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Protected Areas Reduced Poverty In Costa Rica And Thailand, Kwaw S. Andam, Paul J. Ferraro, Katharine R. E. Sims, Andrew Healy, Margaret B. Holland

Economics Faculty Works

As global efforts to protect ecosystems expand, the socioeconomic impact of protected areas on neighboring human communities continues to be a source of intense debate. The debate persists because previous studies do not directly measure socioeconomic outcomes and do not use appropriate comparison groups to account for potential confounders. We illustrate an approach using comprehensive national datasets and quasi-experimental matching methods. We estimate impacts of protected area systems on poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand and find that although communities near protected areas are indeed substantially poorer than national averages, an analysis based on comparison with appropriate controls does not …

National Wildlife Refuges And Intensive Management In Alaska: Another Case For Preemption, Julie Lurman Joly

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.

Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 39, No. 2, June 2010, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Review Of State Laws And Practices For Disposition Of Re-Aligned Or Bypassed Segments And Associated Row, Lenahan O'Connell, Ted Grossardt

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

This study identified the laws and practices of 11 state DOTs in regard to the transfer of responsibility for re-aligned or bypassed state highway system roads to local jurisdictions - usually cities or counties. Each state's approach to such transfers was identified by obtaining and analyzing the relevant state statutes and then conducting telephone interviews with strategically placed individuals at the associated DOT. Four states require local approval before the state can abandon a road. These four have a policy of obtaining written consent for the transfer of responsibility for maintenance and do so most often prior to construction of …

Christians, The Care Of Creation, And Global Climate Change (Book Review), Delmar Vander Zee

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Scott, Lindy (ed). Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008. 144pp. ISBN 13:978-1-55635-844-9.

Emergent Morphogenetic Design Strategies, Dawn Gunter

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Emergent morphogenetic designs provide a superior architectural response to programmatic, technical, structural, environmental and spatial requirements that conventional unit based architectural forms are too inflexible to fully address.

Architecture has reached an exciting stage in its development, where structures are attempting to behave more like nature, which does not function as a static state, but as a complex grouping of symbiotic processes which are constantly evolving to adapt to environmental changes.

Digital fabrication and materials engineering have promoted an explosion in formal architectural typologies. By utilizing these digital tools and enhanced materials to embrace a morphogenetic design strategy, architecture can …

2010 Commencement Program, Whittier College

Commencement Programs

Whittier College's One Hundred Seventh Annual Commencement, May 28, 2010

Commencement Address: Mr. O'Brien

Supplement file includes the One Hundred Seventh Annual Whittier College Baccalaureate, May 27, 2010

Spectator 2010-05-26, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

International Cooperation On Climate Change Adaptation From An Economic Perspective, Kelly C. De Bruin, Rob B. Dellink, Richard S.J. Tol

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

This paper investigates the economic incentives of countries to cooperate on international adaptation financing. Adaptation is generally implicitly incorporated in the climate change damage functions as used in Integrated Assessment Models. We replace the implicit decision on adaptation with explicit adaptation in a multi-regional setting by using an adjusted RICE model. We show that making adaptation explicit will not affect the optimal mitigation path when adaptation is set at its optimal level. Sub-optimal adaptation will, however, change the optimal mitigation path. Furthermore this paper studies for different forms of cooperation what effects international adaptation transfers will have on (i) domestic …

Peru: Camisea Gas Pipeline Inaugurate After 20 Years, Notisur Writers

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

Twenty years after the Camisea natural-gas fields in the Peruvian department of Cuzco were discovered, President Alejandro Toledo has inaugurated the pipeline that will bring the gas from the interior to Lima and the Pacific coast. The president and his ministers say the revenues generated by the sale and distribution of gas will be an economic windfall for Peru and will revolutionize energy consumption for the country's citizens. But as the Toledo government celebrates the pipeline opening as a historic moment in the economic life of Peru, environmental and indigenous groups say the project will do significant harm to the …

Refinement Of Digital Elevation Models In Urban Areas Using Breaklines Via A Multi-Photo Least Squares Matching Algorithm, Ahmed F. Elaksher, James Bethel

Journal of Terrestrial Observation

No abstract provided.

Interview With Stephanie Noll, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, 2010 (Audio), Stephanie Noll

All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories

Interview of Stephanie Noll by Sean Cochran in NW Portland, Oregon on May 24th, 2010.

The interview index is available for download.

Effects Of Internal Gas Explosion On An Underwater Tunnel Roof, Omar Al-Farouk Salem Al-Damluji, Akram Younis Thannon Al-Sa'aty, Rafi' Mahmoud Sulaiman Al-Nu'aimy

International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

An underwater reinforced concrete tunnel roof is subjected to an internal gas explosion. Dynamic analyses are performed for three cases, namely, (1) an uncoupled solution, (2) class II coupling analysis and (3) full model with class I and II couplings. Three load cases are considered, dead (gravity) load, uniformly distributed vertical loads from sand and water and finally an internal pressure gas explosion. Linear and non-linear constitutive relationships are considered for the materials constituting the gas explosion problem. Results include time deflection of tunnel roof, time histories of stresses in vertical reinforcing bars and contours of concrete stresses for tunnel …

2010 Commencement Program, State University Of New York College At Cortland

Commencement Programs

May commencement. Undergraduate ceremony.

New Funding Opportunities For Strengthening International Business And Business Foreign Language Programs, Steven J. Sacco

Global Business Languages

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxxvii, Number 24, May 21, 2010, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Unlv Highlights, Unlv Innovation Staff Writer

UNLV Innovation

Sponsored program funding serves as one indication of research growth and sophistication.

From Discovery To Marketplace, Laurie Fruth

UNLV Innovation

UNLV faculty demonstrate that research is actually the mother of invention – although necessity certainly got them thinking.

The Flow Of Ideas, Tony Allen

UNLV Innovation

While drought conditions in the West continue to produce record drops in water levels at Lake Mead, a rising tide of research at UNLV seeks to address some of the region’s most pressing water issues.

Research Briefs, Unlv Innovation Staff Writer

UNLV Innovation

- UNLV Theatre Professor Wins Regents' Creative Activity Award

- Graduate-Level Programs Receive Nod from U.S. News and World Report

- UNLV Study Addresses Physical Stability of Parkinson's Disease Sufferers

- UNLV Hosts National Clean Energy Summit

- 3-D Model Depicts Area's Earthquake Reactions

- First-Ever Study of Health Status of Nevada Kindergartners Completed

Unlv Highlights

UNLV Innovation

Sponsored program funding serves as one indication of research growth and sophistication.

Investment In Research, Tony Allen

UNLV Innovation

Designed to encourage faculty collaboration and acquisition of external grant funding, the President’s Research Award has also sparked intriguing research projects on subjects ranging from nanotechnology to volcanoes.

Building The Future, Laurie Fruth

UNLV Innovation

Greenspun Hall will centralize departments in the College of Urban Affairs and pave the way for high-tech collaborative research.

Unlv Highlights, Unlv Fusion Staff Writer

UNLV Fusion

UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution with more than 27,000 students, 5,500 of whom are graduate/professional students. The university is ranked in the category of Doctoral/Research Universities-Intensive by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. More than 100 graduate degree programs are offered, including 34 doctoral and professional degrees. Widely known for its prestigious William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, its research programs in energy and materials science, and its International Institute of Modern Letters, UNLV offers a broad range of respected academic programs and is increasingly recognized as a premier metropolitan research university.

Prestigious Professors, Unlv Fusion Staff Writer

UNLV Fusion

The Harry Reid Silver State Research Award winners share a passion for research, but on distinctly different aspects of the state and region.

Unlv Highlights

UNLV Innovation

Sponsored program funding serves as one indication of research growth and sophistication.

The Hydrogen Fuel Equation, Tony Allen

UNLV Innovation

Hydrogen may be the fuel of the future, but myriad research challenges must be addressed before its potential is realized. UNLV science and engineering faculty are leading the effort to harness the power of nature’s most abundant element.

Copenhagen (Cop-15) Roundtable, Nicholas A. Robinson, James M. Van Nostrand, Richard L. Ottinger, Andrew C. Revkin, Caleb Christopher, Joanne Kalas, Shakeel Kazmi, Saleem Ali

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Sands Of Time: Reflections On The Copenhagen Climate Negotiations, Nicholas A. Robinson

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

2010 Spring Boise State University Commencement Program

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.