Floods and ensuing damage have always been a problem for man.
Initial reaction to the frequent destruction was to avoid siting
permanent domiciles on flood-prone lands. As a result of increasing
population and pressure for development, flood control structures
were built. Instead of reducing flood losses, however, flood control
projects...
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The Problems and Issues of Implementing the National Flood
This is an integrated assessment across terrestrial, freshwater, and coastal marine realms. It includes the coast range of Oregon and Washington as well as Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The marine portion only includes the coastline and shallow subtidal; the next iteration will include the offshore component.
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received direct support from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
Coastal Services Center
The spatial distribution and geologic histories of submarine volcanoes provide insight into submarine eruptive behavior, deep earth processes and plate tectonics. This dissertation examines the evolution of individual submarine volcanic edifices as well as linear trails of seamounts at three spatial and temporal scales.
In order to understand constructive and...
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true plume center in the vicinity of Gough
Island, located about 400 km away, which is often selected
A collaborative project between Oregon Multicultural Archives and the Fall Term 2013 U-Engage class ALS 199 “Untold Stories: Histories of People of Color in Oregon” to create a campus tour guidebook regarding the histories of Oregon State University's students of color.
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& Archives Research Center
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Natalia Fernández
This study evaluates four policy options to secure the water supply needed for wetland conservation in Qixinghe—a national wetland nature reserve in China—using four criteria: cost effectiveness, probability of success in achieving the water-saving goal, political feasibility, and farmer acceptance. This multi-criteria analysis framework reveals the ecological, economic, and socio-political...
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Analysis of Policy 1
Options to Protect a National Nature Reserve in China 2
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This bibliography contains over 1,000 references on health issues in Borneo, organized under 18 topical headings. These reports relate to the past and present health of all the large ethnic groups on the island but few of the smaller ones, since they have received less attention. The bibliography contains textual...
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indigenous communities living in
the periphery of Crocker Range National Park, Sabah. In A Scientific