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Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

Creator:: Bakker, Marloes H. N.
Abstract:: Floods are the most frequent and damaging of all types of natural disasters and annually affect the lives of millions all over the globe. However, researchers seem to have overlooked the fact that floods do not recognize national boundaries. Therefore, the phenomena of shared, or transboundary floods occurring in international...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Database The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) in Brussels in cooperation

Provincial coordination and inter-institutional collaboration in British Columbia's college, university college, and institute system

Creator:: Gaber, Devron Alexander, 1952-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to better understand the historical development of the British Columbia (B.C.) community college, university college, and institute system with the focus on the changing nature of voluntary inter-institutional collaboration in relation to provincial coordination. The study also examined the related themes of centralization and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: State University in partial fulfillment J the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education

Resilience and adaptability of transboundary rivers : the principle of equitable distribution of benefits and the institutional capacity of the Nile Basin

Creator:: Iyob, Biniam
Abstract:: Biophysical, socioeconomic and geopolitical pressures from population growth and economic development are leading to an increase in tensions regarding the sharing of water within transboundary basins. Transboundary basins are surface rivers and groundwater resources that are shared among sovereign nations and autonomous regions. This dissertation focuses on surface water in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: tremendous potential for maximizing benefits and promoting cooperation in the Nile Basin. In Chapter 5, we

Transboundary groundwater : geopolitical consequences, commons sense, and the law of the hidden sea

Creator:: Jarvis, William Todd
Abstract:: With 97% of the world’s freshwater resources stored underground, the connection between groundwater resources to the metrics of space, scale and time common to the geographic study of natural resources has not been extensively investigated by geographers. While nearly 240 transboundary aquifers are mapped across the world, a potential “tragedy”...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) deserve special acknowledgement for their kind assistance in defining a dissertation topic, for

Cooperation and Conflict Dynamics in Small-Scale Fisheries

Creator:: Villegas, Ciera A.
Abstract:: Small-scale fisheries account for at least 40 percent of global fisheries catch, 90 percent of the people employed along capture fisheries value chains operate in small-scale fisheries, and 45 million women participate in small-scale fisheries globally. The past few years have brought warnings from policymakers and resource managers about risks...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Collaborative environmental governance studies tell us that processes of cooperation and conflict work in

It Depends: Defining Cooperation and Evaluating Effectiveness in Transboundary Waters

Creator:: McCracken, Melissa J.
Abstract:: With the increasing international focus on transboundary cooperation as a part of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Framework, there is global recognition of transboundary water cooperation as a tool for improved governance and management of transboundary surface and groundwaters. Yet, there is not an agreed upon definition of transboundary water...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . 17 Table 3: Selection of Definitions for Effective in a Cooperation or Governance Context

Assessing the design of international water supply and hydropower arrangements for managing certain climate change scenarios

Creator:: Zentner, Matthew A.
Abstract:: Increased variability of rainfall and flow from climate change has the potential to stress existing transboundary water sharing agreements and make meeting the needs of all riparians difficult. Water treaties have been theorized as valuable tools for mitigating conflict in times of climate stress, but the relationship between the design...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Matthew A. Zentner for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geography presented on November 17, 2010

Going somewhere or getting stuck : transitions to adulthood in rural Oregon

Creator:: Cunningham, Sarah E.
Abstract:: This dissertation explores the real world problem of rural youth out-migration and finds that the central problem is one of persistent class difference in this rural Oregon town. The research that informs this dissertation was conducted in a rural community of approximately 2300 residents in Eastern Oregon, here called Talltown....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: more urban settings, rural places are left with less representation in the global political economic

Out-migration, income and poverty in nonmetropolitan America

Creator:: Marre, Alexander
Abstract:: Why do rural households leave for urban places? And how does this decision affect their economic well-being? Rural places in the United States have higher poverty and unemployment rates and lower levels of educational attainment relative to urban places. Does leaving a rural place for a city offer a pathway...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Bruce A. Weber Why do rural households leave for urban places? And how does

Inside a school-university partnership : Participation in a community of practice as professional growth

Creator:: Bottoms, SueAnn I.
Abstract:: Research suggests that long-term participation in professional development is critical in helping teachers meet the increasing demands of reform efforts and changing practice (Gallucci, 2003; Darling-Hammond, 1995; Little, 1993). Understanding the influence that participation in a community of teachers as a community of practice may have on teachers’ professional growth...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THE DISSERTATION OF SueAnn I. Bottoms for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science

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Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

Provincial coordination and inter-institutional collaboration in British Columbia's college, university college, and institute system

Resilience and adaptability of transboundary rivers : the principle of equitable distribution of benefits and the institutional capacity of the Nile Basin

Transboundary groundwater : geopolitical consequences, commons sense, and the law of the hidden sea

Cooperation and Conflict Dynamics in Small-Scale Fisheries

It Depends: Defining Cooperation and Evaluating Effectiveness in Transboundary Waters

Assessing the design of international water supply and hydropower arrangements for managing certain climate change scenarios

Going somewhere or getting stuck : transitions to adulthood in rural Oregon

Out-migration, income and poverty in nonmetropolitan America

Inside a school-university partnership : Participation in a community of practice as professional growth

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