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Carboniferous Paleobotany And Paleoclimatology Of The Central Appalachian Basin, West Virginia, U.S.A., Bascombe Mitchel Blake
Carboniferous Paleobotany And Paleoclimatology Of The Central Appalachian Basin, West Virginia, U.S.A., Bascombe Mitchel Blake
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Carboniferous plant fossils have been reported from the Appalachian Basin since the middle part of the nineteenth century. The lack of easy access to European literature and comparative specimens resulted in a body of work characterized by overly diagrammatic figures and confusing lists of junior synonyms with limited figures. This report provides 41 photographic plates of Carboniferous plant fossils from the Appalachian Basin. Comparative range charts are used to summarize the similarity of the fossil macrofloras of the Appalachian region with those of other parts of Euramerica, although each paleoregion has a small number of endemic species. First occurrences and …
Gis Analyses Of Paleo-Fire Regimes In Ponderosa Pine (Pinus Ponderosa) Forests: Extending Spatial Approaches In Ecological Interpretation., James T. Kernan
Gis Analyses Of Paleo-Fire Regimes In Ponderosa Pine (Pinus Ponderosa) Forests: Extending Spatial Approaches In Ecological Interpretation., James T. Kernan
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Fire is an inherently spatial process that is tightly coupled to spatial patterns in climate and topography. This is particularly true in the dry western United States, where confounded by the legacy of fire suppression and the trend in global warming, large high severity fires are increasingly frequent. Recent work has integrated space and time analyses of fire regimes through the application of geographic information science (GIS). GIS was developed for spatial studies, and it can be effective in multi-dimensional interpretations of fire ecology in many vegetated ecosystems. In order to examine the role of fire in dry ponderosa pine …
Development Of Outdoor Recreation Resource Amenity Indices For West Virginia, Jing Wang
Development Of Outdoor Recreation Resource Amenity Indices For West Virginia, Jing Wang
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Tourism has been playing an increasingly important role in the economic development and promotion for the state of West Virginia. However, how tourism resources are spatially distributed across all the states' 55 counties and have not received much attention. This study could be among the first of its kind in West Virginia to create an inventory database for 21 types of major outdoor recreation/nature-based tourism resources, and spatially examine their distribution across counties. The quantity of tourism resources is determined by measuring their actual size, length, or number, and the quality of the resources is determined by using the Analytic …
Faculty Incorporation Of Liberal Essential Learning Outcomes, Shifang Li
Faculty Incorporation Of Liberal Essential Learning Outcomes, Shifang Li
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In 2007, the Association of American Colleges and Universities recommended a set of Essential Learning Outcomes as objectives for twenty-first-century college learning. This study examined to what extent Essential Learning Outcomes are endorsed by faculty members with different teaching experience, across academic disciplines, Carnegie Classifications, institution types of controls, and accreditation regions.;Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) 2004 data were used for this study with permission from the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research. ANOVA, t test, were used for hypothesis tests. Regression and multiple regressions were used to calculate effect sizes, which quantified the differences between groups.;The major findings …
Republican Mothers Of And Above Their Time: Abigail Adams And Theodosia Burr Alston, Joanna Lyn Reynolds
Republican Mothers Of And Above Their Time: Abigail Adams And Theodosia Burr Alston, Joanna Lyn Reynolds
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Unique in their time, Abigail Adams and Theodosia Burr Alston possessed intellectual accomplishments, social prominence, and economic status. Also, both women enjoyed supportive marriages with influential husbands as well as proximity to leading male figures of the Revolution and the new nation. Yet, similar to other women of their era, Abigail Adams and Theodosia Burr Alston nurtured their children's educational and moral development, supported their husbands' public service, and kept informed about current events. While marked differences in lifestyle, geographic environment, familial dynamics, and the public and political affiliations of their male family members distinguished them from each other, as …
Modeling Natural Fracture Networks: Establishing The Groundwork For Flow Simulation At Teapot Dome, Wyoming, Valerie L. Smith
Modeling Natural Fracture Networks: Establishing The Groundwork For Flow Simulation At Teapot Dome, Wyoming, Valerie L. Smith
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Local properties of a fractured reservoir are characterized using borehole geophysical logs. These properties are extrapolated to reservoir scale for future use in flow simulation and history matching exercises. The development of a reservoir scale fracture model is undertaken using data for the Tensleep oil reservoir at Teapot Dome, Wyoming. The Tensleep reservoir intervals at Teapot Dome are formed in tight eolian sands that produce primarily from open fracture systems. On the local scale, FMI logs were used to define the dominant systematic fracture sets existing in the reservoir. FMI logs reveal the presence of open fracture systems that consist …
Obesity And Spatial Context In Appalachia, Roberta J. Alt
Obesity And Spatial Context In Appalachia, Roberta J. Alt
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The prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over the past 30 years. Obesity is a multi-factorial disorder, which is often associated with many other significant diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases, osteoarthritis and certain cancers. For these reasons, it is a complex health issue to address. The objective of this study is to identify the factors which are responsible for the spatial variation of adult obesity throughout the Appalachian region. In addition, preliminary examinations are made to identify potential associations between geographic variability in the prevalence of obesity and the characteristics of individuals and places with variable …
Essays On Pricing Electricity And Electricity Derivatives In Deregulated Markets, Julia Popova
Essays On Pricing Electricity And Electricity Derivatives In Deregulated Markets, Julia Popova
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This dissertation is composed of four essays on the behavior of wholesale electricity prices and their derivatives. The first essay provides an empirical model that takes into account the spatial features of a transmission network on the electricity market. The spatial structure of the transmission grid plays a key role in determining electricity prices, but it has not been incorporated into previous empirical models. The econometric model in this essay incorporates a simple representation of the transmission system into a spatial panel data model of electricity prices, and also accounts for the effect of dynamic transmission system constraints on electricity …
Structure And Crustal Balance Of The Herald Arch And Hope Basin In The Chukchi Sea, Alaska, D. Alex Patthoff
Structure And Crustal Balance Of The Herald Arch And Hope Basin In The Chukchi Sea, Alaska, D. Alex Patthoff
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The Herald Arch is a structural high bounded by the Herald Thrust fault to the northeast and by a normal, or possibly strike-slip, fault to the southwest in the Chukchi Sea, off the northwest coast of Alaska. The thrust continues for approximately 60 kilometers from the northwest tip of the Lisburne Peninsula into the Chukchi Sea. Its dip varies from nearly 60 degrees in the east, to 20 degrees in the west before terminating on the available seismic data. Closer to the shore, the detachment of the Herald Thrust occurs at the edge of a Devonian rift basin containing the …
State Policy And Food Insecurity In Kenya's Arid And Semi-Arid Land (Asal) Regions, Naomi Shanguhyia
State Policy And Food Insecurity In Kenya's Arid And Semi-Arid Land (Asal) Regions, Naomi Shanguhyia
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Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) have continued to experience chronic and persistent food crises despite the efforts made by governmental and non-governmental organizations to address the problem. Inappropriate policies and poor approaches have partly been blamed for this persistence. This study therefore seeks to examine how food insecurity is conceptualized within policy documents, the perceived causes and solutions, and potential drawbacks of such perceptions. The study adopts a political ecology framework within which Ellis' (2000) rural livelihood approach and Sen's (1981) entitlement thesis are used to analyze selected government policy documents and related reports. A brief historical overview of …
Current Practices Utilized By Independent Garden Centers To Extend The Profitable Season By Returning Customers, Raising Profit Margins And Implementing New Practices, Nona Kay Hunt
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The purpose of this study was to identify the measures that independently owned retail garden centers subscribe to extend their profitable season beyond the spring and early summer. This study was descriptive survey research conducted with independent retail garden centers that were members of the Ohio Floriculture Association as of November 2006, and resided in West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. The ten most successful practices in getting customers to return identified by independent garden center retailers, were (in order of successfulness); customer friendly staff, knowledgeable and experienced staff, growing your own plants to allow for diverse product …
Surficial Mapping And Kinematic Modeling Of The St. Clair Thrust Fault, Monroe County, West Virginia, Jason M. Sturms
Surficial Mapping And Kinematic Modeling Of The St. Clair Thrust Fault, Monroe County, West Virginia, Jason M. Sturms
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Near the Allegheny Structural boundary between the Appalachian Plateau and the Valley and Ridge Province of the West Virginian Appalachians lie four major thrust faults: the Pulaski, Saltville, Narrows, and the St. Clair all of which are associated with the Alleghenian Orogeny. Of these major thrusts, the St. Clair thrust fault represents the boundary of the Allegheny Structural Front and is one of the few major thrust faults that are exposed at the surface in the Appalachians of West Virginia.;The St. Clair thrust fault represents an example of fault-propagation folding. Within fault-propagation folding, trishear deformation and fault-bend folding can be …
Subsurface Stratigraphy And Depositional Patterns Of The Lower Mississippian Weir Zone Of Doddridge County, West Virginia, With Emphasis On Reservoir Potential, John Hamilton Tellers
Subsurface Stratigraphy And Depositional Patterns Of The Lower Mississippian Weir Zone Of Doddridge County, West Virginia, With Emphasis On Reservoir Potential, John Hamilton Tellers
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The Weir zone of Doddridge County, West Virginia, is considered to be an unconventional reservoir due to its low permeability. Analysis of this zone was performed using well log data from 300 wells, a full-bore core of the Weir, and petrographic thin sections. Three lithologies occur within the Weir: coarse siltstone, fine siltstone, and claystone. Bedforms were identified using a combination of FMI, thin section, and core analysis. The Weir is interpreted to have been deposited on an outer shelf under the influence of shoaling internal waves. Log analysis provided data showing the unit to have a mineral composition of …
Stream Flow Characterization Over Longwall Coal Mines In Pennsylvania, Ohio, And West Virginia, Scott A. Wade
Stream Flow Characterization Over Longwall Coal Mines In Pennsylvania, Ohio, And West Virginia, Scott A. Wade
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Six streams were studied in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia to evaluate subsidence impacts from active and abandoned longwall coal mines on stream discharge. Mined longwall panels included in this study ranged in age from five months to fifteen years old and in depth from 100 to 600 feet (30.5 to 182.9 m) beneath the studied streams.;Significant stream flow losses and gains were detected in each stream studied. Comparing longwall panel locations to stream flow measurements, geophysical surveys, and geomorphology surveys, it was concluded that longwall mine subsidence caused some of the detected stream flow losses and gains. Data collected …
Evaluation Of The Impacts Of Highway Construction On Sediment And Benthic Macroinvertebrates In Appalachian Streams, Lara B. Hedrick
Evaluation Of The Impacts Of Highway Construction On Sediment And Benthic Macroinvertebrates In Appalachian Streams, Lara B. Hedrick
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Corridor H is a four-lane highway under construction in north eastern West Virginia. I used a variety of methods to assess the impacts of highway construction in the Lost River watershed, Hardy County, West Virginia. I designed a two part sediment sampler to be used to monitor sediment in paired sites upstream and downstream of highway construction. The two-part design, a base that remains embedded in the substrate, and a removeable trap, allowed for long-term placement of samplers without continual disturbance of the streambed. I used a laboratory flume to compare my sediment sampler design with other devices used to …
Disturbances, Prescribed Fire, And Invasion By Exotic Plants In A Xeric Mixed-Oak And Oak-Pine Dominated Area Of The Ridge And Valley In Eastern West Virginia, Jonathan A. Pomp
Disturbances, Prescribed Fire, And Invasion By Exotic Plants In A Xeric Mixed-Oak And Oak-Pine Dominated Area Of The Ridge And Valley In Eastern West Virginia, Jonathan A. Pomp
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This document discusses three fire and exotic invasive plant related research studies that were conducted in an area of the Ridge and Valley dominated by xeric mixed-oak and oak-pine forest communities. The first study characterizes the timing, frequency, and magnitude of canopy disturbances in the study area by investigating demographic (age distributions), anatomical (growth increment patterns), and structural (diameter distributions) evidence. In addition to the general reconstructed disturbance history, the potential link between overstory tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle) populations and prior forest management disturbances (i.e. harvesting) is investigated. This study indicates an uneven-aged structure resulting from multiple disturbances …
Evaluation Of Exhaust After-Treatment Device Effectiveness In Reducing Regulated And Unregulated Emissions From Natural Gas Fueled Heavy Duty Transit Bus, Arvind Padmavathy Thiruvengadam
Evaluation Of Exhaust After-Treatment Device Effectiveness In Reducing Regulated And Unregulated Emissions From Natural Gas Fueled Heavy Duty Transit Bus, Arvind Padmavathy Thiruvengadam
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The promulgation of the public transit fleet rule by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in 2000, has given transit fleet operators the option of choosing the alternative fuel path in order to reduce their fleet average NOx and PM emissions. Natural gas being an abundant domestic fuel, has found its way as an economically and technologically feasible alternative fuel option. Many studies have shown the clean burning nature of natural gas with lower NOx and near zero Particulate Matter (PM) emissions from heavy duty natural gas vehicles. Though natural gas fueled vehicles emit lower NOx and PM than their …
Lidar, Gis, And Multivariate Statistical Analysis To Assess Landslide Risk, Horseshoe Run Watershed, West Virginia, Kory M. Konsoer
Lidar, Gis, And Multivariate Statistical Analysis To Assess Landslide Risk, Horseshoe Run Watershed, West Virginia, Kory M. Konsoer
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Current stream restoration practices focus on stabilizing banks, transporting sediment, and creating aquatic habitats. However, only channel morphology data are collected prior to typical restoration project designs. A more thorough approach to assessing restoration projects incorporates the geomorphology of the contributing hillslopes within the watershed. For this project, a landslide risk assessment was conducted for Horseshoe Run watershed in West Virginia using LiDAR data, GIS, and multivariate statistical analysis to provide the restoration projects with information concerning the geomorphology of the hillslopes and identify areas of greater risk for slope failure. A landslide inventory map was created using field observations …
Seasonal Changes In Diel Cycling Of Dissolved Iron Species In A Coal Mine Drainage Impacted Creek, Daniel B. Harris
Seasonal Changes In Diel Cycling Of Dissolved Iron Species In A Coal Mine Drainage Impacted Creek, Daniel B. Harris
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Diel fluctuations of pH, specific conductance and Fe species have been documented in Dillan Creek, a small coal mine-impacted tributary to Deckers Creek, WV. Samples were collected hourly over 16-20 hour periods and analyzed for dissolved Fe(II) and dissolved total Fe using a Hach DR2800 spectrophotometer. Fe(II) concentrations increased during the day and decreased at night during late winter sampling. Sampling conducted in the summer shows an opposite trend with Fe(II) increasing at night and decreasing during the day. Discrepancies between timing of cycles indicate a seasonal variation of controlling mechanisms. In winter, iron cycles are likely controlled by photoreduction …
Development And Analysis Of Lithologically Controlled Regional Curves Of Hydraulic Geometry For Appalachian Mountain Streams, Ridge And Valley Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania, Matthew S. Finkenbinder
Development And Analysis Of Lithologically Controlled Regional Curves Of Hydraulic Geometry For Appalachian Mountain Streams, Ridge And Valley Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania, Matthew S. Finkenbinder
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Regional curves of hydraulic geometry are frequently constructed for physiographic provinces, regions that have similar geologic structure, climate, and geomorphic history. As a result, the factors controlling channel form are more alike than would be the case for streams across widespread geographic regions. However, geology can vary significantly within a physiographic province. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to determine if regional curves would be more precise predictors of hydraulic geometry if developed for geologically similar streams within a physiographic province. A total of 34 reaches on six ungauged mountain streams in the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province of …
Subsurface Stratigraphy Of The Upper Devonian Bradford Group In The Greater Punxsutawney Area, Pennsylvania, Anthony G. Johnson
Subsurface Stratigraphy Of The Upper Devonian Bradford Group In The Greater Punxsutawney Area, Pennsylvania, Anthony G. Johnson
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The Upper Devonian Bradford Group of west-central Pennsylvania is a commonly targeted natural gas reservoir. The Greater Punxsutawney area covers parts of Jefferson, Indiana, and Clearfield counties, and within this area the Bradford Group is composed of nine separate drillers' sandstones. These sandstones are interpreted in outcrop to have been deposited in a range of depositional environments from sandy turbidites of the prodelta to muddy shoreface and sand-ridge complexes of the delta front. This study referenced gamma ray and bulk density e-logs from 269 wells to generate a data base from which maps and cross sections were generated for these …
Recharge Processes Within The Cacapon Mountain Aquifer, Ridge And Valley Province, West Virginia, Cristine M. Vinciguerra
Recharge Processes Within The Cacapon Mountain Aquifer, Ridge And Valley Province, West Virginia, Cristine M. Vinciguerra
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
During the 2006-2007 water year, apparent recharge rates for three streams draining the Cacapon Mountain Aquifer, in the Valley and Ridge Province of northern West Virginia, were estimated using hydrograph separation techniques. The techniques use stream baseflow, dominated by groundwater discharge, as a surrogate for groundwater recharge. Two of the streams draining the aquifer were strike-normal (Rock Gap Run and Breakneck Run) and one was strike-parallel (Sir Johns Run). The strike-normal streams had significantly lower apparent recharge rates (Rock Gap Run: 2.52 in/yr; Breakneck Run: 6.57 in/yr) than the strike-parallel stream (Sir Johns Run: 13.31 in/yr). The large variations in …
Hydrogeochemical Characterization Of Springs And Wells In The Cacapon Mountain Aquifer, Lacoa L. Corder
Hydrogeochemical Characterization Of Springs And Wells In The Cacapon Mountain Aquifer, Lacoa L. Corder
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The Cacapon Mountain Aquifer is located near Berkeley Springs in Morgan County, West Virginia. Approximately 120 wells were selected for a synoptic survey of data including static water levels, pHs, specific conductances, and temperatures to assess regional hydrogeology and geochemistry. Six springs and four wells were sampled on a monthly basis to identify their hydrochemical types and infer the geology of their recharge areas. The potentiometric surface obtained at wells was found to be a subdued reflection of topography. The geologic structure was determined to generally control the direction of ground water flow. Ground water was transmitted in a cross-strike …
Planning Past Steel: Examining Economic Conditions In Brooke And Hancock Counties, West Virginia., Jennifer L. Smith
Planning Past Steel: Examining Economic Conditions In Brooke And Hancock Counties, West Virginia., Jennifer L. Smith
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This research examines the local impacts of capital flight on community members caused by the capitalist mode of production specifically through the decline of local steel production. Local conditions are assessed through qualitative research methods to describe the varying impacts and challenges faced by stakeholders within Brooke and Hancock Counties, West Virginia. Key informant interviews, focus group discussions, archival, and textual analysis research uncover issues of negotiated class struggle, impacts on local politics, and personal losses suffered within the communities. Additionally, how these impacts of capital flight are experienced by Brooke and Hancock Counties as a function of the capitalist …
Using Social Support And Theoretically Derived Messages To Increase Awareness And Use Of The C&O Canal National Historical Park For Walking: An Intervention Focused On Local Employees., Lydia H. Lawson
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There have been a number of recent studies documenting the various physical, psychological, and social health benefits associated with participation in regular physical activity. In response to compelling evidence of the benefits associated with improving health and in an attempt to promote healthy lifestyles, the Bush Administration proposed the Healthier U.S. Initiative (Executive Order 13266) in 2002. The purpose of this initiative was to promote the use of public lands to improve personal health by encouraging their use for physical activity. Based on the recommendations of the National Park Service Advisory Board Subcommittee on Health & Recreation (2006), the C&O …
Application Of Lidar-Derived Dems And Their By-Products For Geomorphic Assessment From Stream-Reach To Watershed Scales: Horseshoe Run, Wv., Justin Beau Downing
Application Of Lidar-Derived Dems And Their By-Products For Geomorphic Assessment From Stream-Reach To Watershed Scales: Horseshoe Run, Wv., Justin Beau Downing
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The application of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) for geomorphic assessment at a range of scales has increased over the past two decades. Before the advent of LiDAR, DEMs were generated using topographic maps or aerial photographs. The resulting grid-based DEMs generally had coarse resolutions ranging from 10 m to 30 m. Research has shown these resolutions to be acceptable when investigating large areas, but fail to provide adequate resolution for finer scale geomorphic assessment. LiDAR technology allows the creation of much finer resolution DEMs, ranging from 0.5 m to 6 m, depending on the sensor used. The Canaan Valley Institute …
Potomac's Valley Shall Become A Domain We Create: Commercialism And The South Branch Valley, 1750-1800., Elizabeth Oliver Lee
Potomac's Valley Shall Become A Domain We Create: Commercialism And The South Branch Valley, 1750-1800., Elizabeth Oliver Lee
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Farmers in the South Branch Valley in Hampshire County, Virginia (present-day Hardy County, West Virginia), created a commercial agricultural system that made the South Branch Valley the center for beef production in eighteenth-century western Virginia. These farmers improved the traditional methods of cattle raising and driving to increase their profit and, despite the remoteness and isolation of this Appalachian region, maintained important family and economic ties to eastern markets. The first white settlers came to this frontier region with a pre-existing commercial orientation, raising livestock and other agricultural products for external markets, as well as local exchange markets. The coming …
State Economic Policy And Development In Kenya: A Study Of African Entrepreneurship In Kisii Township And Its Environs, 1930-1978, Kennedy Mokaya Moindi
State Economic Policy And Development In Kenya: A Study Of African Entrepreneurship In Kisii Township And Its Environs, 1930-1978, Kennedy Mokaya Moindi
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This study explores African initiatives in the small scale business sector within Kisii town and the larger region of Gusiiland in the period from 1930 to 1978. Despite the transition to a market economy with the onset of colonial rule at the end of 19th Century, African participation in trading activities within Kisii town and other market centers had remained minimal up to 1930. The slow integration of Gusiiland into mainstream colonial economic production before the 1930s was mainly attributed to its relative geographical isolation from major centers of economic production in Kenya together with the violent nature that characterized …
Property Rights: Investment, Development, And Environmental Quality., Carrie B. Kerekes
Property Rights: Investment, Development, And Environmental Quality., Carrie B. Kerekes
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This dissertation is a collection of essays that examines the importance of secure property rights institutions. Economists have long noted the importance of secure property rights to promote specialization and the division of labor through voluntary exchange. Private property provides incentives that stimulate entrepreneurship, capital accumulation, and investment that ultimately facilitate economic development. In addition, property rights also provide incentives for the conservation and preservation of resources. Each essay in this dissertation explores a particular aspect of private property rights. This dissertation consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the dissertation, provides a brief overview of the importance of property …
Modeling Sediment Movement In Forested Watersheds Using Hill-Slope Attributes, Gregory W. Hamons
Modeling Sediment Movement In Forested Watersheds Using Hill-Slope Attributes, Gregory W. Hamons
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The amount of sediment delivered to stream channels and the determination of the topographical attributes responsible for the origination and transfer of sediment were investigated in a central Appalachian mixed hardwood forest from 2002 through 2005. Two study watersheds were chosen within the Indian Run watershed in north central West Virginia. One remained undisturbed (control) and the other underwent road construction and tree harvesting operations (treatment). Sediment samples were collected from silt fences which were installed along both sides of the stream channels in both watersheds to ensure all sediment material delivered from adjacent hill-slopes was captured and collected. Sediment …