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A Look Beneath the Surface : Developing a Transboundary Groundwater Governance Framework and Agreement for the Memphis Sand Aquifer

Creator:: Mondo, Holly A.
Abstract:: Groundwater is often misunderstood because of its subsurface nature. Consequently, policies intended to govern the resource are fragmented as is evident in the Supreme Court case between Mississippi and Tennessee. Here, disagreements over ownership and the scientific-hydrogeological scope of groundwater in the Memphis Sand Aquifer have led to an 11-year...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: governance framework that will allow for the development of agreement(s) over the groundwater in

Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

Creator:: Bakker, Marloes H. N.
Abstract:: Floods are the most frequent and damaging of all types of natural disasters and annually affect the lives of millions all over the globe. However, researchers seem to have overlooked the fact that floods do not recognize national boundaries. Therefore, the phenomena of shared, or transboundary floods occurring in international...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Database The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) in Brussels in cooperation

Provincial coordination and inter-institutional collaboration in British Columbia's college, university college, and institute system

Creator:: Gaber, Devron Alexander, 1952-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to better understand the historical development of the British Columbia (B.C.) community college, university college, and institute system with the focus on the changing nature of voluntary inter-institutional collaboration in relation to provincial coordination. The study also examined the related themes of centralization and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: State University in partial fulfillment J the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education

Water Governance in Afghanistan

Creator:: Rasooly, Nawid
Abstract:: Ensuring long term water security is the essential pathway towards development, prosperity, and stability in Afghanistan. However, the country is faced with water challenges that can be ascribed to governance failure at multiple levels of governance rather than to the resource base itself. Hence, studying the water governance system in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Science (IHE-Delft) and Master of Arts (University for Peace) in Water Cooperation and Diplomacy

An analysis of water resource conflict and cooperation in Oregon between 1990 and 2004

Creator:: Fesler, Kristel J.
Abstract:: This research provides details of water resource conflict and cooperation in Oregon between 1990 and 2004 by using an event database methodology. Events were concentrated in four of 18 basins. No basin accounted for more that 25% of the total water rights events, the most evenly distributed issue type. Overall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF Kristel J Fesler for the degree of Master of Science in Geography presented on March 9

Resilience and adaptability of transboundary rivers : the principle of equitable distribution of benefits and the institutional capacity of the Nile Basin

Creator:: Iyob, Biniam
Abstract:: Biophysical, socioeconomic and geopolitical pressures from population growth and economic development are leading to an increase in tensions regarding the sharing of water within transboundary basins. Transboundary basins are surface rivers and groundwater resources that are shared among sovereign nations and autonomous regions. This dissertation focuses on surface water in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: tremendous potential for maximizing benefits and promoting cooperation in the Nile Basin. In Chapter 5, we

Transboundary groundwater : geopolitical consequences, commons sense, and the law of the hidden sea

Creator:: Jarvis, William Todd
Abstract:: With 97% of the world’s freshwater resources stored underground, the connection between groundwater resources to the metrics of space, scale and time common to the geographic study of natural resources has not been extensively investigated by geographers. While nearly 240 transboundary aquifers are mapped across the world, a potential “tragedy”...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) deserve special acknowledgement for their kind assistance in defining a dissertation topic, for

Transboundary Wetlands: Exploring Formal Mechanisms for Cooperation

Creator:: Rosenblum, Zoe H.
Abstract:: Despite increased understanding of the benefits of wetlands, global wetland area continues to decrease. Wetlands are being lost at an alarming rate, and with them, biodiversity, floodwater storage, water purification, and countless other functions. There is little information available about mechanisms to manage transboundary wetlands. While the Ramsar Convention is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). These examples of conflict highlight the need for improvement in wetland management and governance

Adaptive Self-governance of Small-scale Commercial Fishers in Northeast Puerto Rico: Characterizing Formal and Informal Cooperation during Times of Crises

Creator:: Gómez-Andújar, Nicolás X.
Abstract:: Small-scale fisheries often suffer from weak, formal governance, and in response they organize in various ways. These self-organizational arrangements rely on the capacity of informal institutions, such as norms and communication, in generating social cohesion among actors in the supply chain and therefore improve the likelihood of generating commonly devised...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: dependence of rural coastal communities on local seafood in comparison to more urban communities (Griffith

Overcoming the Hypolimnion: Stakeholder Influence in Transboundary Water Quality Governance

Creator:: Offutt, Alyssa J.
Abstract:: Global surface water quality has been degrading with predictions of negative trends in meeting the Sustainable Development Goal ambient water quality targets (Mead, 2019; WWAP & UN Water, 2019). These water quality impacts can cross borders and impact populations in world’s 204 transboundary lake and reservoir basins (ILEC & UNEP,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) and Master of Arts (University for Peace) In Water Cooperation and Diplomacy

ScholarsArchive@OSU

A Look Beneath the Surface : Developing a Transboundary Groundwater Governance Framework and Agreement for the Memphis Sand Aquifer

Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

Provincial coordination and inter-institutional collaboration in British Columbia's college, university college, and institute system

Water Governance in Afghanistan

An analysis of water resource conflict and cooperation in Oregon between 1990 and 2004

Resilience and adaptability of transboundary rivers : the principle of equitable distribution of benefits and the institutional capacity of the Nile Basin

Transboundary groundwater : geopolitical consequences, commons sense, and the law of the hidden sea

Transboundary Wetlands: Exploring Formal Mechanisms for Cooperation

Adaptive Self-governance of Small-scale Commercial Fishers in Northeast Puerto Rico: Characterizing Formal and Informal Cooperation during Times of Crises

Overcoming the Hypolimnion: Stakeholder Influence in Transboundary Water Quality Governance

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