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Evaluating Watershed Plans : Assessing Initial Outputs of the Streamflow Restoration Act in Washington State

Creator:: Dawson, Elisa A.
Abstract:: As of September 2020, three of the outputs mandated under the Streamflow Restoration Act have been completed. However, little has been done to assess the quality of these plans. By using the Characteristics of Plan Quality That Serve as Evaluation Criteria to evaluate the plans completed so far, this research...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

From Perception to Planning : Adaptation in Flood-risk Communities

Creator:: Gomez, Luis A.
Abstract:: This research asserts that flood risk perception of individuals living in floodplains influences their preparedness for taking actions to protect themselves from flood hazards. The results of this research are backed up by quantitative analysis of survey responses of individuals living in floodplains of Corvallis, OR in the USA. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: advisors, Professor Meghna Babbar- Sebens, Desiree Tullos, and Jenna Tilt for their longstanding support

Exploring Vulnerability and Scarcity of Groundwater Resources in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Creator:: Iglesias Thome, Maria Jose
Abstract:: This study examined water scarcity and vulnerability in Quintana Roo, along the northern Caribbean coast of Mexico where rapid growth of tourism in the past 40 years has limited the ability of rural and urban communities to obtain safe, reliable, and equitable access to water services and critical water infrastructure...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: you for giving me the chance to pursue this independent study. To my committee member Jenna Tilt

Power and Participation in Ocean Governance Processes: A Case of the Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

Creator:: Knipp, Abigail
Abstract:: Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an area-based tool used to manage and protect areas along the coasts and ocean that face impacts from development and climate change. Local communities both impact and are affected by the creation of MPAs and as such, it is important to include their knowledge and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: had her as my advisor. I am also sincerely grateful for my committee members, Ana Spalding and Jenna

The hazards-housing nexus : adaptive capacity wheel analysis of coastal planning institutions

Creator:: Patterson, Trisha
Abstract:: The Oregon coast faces complex environmental and social challenges, such as the threat of a regionally disastrous Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake and tsunami. Researchers are united in their assertion that the CSZ is new, the region is due for a quake, and to mitigate this hazard society must collaborate...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Spatial trends in U.S. wind energy facility siting practices

Creator:: Wiles, Nathan M.
Abstract:: The United States (U.S.) has seen dramatic growth in installed wind energy generation capacity in recent years, and that growth is expected to remain strong in the near term. The siting of wind energy facilities poses unique challenges that may be exacerbated by increased buildout. As the number of wind...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Equity in Resilience: Wildfire in the Rogue River Basin

Creator:: Sloan, Emma E.
Abstract:: Forced removal of Indigenous communities and subsequent colonial forest management have led to landscape homogenization, fuel abundance, conifer encroachment, and, therefore, a loss of forest and fire resilience in the Western US. This loss of forest and fire resilience leads to a loss of social resilience as forested communities struggle...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and leadership; To my committee – Drs. EJ Davis, Jenna Tilt, David Lewis – thank you for your time

Water and sanitation access barriers in Corvallis, Oregon homeless populations

Creator:: Voisinet, Ashley M.
Abstract:: Despite being internationally recognized as basic human rights, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) insecurity continues to exist throughout the United States, particularly among low-income and unhoused portions of the population. Previous investigations into the intersection of WASH and people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in the US have primarily taken place in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thesis committee members, Dr. Jenna Tilt and Adam Stebbins, for their invaluable contributions to my

Between Wild and Cultivated Places: Natural Resource Planning on a Small Farm in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Creator:: Cliff, Eliza H.
Abstract:: To meet the challenges of climate change and make progress on lagging large-scale sustainability and watershed goals requires an integrated social-ecological approach to natural resource planning on the ground-level. This case study of a small equestrian farm in the Chesapeake Bay watershed incorporates theory with practice, by adding interviews focused...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Putting Food on the Map: Automated Mapping of Community Gardens with High Resolution Aerial Imagery using an Object Based Approach in Google Earth Engine

Creator:: Mazur, Elise S.
Abstract:: Urban agriculture (UA), or growing and producing food within urban areas, is rising in popularity across the United States. There are social and environmental benefits from growing food within urban neighborhoods. UA presents the opportunity for food security in neighborhoods that do not have access to safe and healthy foods,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Evaluating Watershed Plans : Assessing Initial Outputs of the Streamflow Restoration Act in Washington State

From Perception to Planning : Adaptation in Flood-risk Communities

Exploring Vulnerability and Scarcity of Groundwater Resources in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Power and Participation in Ocean Governance Processes: A Case of the Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

The hazards-housing nexus : adaptive capacity wheel analysis of coastal planning institutions

Spatial trends in U.S. wind energy facility siting practices

Equity in Resilience: Wildfire in the Rogue River Basin

Water and sanitation access barriers in Corvallis, Oregon homeless populations

Between Wild and Cultivated Places: Natural Resource Planning on a Small Farm in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Putting Food on the Map: Automated Mapping of Community Gardens with High Resolution Aerial Imagery using an Object Based Approach in Google Earth Engine

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