditions. Communities must adapt...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    Central, a non-profit, non-advocacy research group based in Princeton, New Jersey, the article reported

  • Defining agricultural sustainability in the Marys River region of Oregon

    Creator:
    Stanton, Michael
    Abstract:
    This ethnographic study explores the social aspects of agricultural land-use in the Marys River region. The study seeks to understand how farmers define sustainability and how their views on agricultural issues help to define a sense of place and identity in the Marys River region, within the context of the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page A Paradigm Shift to a New System

  • Cross-cultural and Sustainability Values in International Freshwater Management Institutions

    Creator:
    Porta, E. Lynn
    Abstract:
    In the process of building international water policies and management institutions, like international treaties and River Basin Organizations, States simultaneously signal the values that they view as most important in these different institutions. Examining expressed and acted-upon values for transboundary freshwater management are currently under-explored areas where overlapping lenses of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    hydropolitics considerations, water conflict management strategies, and spiritual ecology can provide new

  • Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele
    Abstract:
    This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    This thesis is dedicated to the unheard voices of South Benton County residents. Perhaps this

  • Risky business : evaluating the vulnerability and impacts from simulated oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico

    Creator:
    Nelson, Jake R.
    Abstract:
    Exploration and production of oil in the Gulf of Mexico has seen an astonishing increase since the first well was drilled in 1936. Much of the current exploration is occurring in waters greater than 5000 feet. The largest and most unprecedented oil spill in the United States occurred on April...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Scott 2000) assessed the vulnerability of Georgetown County, South Carolina to a number of

  • Blood, bondage and chains : a legacy of kinship between black-red people

    Creator:
    Bertha, Clarissa
    Abstract:
    My research is looking at the cultural and kinship ties of African and Native peoples and how our worlds were forged together by colonization, bonded during the institutionalize state of shackles and slavery and how the legacy of these tools of genocide are now tearing us apart. Being of mixed...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    in South Carolina by importing African slaves as the primary labor force for this new agricultural

  • Development and decommissioning of small dams : analysis of impact and context

    Creator:
    Kibler, Kelly Maren
    Abstract:
    Management of small dams may have profound implications for the health and integrity of small rivers and freshwater diversity. Global indicators suggest future growth in the small hydropower sector, particularly in developing countries. As a renewable energy source, it is often presumed that small hydropower entails fewer and less severe...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    , Lushui County below Gutan Dam for regional a) below average, b) average, and  c) above average water

  • (Re)claiming forestry : a case study of women's empowerment

    Creator:
    Redmore, Lauren E.
    Abstract:
    Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) owners control a significant portion of forestland nationwide. Even though women own or manage NIPF lands, we know very little about how women manage forestland and what barriers women face in forest management. In addition, while there are several forestry organizations available to NIPF owners, few...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    attended during my research ................................ 29 2. A comparison of old and new models of

  • Characterizing and Assessing the Researcher-Stakeholder Engagement Process for Water Sustainability : The Willamette Water 2100 Project

    Creator:
    Ferguson, Laura B.
    Abstract:
    Natural resource management and policy is ideally informed by the best available science. Natural resource researchers ideally participate in broader impacts activities to extend the reach of their best available research. However, there are many cultural, institutional, and practical barriers to participating in broader impact activities and to incorporating science...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    , support in pursuing new opportunities, and for your presence as a role model. Thank you to the faculty

  • Responsible Generation: How Care Ethics Can Activate a Just Energy Transition

    Creator:
    Grubby, Emily C.
    Abstract:
    At the urging of international scientists, large industrialized nations like the United States must transition away from fossil fuel energy and toward renewable energy by 2030 in order to stay the tide of climate change. To complete this energy transition citizens must take up responsibilities to change the known paradigms...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    , large-scale agriculture, global communication, and the dissemination of news, knowledge, and ideas