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Natural Resource Management in East Palo Alto

Creator:: Hernandez, Uriel
Abstract:: East Palo Alto is a small working-class community of color in the San Francisco Bay Area. Though the community has rich agrarian roots, fertile soil, and good weather, racially-charged policies have influenced East Palo Alto’s development and significantly impacted the state of natural resources in the city in stark contrast...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ://www.flickr.com/photos/wbaiv/14664665595 Uriel Hernandez September 20, 2021 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of

Urban Forests Role in Ecosystem Services in the 24:1 Community and the Normandy Schools Collaborative of St. Louis County, Missouri: A Study in Environmental Justice

Creator:: Templer, Amanda L.
Abstract:: The 24:1 Community is a growing community with ongoing concerns over historical residential segregation, minority-exposure to environmental hazards, and sparse tree canopy coverage. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the current state of the community’s urban forest through an assessment of the urban forest. It also highlights the need...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: College President, for the small push to be something more. My Major Advisor Mr. David Stemper, Oregon

Institutional Transition in the Electric Power Grid: Solar PV in California

Creator:: McGie, Darrell A.
Abstract:: Net energy metering (NEM), the diffusion of residential photovoltaics (PV), and the smart grid transition are three accelerants of change that impact the rate of transitory change in the electric power grid system. Institutional relationships that underpin the old central station model now appear to be fracturing under the weight...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: of residential PV installations in the California study area. Abstract approved: David

Who Gets Watt? Institutional Analysis of Four Community Solar Programs in the U.S.

Creator:: Ostapiej, Julia
Abstract:: Solar energy systems purchased in the United States have increased tenfold since 2010. As solar photovoltaics (PV) markets expand, solar energy becomes more affordable. In the last five years, the price of solar has decreased by 40 percent. Despite solar PV becoming more affordable and rising consumer demand, between 50...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Essay of Julia Ostapiej presented on December 5, 2019 APPROVED: Dr. David Bernell

Wall-to-Wall Forest Mapping in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska: A New Application of the Gradient Nearest Neighbor Approach

Creator:: Irvine, Daniel R.
Abstract:: Boreal and temperate biomes host nearly half of the earth’s forested ecosystems. The temperate rainforests of the Pacific coast of North America constitute nearly half of all temperate rainforests on earth. Along the northern extent of this region, the perhumid and sub-polar rainforests of southeast and southcentral Alaska are among...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Acknowledgements I am beyond grateful to my advisor, Dr. David Bell, and to my committee members, Matt

Fostered Futures: A Campus Support Service for Former Foster Youth

Creator:: Kirker, Emma G.
Abstract:: An often overlooked student population within higher education, former foster youth, is a population that needs support. Students who were formerly a part of the foster care system who have since aged out, are left to navigate higher education institutions on their own. College support services tailored for the needs...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: foster youth to visit on campus where they will feel understood and accepted. Hernandez and

Wind Energy Siting in Harney and Crook Counties, Oregon

Creator:: Bhattarai, Mukesh
Abstract:: Concerns over climate change and energy security have spurred governments worldwide to encourage the development of renewable energy. Although public attitudes and macro-politics, in general, show moderate to strong support for renewables- in particular, wind power- largely because of the economic and environmental benefits associated with it. However, local politics...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Cougar, The Tick, and Human Wellbeing: The Social, Economic, and Ecological Valuations of Living with Cougars in Oregon.

Creator:: Miller, Allyson
Abstract:: The overarching objective of this paper is to identify how the three tiers of human well-being (i.e., economics, ecosystems, and social) are linked to healthy landscapes and a species-rich ecosystem mediated by healthy cougar populations. Does the cougar help mitigate Oregon’s Lyme disease, chronic wasting disease (CWD), or elements of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Impacts of Unsustainable Harvesting of Frankincense Producing Boswellia Trees

Creator:: Gonzalez, Krystal
Abstract:: The use of Boswellia tree’s fragrant resin, known as frankincense has been used in religious rituals and medicines for thousands of years. Those same uses have only increased in popularity throughout the world, and have made their way into western culture, where frankincense is a main ingredient in many skin...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: abundance of the said species (Van Valkenburg, 1997; Van Dijk, 1999 as cited in Hernández-Barrios et al

Environmental justice and energy production : coal-fired power plants in Illinois

Creator:: Clark, Catherine
Abstract:: The environmental justice framework has been applied to many environmentally negative issues in the past such as toxic storage and disposal facilities, toxic release inventory sites, air quality, transportation, and global climate change. It has not yet been applied to energy production in a quantitative study. This study investigates the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Natural Resource Management in East Palo Alto

Urban Forests Role in Ecosystem Services in the 24:1 Community and the Normandy Schools Collaborative of St. Louis County, Missouri: A Study in Environmental Justice

Institutional Transition in the Electric Power Grid: Solar PV in California

Who Gets Watt? Institutional Analysis of Four Community Solar Programs in the U.S.

Wall-to-Wall Forest Mapping in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska: A New Application of the Gradient Nearest Neighbor Approach

Fostered Futures: A Campus Support Service for Former Foster Youth

Wind Energy Siting in Harney and Crook Counties, Oregon

The Cougar, The Tick, and Human Wellbeing: The Social, Economic, and Ecological Valuations of Living with Cougars in Oregon.

Impacts of Unsustainable Harvesting of Frankincense Producing Boswellia Trees

Environmental justice and energy production : coal-fired power plants in Illinois

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