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Effect of kraft mill effluent on structure and function of periphyton communities

Creator:: Williams, Harvey Dean
Abstract:: Raw and biologically stabilized Kraft mill effluents were introduced into laboratory artificial streams at a ratio of 15 ml per liter of water over a two year period. Effluent from the stabilization pond of a second mill was introduced at concentrations of from 5 to 40 ml per liter of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: University, and the National Council of the Paper Indus- try for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. and by

A framework for integrating systems thinking into sustainable manufacturing

Creator:: Zhang, Hao
Abstract:: Improving the understanding the relations of sustainability behaviors in manufacturing systems and actively engaging with manufacturers (especially SMEs) in sustainability efforts is key to the long-term success of U.S. industry and the natural environment. This study addresses this urgent need by establishing a systemic approach for the design of costing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is key to the long-term success of U.S. industry and the natural environment. This study addresses

Multiobjective decision making in industrial energy and environmental planning

Creator:: Kang, Hee Jung
Abstract:: Multiobjective Decision Making (MODM) has been suggested for the solution of complicated decision problems. Decision analysis in numerous areas, including industrial energy and environmental planning, necessarily requires consideration of multiple conflicting objectives. MODM has been successfully applied to a number of these problems of this type. Moreover, it has the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Industry Value Adde(%) d Energy Consum(%ption ) Food, tobacco 20.4 6.9 Textiles 17.7 10.3 Paper, wood

Chemical transformation of rice husk ash for sustainable, constructable, and durable binary cementitious system

Creator:: Prasittisopin, Lapyote
Abstract:: The production of cement and concrete results in the production of large amounts of CO₂ emissions which can have significant negative environmental impacts. Using supplementary cementing materials (SCMs) as a cement replacement is an effective solution to reduce these negative environmental impacts, as most SCMs are waste by-products from other...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of CO2 emissions which can have significant negative environmental impacts. Using supplementary

Essays on location decisions and carbon sequestration strategies of U.S. firms

Creator:: Wu, Caiwen
Abstract:: Location is a critical component of business decisions. A firm's location decision may be influenced not only by market forces, such as the location of input suppliers, output processors and competitors, but also by government policies if such policies impact their expected profits and are applied non-uniformly across space. Likewise,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: reinforce or offset the negative impacts of environmental regulation, depending on the industry. The

The economics of carbon sequestration in western Oregon forests

Creator:: Im, Eun Ho
Abstract:: This study considered regional forest policies for sequestering carbon in existing forests in western Oregon. A model of log markets in western Oregon was employed to examine the impacts of forest policy changes on future carbon stock, harvests, and management activities. A carbon tax program, as a mitigation option for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: environmental objectives at relatively low costs. Relatively few stand-level studies have speculated on the

Corporate social responsibility in the forest products industry : an issues management approach

Creator:: Panwar, Rajat
Abstract:: Business is a social institution and society has always designated a role for business which has been undergoing changes with changing societal values and paradigms. Thus while business has always had some responsibilities, the modern connotation of the words corporate social responsibility commonly refers to business assuming responsibilities in economic,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: industry in fulfilling its economic, social and environmental responsibilities. These students were drawn

Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Creator:: Scarborough, Amy D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship among fashion media, the social responsibility agenda of the Audubon Society, and the use of birds in millinery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both the content analysis method and the historic method were used to gain...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: defined as clothing. Barnyard fowl is a millinery industry term used to describe birds from the farm

Potential impacts of canola (Brassica napus L.) on vegetable seed production in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: Quinn, Michael P.
Abstract:: In the Willamette Valley of Oregon, a combination of the need for rotational crops and an increased desire for biofuel production created interest in planting Brassica napus (canola). However, questions were raised arisen over the potential damage canola production could have on the preexisting Brassica vegetable seed industry. To address...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the preexisting Brassica vegetable seed industry. To address these concerns three studies were

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

Creator:: Little, Peter C.
Abstract:: This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to analyze the experience of residents living in the IBM-Endicott Superfund site in Endicott, New York. Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents' perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ’ perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization and community

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Effect of kraft mill effluent on structure and function of periphyton communities

A framework for integrating systems thinking into sustainable manufacturing

Multiobjective decision making in industrial energy and environmental planning

Chemical transformation of rice husk ash for sustainable, constructable, and durable binary cementitious system

Essays on location decisions and carbon sequestration strategies of U.S. firms

The economics of carbon sequestration in western Oregon forests

Corporate social responsibility in the forest products industry : an issues management approach

Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Potential impacts of canola (Brassica napus L.) on vegetable seed production in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

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