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  • Visualization in environmental science

    Creator:
    Winters, Kirsten M.
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    The VISualization of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems (VISTAS) software development project began with the proposition that visualization would increase the ability of scientists to explore and communicate their data, especially complex datasets that span multiple spatial and temporal scales. A case study of VISTAS articulates how and why scientists intend...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Denise H. Lach The VISualization of

  • Social Learning and Adaptive Capacity in Collaborative Watershed Partnerships

    Creator:
    Calvert, Daniel T.
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    This dissertation examines learning driven adaptations in salmon recovery efforts and water resources management in Oregon. The case study utilizes a framework highlighting the connections between human and natural systems. Semi-structured interviews are used to analyze interactions between rural riparian landowners and watershed council staffs living and working in Oregon’s...
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    approved:____________________________________________________ Denise H. Lach Abstract This

  • Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

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    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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    Managing Natural Resources in Coastal Fishing Communities. Abstract approved: Denise Lach Two topics

  • Diagnosing barriers to climate change adaptation Oregon state agencies

    Creator:
    Dello, Kathie D.
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    Despite a history of leadership and creative approaches to environmental issues, Oregon has struggled to adequately prepare for the current and future impacts of climate change. Oregon faces barriers and limits to understanding, planning, and implementing climate adaptation that can be examined and quantified. Climate change makes for an additional...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Denise H. Lach Despite a history of leadership and creative approaches to environmental

  • Technology and meaning in natural resource management : the story-making role of GIS in the CLAMS project

    Creator:
    Duncan, Sally
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    The working hypothesis for this study is that the introduction of GIS technology into the ancient procedures of map-making has changed the map-making context sufficiently to require a revision of the way we think about, learn from, and use maps, specifically in the public involvement process in natural resource management....
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    Abstract approved: / Denise H. Lach The working hypothesis for this study is that the introduction of GIS

  • An analysis of local Karang culture, knowledge, and natural resource use patterns in the Kaengkrachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand

    Creator:
    Rojanasaeng, Nonglak
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    This study analyses the culture, knowledge and resource use patterns of the Karang tribe in Phong-Luk village, which is located at the Kaengkrachan National Park. The goal of this project is to reveal the culture-based local wisdom of the Karang tribe that is consistent with sustainable environmental resource management and...
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    , Dr. Denise Lach, for her valuable supervision and also Dr. Nancy Rosenberger for her helpful

  • Scientists' perspectives on the importance of scientific communication in natural resource decision-making

    Creator:
    Shaw, Christine Michelle
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    Natural resource decisions require consideration at many levels, ranging from how one invertebrate will be affected by a nearby road, to how an entire watershed will be transformed by a massive clearcut. Considerations reach farther than just the local ecological community-human communities, economies, and future impacts on the communities and...
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    greatly appreciated. As my Sociology minor advisor, the mere presence of Denise Lach on my committee has

  • Determinants of public opinion on renewable energy : the case of wave energy development in Oregon

    Creator:
    Stefanovich Petrova, Maria A.
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    Renewable energy resources, such as wind, solar, and wave, have a number of advantages compared to traditional fossil fuels. Numerous studies attest to the physical potential for wave energy development in Oregon. In transitioning from conventional fossil fuel to alternative energy provision, citizen understanding of the global energy problems and...
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    . I owe my gratitude to Professor Denise Lach, whose advice and encouragement kept me going during

  • Oregon's integrated water resource planning : public knowledge, risk perception, and civil society

    Creator:
    Hubbard, Monica L.
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    The overall purpose of this research is to assess the Oregon public's capacity to address water resources disturbances through civil society. According to scientists and resource managers, Oregon's water resources are over taxed and at risk, with future projections placing additional stress from climate change and population growth. Oregon's 2009...
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    and kindness I am eternally indebted. I want to extend my thanks and gratitude to Dr. Denise Lach

  • Economic and social impacts of restoration : a case study of the Great Basin Region

    Creator:
    Satyal, Vijayanand H.
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    The last five decades of research in arid land ecology cites Invasive species as a source of imbalances in biodiversity through habitat destruction and reductions of native species through ecosystem alterations in favor of non-native species. Invasive species are known to damage not only the surrounding ecosystem but also cause...
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    thank Denise Lach for coming on board as a sociologist and assisting me in the conduct of a