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Creator:: Ogren, Kimberly
Abstract:: Academics and practitioners agree that in water governance, the quality of a decision making process should influence the quality of the outcome and the degree to which it is accepted by interested parties. However, finding a feasible way to evaluate and then improve the quality of a decision making process...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: applied the Water GPA framework to the recent reviews of the Columbia River Treaty by the United States

Creator:: Timboe, Ingrid A.
Abstract:: The Columbia River Treaty (CRT) is often used as an example of how treaties can work to normalize, regulate, and improve the cooperative management of shared water resources between basin countries. Few would argue that, in its limited mandate to regulate hydropower generation and flood risk management for downstream communities,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Columbia River and its international tributaries? If so, around which water resource issues do

Creator:: Malyar, Idrees
Abstract:: This study addresses the questions: 1) What kind of transboundary water management institution is needed for Afghanistan; and 2) what expertise is required for the institution and which stakeholders should be involved? The establishment of a transboundary water resources management institution/unit is an essential step for Afghanistan in order to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on June 8, 2016

Creator:: Connor, Jeffery D.
Abstract:: Agronomic research documents a strong correlation between the level of irrigation water applied and the level of farm chemicals leached into water bodies. Consequently, policies that cause farmers to alter irrigation water management practices are likely to influence water quality. Water markets are a potentially attractive method of addressing agriculturally...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Return flow impacts on instream flow are important in Columbia River water management. Currently at

Creator:: MacQuarrie, Patrick R.
Abstract:: River basins provide essential services for both humans and ecosystems. Understanding the connections between ecosystems and society and their function has been at the heart of resilience studies and has become an increasing important endeavor in research and practice. In this dissertation, I define basin resilience as a river basin...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ............................................................................................................. 235 4.6. CONFLICT AND COOPERATION ON THE MEKONG AND COLUMBIA RIVER BASINS – ANALYSIS OF WATER EVENT

Creator:: Watson, Julie Elkins
Abstract:: In transboundary water resources policy and management situations, such as the governance of the Columbia River Basin, complex social, ecological, and economic factors seem to be in irreconcilable competition with one another. However, cooperative negotiation provides an outlet for entities and stakeholders to "expand the pie" and develop creative alternatives...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) the resilience and learning analysis of the case study (the Columbia River Treaty) policy situation

Creator:: Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: the flow of water . i n various rivers in the United States . The Columbia River has a number of

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