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Social aspects of environmental pollution

Creator:: Alexander, Robert M. and Oregon State University. Air Resources Center
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Social Aspects of Environmental Pollution Water Resources Research

Converting forest biomass to energy in Oregon : stakeholder perspectives on a growing movement

Creator:: Stidham, Melanie
Abstract:: Within Oregon there is considerable interest in the possibility of converting woody biomass to energy. This interest stems from three converging factors: the desire to reduce the threat of uncharacteristic wildfire by removing excess material from the forests, the possibility to stimulate rural economies that are dependent on forest products,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: biomass for energy rather than social barriers. This study explores the social context of converting

Energy - - a scientific, technical and socio-economic bibliography

Creator:: Hsieh, Kitty A.
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: . Penner and L. Icerman. v.l. Demands, Resources impact, technology, and policy. v.2. Non-Nuclear Energy

The Energy Policy Act of 2003 and the social network of the power industry

Creator:: Crawford, Seth
Abstract:: This analysis determines the impact of campaign contributions on Senators' legislative activity on the Energy Policy Act of 2003, identifies organizations within the power policy-planning network, and examines the social netwrok of the energy industry and its relationship with the power policy-planning network. After describing the research methods used for...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Microsoft Word - Energy Polity Act of 2003 Crawford 2005.doc

Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

Creator:: Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
Abstract:: In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 2001 I interviewed 12 women who gave birth between the years 1932-2001. I found that the social

The Tillamook : stories from a created forest

Creator:: Wells, Gail Elizabeth
Abstract:: Starting more than 60 years ago, a complex of four forest fires occurring at six-year intervals burned almost 400 square miles of virgin Douglas-fir forest in the northwestern Coast Range of Oregon. The area, which became known as the Tillamook Burn, was the focus of an unprecedented reforestation effort drawing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Analysis of the Oregon Stakeholder Drug Take Back Public Policy Process to ReducePharmaceutical Pollution in Oregon’s Water Resources

Creator:: Hubbard, Monica L.
Abstract:: The goal of this analysis is to use the social construction framework to determine 1) whether the Oregon Drug Take Back Program stakeholder group can design a public policy that will ultimately reduce water contamination from the improper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals from the general public, and 2) use the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: benefits, a policy to manage unused pharmaceuticals would result in unintended positive social

"It was on the tip of everyone's tongue, Tyler and I just gave it a name" : Fight Club's representation of consumer culture

Creator:: Wicks, James Anthony
Abstract:: This thesis examines the representation of consumer culture in Fight Club within the context of Frederic Jameson's theory of postmodernism. I propose that the film represents consumer culture as a totalizing system. This representation is evident in the setting of the film and in the Narrator's attempt to escape from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: social confusion." Frederic Jamesonl "I have no interest in making this anything other than what this

Cultural changes influencing rising obesity rates in France

Creator:: McGregor, Erin M.
Abstract:: A survey of a non-random sample of adults was conducted in Angers, France to investigate possible cultural changes in dietary behaviors that may contribute to increasing rates of obesity. Participants described contemporary habits regarding eating habits and activity level, as well as attitudes and opinions about obesity. The results largely...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . In the last twenty or thirty years, France has seen a variety of social changes that influence the

Log-scale and lump-sum timber selling on federal lands in western Oregon

Creator:: Beuter, John H., Arney, James Douglas, 1941-, and Oregon State University. Forest Research Laboratory
Abstract:: Considerable interest has arisen in the relation between timber-selling procedures and the accomplishment of timber-selling objectives on public lands in the West. Procedures of public agencies for measuring and paying for timber by log scale or by lump sum have attracted special attention. There are significant differences in the two...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: overall timber-sale program, that is, broad policy questions such as whether one procedure is better than

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Social aspects of environmental pollution

Converting forest biomass to energy in Oregon : stakeholder perspectives on a growing movement

Energy - - a scientific, technical and socio-economic bibliography

The Energy Policy Act of 2003 and the social network of the power industry

Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

The Tillamook : stories from a created forest

Analysis of the Oregon Stakeholder Drug Take Back Public Policy Process to ReducePharmaceutical Pollution in Oregon’s Water Resources

"It was on the tip of everyone's tongue, Tyler and I just gave it a name" : Fight Club's representation of consumer culture

Cultural changes influencing rising obesity rates in France

Log-scale and lump-sum timber selling on federal lands in western Oregon

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