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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

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

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

Everyday Movement Against Capitalism : Prospects for a Prefigurative Strategy toward Open Utopia

Creator:: Riccio, Alexander
Abstract:: Across the U.S. social activism is on the upsurge, offering possibilities for a revolution against capitalism. However, these possibilities are potentially undermined by entrenched factionalism amongst the left. At root, such in-fighting is fostered by the creation of false dualistic frameworks on the transition out of capitalism and into the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Philosophy presented on May 26, 2017. Title: Everyday Movement Against Capitalism: Prospects for a

PTSD Symptoms among Vietnam, Persian Gulf, and Post-9/11 Veterans: A Rural/Urban Comparison

Creator:: Kurth, Maria L.
Abstract:: The veteran population, about 18.5 million Americans in 2016 (US Census Bureau, 2018), is particularly at risk for mental health problems. As an example, the suicide rate of veterans is about one and a half times higher than the general population (US Department of Veteran Affairs [DVA], 2018b). Another group...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Page 4.1 Rural/Urban Differences in PTSD Symptom Severity for the Entire Sample, Raw and Adjusted

Role of the “Blue Paradiplomacy” in Cooperation over Transboundary Water Management

Creator:: Dzhakshylykova, Mira
Abstract:: In this research, the paradiplomacy concept is analyzed in terms of transboundary water cooperation and called "Blue Paradiplomacy", where two case studies: 1) the Great Lakes region and 2) the Central Asian region, are presented and compared. The concept of paradiplomacy is applied within the context of multi-level governance, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ' role in transboundary water cooperation, for both case studies. 2.2 Multi-level Governance In

Level of physical activity and duration of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among youth with visual impairment

Creator:: Kindinger, Kerstin
Abstract:: Physical activity is increasingly recognized as a maj or component contributing to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. Evidence exists that a physically active behavior is carried over from childhood to adolescents and possibly to adulthood. Limited research about the physical activity behavior of students with visual impairment is available,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: take place to determine which factors are predicting variables for physical activity in individuals

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

Water Governance in Afghanistan

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

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

Everyday Movement Against Capitalism : Prospects for a Prefigurative Strategy toward Open Utopia

PTSD Symptoms among Vietnam, Persian Gulf, and Post-9/11 Veterans: A Rural/Urban Comparison

Role of the “Blue Paradiplomacy” in Cooperation over Transboundary Water Management

Level of physical activity and duration of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among youth with visual impairment

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