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Linkages Between Domestic Water Politics and Foreign Water Policy in Kyrgyzstan

Creator:: Dairova, Zhamilia
Abstract:: Although newly independent Central Asian states in 1991, including Kyrgyzstan, started developing their own foreign water policies, Kyrgyzstan’s independence period demonstrated the challenges of determining foreign water policy independently. The conceptual framework of a two-level game was applied in the study to understand and answer the question about how domestic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Engaging Agricultural Landowners in Fish Habitat Restoration on Private Land in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon: Lessons from a “Tough” Case

Creator:: Duffy, Laura
Abstract:: The conservation community has long recognized the critical role that agricultural landowners play in efforts to improve fish and wildlife habitat in order to recover threatened and endangered species. In many rural areas dominated by agricultural working landscapes, government agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) struggle to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Understanding Aquifer Water Retention Dynamics Using Groundwater Head Relaxation Time

Creator:: Jimmie, Jordan A.
Abstract:: Diking and channelizing in the Toppenish Creek basin, associated with irrigated agricultural development, has altered its natural ecosystem function and hydraulic processes. We seek to answer two research questions: if surface waters are diverted for aquifer recharge in the winter, will this water be available for ecosystem function in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Role of the “Blue Paradiplomacy” in Cooperation over Transboundary Water Management

Creator:: Dzhakshylykova, Mira
Abstract:: In this research, the paradiplomacy concept is analyzed in terms of transboundary water cooperation and called "Blue Paradiplomacy", where two case studies: 1) the Great Lakes region and 2) the Central Asian region, are presented and compared. The concept of paradiplomacy is applied within the context of multi-level governance, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Invisibility: Environmental Migration Governance in a Changing Climate

Creator:: Abel, Kali M.
Abstract:: Climate change has the potential to accelerate many forms of human migration and mobility, yet almost all of the key migration outcomes of interest are determined predominantly by governance, or the norms, laws, and institutions involved in the coordination of human society. These outcomes include the decision whether or not...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An Assessment of the Policy Narrative Strategies of the Pro- and Anti-dam Removal Groups, in the Klamath River Basin, over the 2001-2020 Time Frame

Creator:: Yigit, Abdullah
Abstract:: The Klamath River Basin (KRB) is one of the most contested basins of the Western U.S. with respect to water. Multiple stakeholders, including Tribes, farmers, state and federal agencies, and environmental advocates, are in frequent conflict over water rights and water use. Removal of the four hydroelectric dams is one...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Exploring the Relationship Between Scientists’ Perspectives on Learning and Engagement in Outreach

Creator:: Barthel, Cèleste Frazier
Abstract:: Over the last several decades, there has been a marked increase in the amount of science outreach to the public with little attention paid to how scientists who conduct outreach perceive learning and how that applies to their outreach activities. This increase in outreach efforts is linked to the National...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Understanding the Sustainability of Cooperation in Sharing Transboundary Watercourses: A Case Study of the Chu and Talas River Basins

Creator:: Osmonova, Nargiza
Abstract:: This research is conducted to identify factors that contribute to understanding the relations between states and increasing the cooperation between countries which share transboundary watercourses, and enable countries to continue, also in difficult periods, cooperation in mutually beneficial relationships in a sustainable manner. This is an important issue especially in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Water Governance in Afghanistan

Creator:: Rasooly, Nawid
Abstract:: Ensuring long term water security is the essential pathway towards development, prosperity, and stability in Afghanistan. However, the country is faced with water challenges that can be ascribed to governance failure at multiple levels of governance rather than to the resource base itself. Hence, studying the water governance system in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

International Mekong River Basin : Events, Conflicts or Cooperation, and Policy Implications

Creator:: Yorth, Bunny
Abstract:: “International river basin is defined as an area extending over two or more states determined by the watershed limits of the system of waters, including surface and underground waters, flowing into a common terminus” (Shapiro-Libai, 1969, p. 22). There are 276 international river basins providing almost 60% of global freshwater...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Linkages Between Domestic Water Politics and Foreign Water Policy in Kyrgyzstan

Engaging Agricultural Landowners in Fish Habitat Restoration on Private Land in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon: Lessons from a “Tough” Case

Understanding Aquifer Water Retention Dynamics Using Groundwater Head Relaxation Time

Role of the “Blue Paradiplomacy” in Cooperation over Transboundary Water Management

Invisibility: Environmental Migration Governance in a Changing Climate

An Assessment of the Policy Narrative Strategies of the Pro- and Anti-dam Removal Groups, in the Klamath River Basin, over the 2001-2020 Time Frame

Exploring the Relationship Between Scientists’ Perspectives on Learning and Engagement in Outreach

Understanding the Sustainability of Cooperation in Sharing Transboundary Watercourses: A Case Study of the Chu and Talas River Basins

Water Governance in Afghanistan

International Mekong River Basin : Events, Conflicts or Cooperation, and Policy Implications

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