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Understanding Institutional, Social, And Ecological Systems Influencing Climate Change Adaptation And Water Governance In Wine Regions: A Comparative Case Study Of Oregon's Willamette Valley, Usa And Tasmania, Australia, Erin Upton
Dissertations and Theses
My research examines how water management decisions create opportunities or barriers to climate change adaptation in wine regions. Water is a critical resource for economic and environmental sustainability in wine grape growing regions. Climate uncertainty presents considerable risk and vulnerability to freshwater resources in wine producing regions where needs for access to water will increase with more frequent climate extremes. Climate adaptation in the wine industry is a complex problem that requires multi-disciplinary approaches. This research aims to strengthen the interface between water governance and technological and viticulture adaptation approaches. Water resources are shared across regions by stakeholders with varied …
Collaboration And Evaluation In Urban Sustainability And Resilience Transformations: The Keys To A Just Transition?, Liliana Elizabeth Caughman
Collaboration And Evaluation In Urban Sustainability And Resilience Transformations: The Keys To A Just Transition?, Liliana Elizabeth Caughman
Dissertations and Theses
Climate has changed and will continue changing; city populations are swelling as urbanization continues to accelerate; extreme environmental events like heat waves and floods are becoming more severe and more common; and the climate justice movement is rapidly gaining momentum. It in this context that municipal governments find themselves urgently seeking solutions to transition cities from extractive, vulnerable, and unjust to sustainable, resilient, and equitable. The task is complex and will require systemic transformations across interconnected social, environmental, and economic infrastructures. Emerging theories regarding how to govern such massive changes suggest Transition Management strategies and the values of a just …
Psychoterratic States: Designing The New Language Of Climate Change, Savannah C. Quarum
Psychoterratic States: Designing The New Language Of Climate Change, Savannah C. Quarum
University Honors Theses
In this project, I want to explore psychoterratic states and how they affect us in our daily lives. Psychoterratic states are emotions that people feel in relationship to the earth. The term was created by Professor Glenn Albrecht of Murdoch University, who observed the need for a new vocabulary to describe the emotions we feel as we witness the historical degradation of the planet on a global scale. The term literally translates to earth psyche with “Psycho” meaning psyche, and “terratic” meaning earth. This will be the focus of my thesis project, looking at the emotional states we experience in …
A Survey Of Native Bees And Their Floral Use In Portland's Urban Orchards, Diandra L. Diamond
A Survey Of Native Bees And Their Floral Use In Portland's Urban Orchards, Diandra L. Diamond
University Honors Theses
Native bees are all around us, yet very few surveys have been performed on which bees reside in Portland, Oregon. For this honors thesis, native bees collected from two urban orchards and one botanical garden located in eastern Portland in 2018 and 2019 were identified to genus or to species, and their floral use recorded. This data will become part of the ongoing native bee survey being performed by Susan Masta's laboratory and the Museum of Natural History at Portland State University. The bees that were most commonly collected included Ceratina spp. (n = 42), Andrena spp. (n = 34), …
Genetic Diversity Correlates With Morphological Diversity Among Populations Of Achyrachaena Mollis, Rachel S. Bice
Genetic Diversity Correlates With Morphological Diversity Among Populations Of Achyrachaena Mollis, Rachel S. Bice
University Honors Theses
Biodiversity is important for ecosystem health and sustainability, especially in the current, rapidly changing climate. Understanding the underlying causes behind morphological variation will allow for more accurate predictions about how a population will respond to climate change, and potentially yield better natural resource management strategies. Achyrachaena mollis is an annual, self-fertilizing, range-limited, endemic species found in Northern California and Southern Oregon. This species depends primarily on wind seed dispersal for gene flow, making it a good study species in seed dispersal experiments. Additionally, A. mollis is more readily influenced by changes in its environment than a perennial due to its …