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Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

Creator:: Leaver, Jennifer Jensen
Abstract:: In the United States during the last 30 years there has been a shift from extractive natural resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past century, a growing national support for environmental protection has influenced a lengthening list of national and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: New West: Confronting Conservation, Conflict and Change on Utah's Last Frontier. Abstract approved L

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

Creator:: Brinker, Rachel K.
Abstract:: Research shows that women's lives are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. While the topic of women is largely absent from climate discourse overall, the representations of women that occur reveal underlying structures of power rooted in imperialism and colonial dominance. This thesis presents an analysis of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Weather? Deflections, Diversions, and Dubious Representations of Women in Climate Change

Local perceptions of climate change, coping and adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in the Lake Basin Region of Kenya

Creator:: Asinjo, Robert
Abstract:: Smallholder farmers in Africa, who have long relied on rain-fed agriculture, are currently experiencing adverse impacts of climate change which is posing serious challenges to their ability to sustain their livelihoods (Morton 2007). This is the case for many other areas around the world, especially among indigenousor ruralcommunities who rely...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Local Perceptions of Climate Change, Coping and Adaptation

Ecotourism, poverty, and conservation in Prek Toal, Cambodia

Creator:: Conway, Kathryn
Abstract:: In Prek Toal, a poor subsistence fishing village on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, the conservation organization Osmose is using ecotourism revenues to finance poverty intervention programs and promote conservation in a threatened ecosystem. This thesis examines local perceptions of tourism as a measure of Osmose’s success. Limited awareness of tourism...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: community participation in tourism planning, facilitating a local conservation ethic, and empowering local

Using PLACE mapping to improve public participation in Tillamook County, Oregon riparian action planning

Creator:: Primozich, David
Abstract:: In the fall and winter of 1999/2000, efforts by federal, state, and local agencies to restore salmon habitat by protecting land adjacent to rivers and streams drew intense responses citizens in the Pacific Northwest. Despite efforts to "involve" citizens in the development of riparian protection policies, many did not believe...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: proposed ordinance amendment and its effect on property may change prior to its adoption as the Planning

Wild nature or the garden : conservation themes in the forests of Tarzan and Herland/Ourland

Creator:: Davis, Caryn M.
Abstract:: At first glance, Edgar Rice Burroughs's wildly popular romantic fantasy novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1912), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist science fiction-utopian novel, Herland (1915), with its dystopian companion, With Her in Ourland (1916), may appear to have little in common. Tarzan celebrates the human connection with wild nature...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: characterized both the preservationist and utilitarian sides of the conservation movement during the

A Reconstruction of Plant Species Composition at the Devil's Kitchen Site (Southern Oregon Coast) using Plant Opal Phytoliths and Charcoal Macro-remains

Creator:: Bulder, Nicholas H.
Abstract:: Although plant remains, such as opal phytolith and charcoal analyses, have been used since the beginning of the 20th century to reconstruct past environments by ecologists and botanists, only recently have these techniques been considered by archaeologists in understanding the past at the site level. This study employs opal phytolith...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ……………………………………………………………………………………………......1 Plant communities and changing climate on the Oregon Coast……………………….…6 Potential influences

Power and participation in urban planning : an ethnographic case study of Curitiba, Brazil

Creator:: Piel, Eric W.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the concepts of power and participation and how they are intertwined in the examination of the urban planning systems in Curitiba, Brazil. Power is identified as both the planning system's ability to affect the daily lives of the city's residents and the power of individuals and groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: influence the planning process. Participation relates to how individuals, groups and communities are

Countering the subjugation of Indian women : strategies for adaptation and change

Creator:: Moyer, Dawn J.
Abstract:: This thesis outlines dominant ideologies and practices that affect women's authority in the urban social milieu of north India. Theories that consider the causes of social stratification by gender as well as social movement patterns are useful for understanding the durability of gender roles. The utility of these theories for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Indian Women: Strategies for Adaptation and Change Abstract approved: JohnA. Young This thesis

Sociometric techniques as a basis for planning student nurse rotations through clinical experiences

Creator:: Orwig, Bernice Irene
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: group interactions which contribute to the climate of the environment of learning. Where discord and

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Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

Local perceptions of climate change, coping and adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in the Lake Basin Region of Kenya

Ecotourism, poverty, and conservation in Prek Toal, Cambodia

Using PLACE mapping to improve public participation in Tillamook County, Oregon riparian action planning

Wild nature or the garden : conservation themes in the forests of Tarzan and Herland/Ourland

A Reconstruction of Plant Species Composition at the Devil's Kitchen Site (Southern Oregon Coast) using Plant Opal Phytoliths and Charcoal Macro-remains

Power and participation in urban planning : an ethnographic case study of Curitiba, Brazil

Countering the subjugation of Indian women : strategies for adaptation and change

Sociometric techniques as a basis for planning student nurse rotations through clinical experiences

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