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Vulnerability, Environmental Security, And Adaptation Awareness In Samoa, Katie Williams

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Climate change remains a prevalent problem for today’s international community, particularly for Pacific Island countries. This study examines the current influence of climate change on Samoa by looking at the three tenets of vulnerability: exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. These aspects of climatic change correlate and build off one another, ultimately elucidating the basic vulnerability of any given region. It also analyzes how environmentally secure Samoa is and will be, using Thomas Homer- Dixon’s theory on climate change and conflict. Finally, this paper seeks to outline the current system of adaptation awareness that exists between government, community and foreign aid …

Community-Engaged Impact Entrepreneurship: Organizing Reciprocal Partnerships For A More Democratic Economy, Brandon W. Kliewer, Elizabeth Quinter, Sarah Neat

eJournal of Public Affairs

This article explores the intersection of theoretical understandings and practical expressions of reciprocity. Using a campus/community partnership focused on developing an impact entrepreneurship, this article considers the evolving process associated with cultivating different orientations to reciprocal partnerships, with voices from the student, community partner, and faculty perspectives.

Making Streets Into Complete Streets: An Evidence-Based Design Manual, Marc Schlossberg, John Rowell

TREC Final Reports

The predominant approach toward street function on major roads in the United States is to emphasize mobility and throughput of vehicles. The “Complete Streets” movement challenges some of this paradigm, emphasizing that streets should accommodate multiple modes of travel and should often be considered destinations themselves. Often, efforts to transform streets into Complete Streets face resistance from both professional communities of traffic engineers and from the public that their design will reduce throughput and vehicle flow..Complete Streets advocates, in some cases, counter that while their designs often create pedestrian and cycling space from areas that were previously occupied by automobiles, …

Volume 38, No. 2

The Weldon Times

A student-run newspaper published at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Editor in Chief: Suzanne Kittell

Layout Editor: Kate Rothschild

Editors: Hannah Choo, Paul Neville, Alex Hartwig

Subsistence And Resistance On The British Columbia Coast: Kingcome Village’S Estuarine Gardens As Contested Space, Douglas Deur, Nancy J. Turner, Adam Dick, Daisy Sewid-Smith, Kim Recalma-Clutesi

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

A case study is presented on the contested land ownership of the estuarine gardens in Kingcome Village, British Columbia (BC) between white settlers and the native Kwakwaka'wakw Indian Nation during the 19th century. The role that the natural resources of Kingcome Village's estuarine gardens played in white colonists' settlement of the Kingcome Village area is discussed.

Enabling Wave Power: Streamlining Processes For Progress, D Greaves, C Perez-Collazo, D Magagna, D Conley, I Bailey, T Simas, B Holmes, Am O'Hagan, J O'Callagahn, Encirso Y Torre, D Marina, Olivares C Huertas, Crom I Le, Jb Saulnier, J Sundberg, C Embling, M Witt, B Goodley, Leitão J Chambel

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 4 Issue 4, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Climate Change Forests And The Missing Carbon Sink, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Cga Minutes, New College Student Alliance

NCSA Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Bates Student - Volume 143 Number 03 - September 25, 2013, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

Front Matter Volume 4, 2010, Mcnair Scholars Program

PSU McNair Scholars Online Journal

Front matter includes program background, Table of Contents, and a complete listing of 2010 Portland State McNair Scholars.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, September 23, 2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Education Policies Committee Annual Report - Larry Smith
• Libraries Advisory Council Report - Jennifer Duncan
• Parking Committee Report - James Nye
• Honors Program Report - Nick Morrison
• Recent changes to the Honors Program - Noelle Cockett
• PRPC Section 402, Language on RCDE, USU Eastern, and GSS (Second Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski
• EPC Items - Larry Smith
• Discussions on Disposition of Unfinished Business from 2012-2013 - Yanghee Kim

Data Information Literacy: Tailored Content For Research Teams, Brian Westra, Dean Walton

Data Information Literacy Symposium

No abstract provided.

Why Bother With Academic Freedom?, Robert Post

FIU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Research Highlights, Fall 2013, Roslyn Miller

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

Through academics, research, and community involvement, the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs is advancing effective city management and sound urban policy, and changing America’s cities one graduate at a time.

Our graduates work in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors — government, human services, health care, public safety, community development, housing, environmental advocacy — both within our own region and in other parts of the nation.

Our faculty and professional staff are actively engaged in applied research and community problem-solving around city management, community development, environmental policy and management, economic development, and more.

We invite you to visit …

Cultivating Creativity: Documenting The Journey, Grace Schlitt

Learn X Design Conference Series

As a Master’s of Education in Learning Sciences candidate at the University of Washington and a licensed architect, I co-taught the course Cultivating Creativity with Professor Iain Robertson, Winter Quarter 2012. This course is offered annually to a group of 15 Honors students at the University. Professor Robertson has taught this class for five years. Participating students were in ‘non-creative’ majors such as Biology, Chemistry, or Math. Two students were in Computer Science and Religious Studies. Most of the students arrived expecting to ‘learn’ how to be creative. Through exercises that Professor Robertson developed, the students gained confidence in their …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 4 Issue 3, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

2013.09.19 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Northeastern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees - 2013

Meeting materials for the NEIU Board of Trustees

Principles Of Family-Centered City Planning Achieving True Mixed-Income Housing In New Urbanist Developments, David Gay, Dr. Richard Jackson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

New Urbanism, or traditional neighborhood design (TND), is a growing trend in American real estate development. It is characterized by mixed-uses, a variety of housing sizes, and pedestrian-oriented streetscapes. It often encourages more efficient land uses, which, in turn, makes way for better transportation planning and less congested traffic patterns. These designs are more akin to pre-WWII development than to the typical contemporary subdivisions. New Urbanism aims to be more family friendly, especially in terms of affordability, but due to several underlying factors, these developments often demand an artificially large cost from homebuyers, excluding many potential residents who would most …

Montana Kaimin, September 19, 2013, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Better Citizens Through Poetry, Jill Rodrigues

Featured News Story

State poet Rick Benjamin shares how poetry teaches us about citizenship as part of the Mary Tefft White Cultural Center: Talking in the Library Series.

The Utah Statesman, September 17, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

In The Environment : Clinician Perspectives On Nature And Psychological Health, Benjamin D. White

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This qualitative study explores the relationship between nature and psychological health from the perspectives of 12 clinicians from a variety of training backgrounds. During 30 to 45- minute interviews, participants were asked a variety of questions about their personal and clinical experience as they have informed their perspectives on the question: How does nature influence psychological health? Major findings of the study showed there to be a significant difference between the importance of nature in clinicians' personal lives and nature's role in clinical practice. Findings indicated that although nature was important to participants' personal psychological well-being that nature was not …

The Campus Comes Together To Make Single-Stream Recycling A Success, Tia Patsavas

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Updating Twentieth Century Water Projects To Meet Twenty-First Century Needs: Lessons From The Tri-State Water Wars , Lewis Jones, John Fortuna, Karen Johnston

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

School Gardens, David W. Hey

Kinesiology and Public Health

School gardens can have great promise as they can positively impact children's food choices by improving their preferences for vegetables, increasing their nutrition knowledge, and prevent nutritionally related diseases (i.e., diabetes and obesity). In their natural state, fruits and vegetables have high water and fiber content and are low in calories and energy density. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that the use of a garden as part of an outdoor environmental studies program can have a beneficial impact on performance of standardized achievement tests, as well as attention and enthusiasm for learning in school children.

In June of 2004, national …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 4 Issue 2, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Sandspur, Vol 120, No 02, September 12, 2013, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

A&S Faculty Get New 1804 Fund Awards For Research, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Aviation Opportunities In Ecotourism, Mary M. Snow, Richard K. Snow

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Ecotourism is a specialized form of tourism designed to allow the exploration of unique natural and cultural areas while creating a positive impact on local communities. As the primary mode of international transportation, aviation stands to benefit further from the burgeoning ecotourism market. This paper presents data that demonstrate the unprecedented growth of ecotourism in recent years and suggests opportunities the industry offers those in the field of aviation. Also discussed is the potential for achieving a greater degree of economic and ecologic sustainability for ecotour destinations.