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  • What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

    Creator:
    Stanton, Michael
    Abstract:
    This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    interviews with local smallholder farmers who were organically certified or used other sustainable methods

  • A Culture of Resilience: Social Capital and Climate Adaptation in Post-Flood Boulder County

    Creator:
    Shepard, Stephanie
    Abstract:
    Scientists say that climate change is very likely to cause more frequent and more severe weather events. In order to understand how communities respond to changing weather patterns, an exploration of the connection between extreme weather events and climate change awareness, collective action, and policy is warranted. This case study...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    flooding events led to four fatalities in Boulder County as a result of rushing floodwaters or mudslides

  • 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
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  • The Accessible Foodscape: Vulnerable Populations, Policy, and Navigating Complex Strategies

    Creator:
    Caplan, Shannon
    Abstract:
    The act of accessing food is embedded within various systems of power. This dissertation problematizes our understanding of food access for vulnerable populations by making explicit ways that social constructions, including power, affect food access for vulnerable populations. This is accomplished across three manuscripts. The first manuscript presents textual analysis...
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    Dissertation
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    new measurement of food vulnerability that can be readily calculated at sub-County geographic

  • Societal Responses to Using Genetic Engineering for Mitigating Chestnut Blight and Restoring American Chestnut Trees

    Creator:
    Petit, Joshua D.
    Abstract:
    Forests face health threats from pests and diseases (e.g., mountain pine beetle, emerald ash borer, chestnut blight [CB], Swiss needle cast), and other issues such as climate change. Interventions such as genetic engineering (GE) have shown promise for mitigating some of these threats. CB, for example, has impacted most American...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    shrub state or are isolated geographically from infected stands (Wheeler & Sederoff, 2008). In an

  • Methods for Engaging Leaders in Climate Science and Providing Local Decision Support

    Creator:
    Winters, Kirsten
    Abstract:
    Oregon Sea Grant and its partner states have received a Sectoral Applications Research Project (SARP) grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to refine outreach methods for coastal communities with specific attention to climate change. This paper will focus on the SARP project and a related case study...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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  • A topography of dams in China : impacts to agriculture, labor, and migration

    Creator:
    Foster-Moore, Eric
    Abstract:
    Dams are often promoted as a tool to reduce poverty and spur economic development. Dam construction worldwide, and particularly in China, which has built nearly half the world's large dams since 1949, remains contentious due to the potential for negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Despite numerous case studies, there is...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . While statistics at the provincial level are numerous, data at the prefectural or county level is

  • Groundwater arsenic concentrations and cancer incidence rates : a regional comparison in Oregon

    Creator:
    Fleming, Harmony S.
    Abstract:
    Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a global issue with national and local implications. Chronic exposure to arsenic in drinking water has been linked to both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health outcomes. The primary exposure route of inorganic arsenic is ingestion from drinking water due to natural contamination in groundwater from dissolution...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    incidence rates of bladder, kidney, liver or lung cancer in populations over the age of 40 in regions with

  • Vaccine beliefs of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) providers in Oregon

    Creator:
    Bean, Sandra J.
    Abstract:
    Health care providers, including complementary and alternative medical (CAM) practitioners, exert a significant influence on parental pediatric vaccination decisions. Use of CAM therapies is increasing in Oregon. Concomitantly, there has been a decade-long increase in parental vaccine refusal in Oregon, rising from 1 to 5 percent from 2000-2009. For example,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    . Perceived susceptibility to and severity of either an illness or a vaccine as well as perceptions of

  • 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...
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    Dissertation
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     comparison indicates that cumulative ecological effects of small  hydropower development may equal or exceed