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Wild Waters : Perspectives on Oregon’s Marine Reserves as Marine Wilderness Areas

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Johnston, Jennifer R.

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Designation of areas as marine wilderness has been proposed as a strategy for managing the increasing threats facing the world’s oceans. Although social factors influence marine protected area success, the human dimensions of marine wilderness remain minimally explored. This thesis examines views of marine wilderness expressed by a representative sample...

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jennifer R. Johnston for the degree of Master of Science in
West Nile Virus preparedness in Multnomah County : efficacy, benefits, and limitations of adulticide use for mosquito-borne disease

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Francis, Kristin A.

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The objectives of this study were to provide a comprehensive review of the risks and benefits of using adulticides to reduce risk of mosquito-borne disease (particularly West Nile Virus) transmission to humans, as well as to decrease annoyance from nuisance mosquitoes. The study was designed with two major research components,...

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11 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kristin A. Francis for the
Transboundary Water Institutions in Developing Countries : A Case Study in Afghanistan

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Malyar, Idrees

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This study addresses the questions: 1) What kind of transboundary water management institution is needed for Afghanistan; and 2) what expertise is required for the institution and which stakeholders should be involved? The establishment of a transboundary water resources management institution/unit is an essential step for Afghanistan in order to...

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Idrees Malyar for
The potential use of GIS as a tool for communicating risk information to American Indian tribes: A consideration of the ethical implications

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Lizon, K. Michele

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American Indians presently face health risks posed by exposure to environmental pollutants through different exposure routes including: inhalation (e.g., air particles), ingestion (e.g., fish, water), and dermal contact (e.g., contact with water, soil). Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are increasingly being used in the Environmental Health arena as a tool for...

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. Title: The Potential Use of GIS as a Tool for Communicating Risks to American Indian Tribes: a
The impacts of mining legacy in a water-scarce South Africa : An environmental security perspective

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Hanlon, Thomas M.

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Given the growing human security implications resulting from the high rates of change in social-ecological systems, the general question motivating this research is: how can the traditional security establishment respond to rising non-traditional threats? This question comes from the ongoing debate of whether military resources should be used in some...

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requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY PROGRAM June 1, 2010
Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

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Detwiler, Stacey M.

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This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...

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THE THESIS OF Stacey M. Detwiler for the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy
Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

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Schweickert, Tina K.

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Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...

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Tina K. Schweickert for the degree of Master of Science in History of Science presented on December 3
Meander scars : reflections on healing a river

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Metzger, Abby P.

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As Europeans settled the Willamette Valley in the 1800s, they began to simplify Oregon's largest river contained wholly within state boarders—the Willamette. The river lost miles of channels from dikes, dams, and development. Some channels vanished under concrete. Others became meander scars, or shallow, dry depression in the land where...

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THESIS OF Abby P. Metzger for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Science presented on
Land trusts in the New West : conserving and responding to local geographies?

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Loynes, Kathryn

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This research focuses on the relationship between the emerging role of land trusts and rapid growth and change in the West. Teton County, Idaho, Teton County, Wyoming, and Sublette County, Wyoming, and each of their associated land trusts, are used as case studies. Each county has experienced varying levels of...

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kathryn Loynes for the degree of Master of Science in Geography
Investigating Management of Transboundary Basins between Sovereign Countries and Non-Sovereign Entities

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Altingoz, Mehmet S.

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There is a significant gap in academia in the field of transboundary water management of the non-sovereign entities. The objective of this master’s thesis is to work towards filling this gap. The first part of this master’s thesis research identifies potential hydro political tension risks of the transboundary basins in...

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for their project ‘Climate Change and the Institutional Resilience of International River Basins

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Columbia River Treaty (1961 January 17)1
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