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Natalie Hoidal '15 Named A 2014 Udall Scholar, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Hoidal is known for her commitment to the environment.

Environmental Justice For Harris County: Why Low-Income Black And Latino Communities Are Last In Regards To Initial Assessment, Classification, And Remediation For Superfund Site., Terra Bianca Gaines

Theses (Pre-2016)

Superfund sites are well known to pose serious risks to the health of the individuals living within close proximity. For this reason, the United States federal government passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act on December 11, 1980, designed to bestow power of prosecution and jurisdiction over potentially hazardous sites to the Environmental Protection Agency. Nonetheless, a large number of low income African American and Hispanic neighborhoods have been shown to be neglected in regards to superfund site initial assessment, classification, and remediation. This thesis examines' whether race, low income and secondary educational levels, are factors causing the …

The Evolution Of The Kentucky Main Street Program; Its Beginning, Expansion And Renaissance, E Megan Funk

All Theses

This study examines the organizational structure of the Kentucky Main Street Program (KYMS), the Nation's first statewide Main Street program, and its impact on Kentucky's Main Street communities. Since its inception, KYMS has modified its program in response to changes in Kentucky's economic situation and communities' needs. These changes include expanding the program to smaller communities, adjusting the provision of technical services, and offering grants for manager's salaries and projects. KYMS and National Main Street Center (NMSC) evaluations have focused on performance during one- or two-year program cycles. Changes in structure and availability of services, however, have not been compared …

Exploring The Potential Of Resident Employed Photography As A Context Sensitive Technique In Roadway Design, Christopher S. Harrild

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of the study was to explore the potential of resident employed photography as a tool in roadway design. Key elements of this tool that may contribute to context sensitivity in roadway design were identified and explored.

State and federal transportation agencies have identified principles and potential outcomes with the intent to guide processes that are sensitive to the context of a project’s surroundings. The improved design of public roadways to meet the needs of those who live and travel along them is the goal of these agencies. Resident employed photography is the use of a photograph to obtain …

A Framework For Leadership For Sustainability Education At Portland State University, Dilafruz R. Williams, Heather Burns, Sybil Schantz Kelley

Educational Leadership and Policy Faculty Publications and Presentations

In response to the hitherto unchallenged assumptions supporting a globalized economy, the Leadership for Sustainability Education (LSE) program, formerly Leadership in Ecology, Culture, and Learning, was developed as part of an emerging sustainability movement. This article highlights the favorable conditions that provided the context for the evolution of the LSE program, including organizational policies and practices at Portland State University, and a commitment to community-university partnerships that conveyed the University’s motto, “Let Knowledge Serve the City.” We discuss the potential that higher education has to transform practices and ways of thinking necessary for ecological sustainability and social justice. Following this …

Hecimovich Is Part Of Second Class Of W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2014

• Hecimovich is one of four educators selected for a Sheila Biddle Ford Fellowship appointment among an incoming class of 23 Fellows for 2014-15.
• The Sheila Biddle Ford Fellowship is intended to bring “emerging as well as established scholars, writers, and artists to the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute.”

The Parthenon, April 29, 2014, Bishop Nash

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Editors' Preface And Acknowledgments, Rachael Hoy, Christina Williams

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

Attitudes Towards Land Use And Development In The Mat-Su: Empirical Evidence On Economic Values Of Ecosystem Services, Tobias Schwörer

ISER Reports

In communities that largely depend on the extraction of natural resources, attitudes towards conservation and development may seem at odds or particularly rigid. With an unprecedented wealth of natural capital, a growing mining sector, strong oil and gas industry, and a politically conservative population, Alaska serves as a case study to measure such attitudes. This research was motivated by a lack of primary ecosystem service valuation studies in Alaska that could be used to assess the public’s perceived value of ecosystem services in order to guide future land use decisions and incentivize land use decisions that minimize negative externalities. A …

Cities And Sustainability: Polycentric Action And Multilevel Governance, George C. Homsy, Mildred E. Warner

Public Administration Faculty Scholarship

Polycentric theory, as applied to sustainability policy adoption, contends that municipalities will act independently to provide public services that protect the environment. Our multilevel regression analysis of survey responses from 1,497 municipalities across the United States challenges that notion. We find that internal drivers of municipal action are insufficient. Lower policy adoption is explained by capacity constraints. More policymaking occurs in states with a multilevel governance framework supportive of local sustainability action. Contrary to Fischel’s homevoter hypothesis, we find large cities and rural areas show higher levels of adoption than suburbs (possibly due to free riding within a metropolitan region).

Empower Poly Coalition To Host Earth Day Sustainability Fair April 22 At Cal Poly, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Environmental Justice & Hidroaysén: Pristine Waters To Power Santiago, Multinational Mining Interests In Chile, David Schaad

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

On May 9, 2011, the Chilean national government under President Sebastián Piñera approved HidroAysén, a controversial hydroelectric megaproject to be constructed in the Aysén region of southern Chile. With HidroAysén expected to flood 5,900 hectares (15,000 acres) of ecologically unique natural reserves and displace local indigenous and working class people, its development raises major environmental justice concerns among Chileans and the international community. The project stalled in 2012 and was placed on long-term hold due to widespread public protests in which tens of thousands of Chileans took to the streets unified by the motto “Patagonia Sin Represas” (Patagonia Without Dams). …

Fearless: Anastasia Maisel, Anastasia M. Maisel

SURGE

Working to create a meaningful, respectful, and community-minded Day of Service in honor of Gettysburg College student Emily Silverstein ’11, and continually involved in different farming and food initiatives in the Gettysburg area to promote food justice and environmentally friendly farming practices, Anastasia Maisel ’14 fearlessly gives her time, energy, and passion to promoting social justice on and off campus. [excerpt]

Umcur 2014 Program Pdf

University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR)

The original program includes the general schedule as well as individual poster and presentation schedules and abstracts.

Australia's First National Level Quantitative Environmental Justice Assessment Of Industrial Air Pollution, Jayajit Chakraborty, Donna Green

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

This study presents the first national level quantitative environmental justice assessment of industrial air pollution in Australia. Specifically, our analysis links the spatial distribution of sites and emissions associated with industrial pollution sources derived from the National Pollution Inventory, to Indigenous status and social disadvantage characteristics of communities derived from Australian Bureau of Statistics indicators. Our results reveal a clear national pattern of environmental injustice based on the locations of industrial pollution sources, as well as volume, and toxicity of air pollution released at these locations. Communities with the highest number of polluting sites, emission volume, and toxicity-weighted air emissions …

April Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

The Parthenon, April 8, 2014, Bishop Nash

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

April 5, 2014 (Pages 1959-2190), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 44 (2014)

No abstract provided.

We Are...Marshall, April 2, 2014, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Re:New Environmental Initiatives, Ub Law Forum

UB Law Forum

No abstract provided.

Ub Law Forum Volume 28 Number 2 Spring 2014, University At Buffalo School Of Law

UB Law Forum

No abstract provided.

Carbon Capture And Storage: How Bad Policy Is By-Passing Environmental Safeguards, Allison Kole

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Masthead & Front Matter

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.

Indigenous Management Strategies And Socioeconomic Impacts Of Yartsa Gunbu (Ophiocordyceps Sinensis) Harvesting In Nubri And Tsum, Nepal, Geoff Childs, Namgyal Choedup

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

The harvesting and selling of yartsa gunbu (literally “summer grass, winter worm”; Ophiocordyceps sinensis) is contributing to economic and social transformations across the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayan region faster than any development scheme could envision. Meanwhile, the rising demand for the commodity has been linked to violence and environmental degradation, and has generated concerns over resource sustainability. Although good data is emerging on harvesting practices, medical uses, and the booming market for yartsa gunbu, especially in Tibetan areas of China, little systematic research has explored village-level management practices and socioeconomic impacts. This paper seeks to partially fill that void through …

The Conceptualization Of “Environmentalism” In Sagara, Emma Chapman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

My study focused on the perceptions of “environmentalism” in Sagara, Tanzania and attempted to compare Sagaran concepts to those of a more Western model. My study also identified the “actors” that taught Sagarans about the environment. After finding that Sagarans held a strong resource conservation focus in their responses, I then focused on the details of their resource use to see whether what they have been taught about conservation has been actualized in their daily life. I predicted to find that Sagarans have a much more generalized and resource conservation focused definition of “environmentalism” and that their patterns of resource …

Amicus (Spring 2014), University Of Colorado Law School

Amicus

Issue at a glance:

• Describes the importance of community engagement in legal education
• Illustrates innovative projects
  • Acequia Assistance Project
  • Colorado Health Equity Project (CHEP)
  • Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
• Depicts current students work experiences
• Celebrates 120 years of Colorado Law
• Highlights a record legacy gift of an alum
• Provides updates on Colorado Law alumni

Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies Newsletter Spring 2014, Sandra L. Faulkner

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Energy Security Through Privatization: Policy Insights From Hydroelectric Power Projects (Heps) In India’S Northeast, Payal Banerjee

Sociology: Faculty Publications

The question of India’s energy security, and by extension growth and national development, has been addressed in recent years through extensive power sector reforms organised around the modalities of privatisation and deregulation. Such policies have incentivised the entry of independent power producers as important stakeholders in the energy sector and helped establish a specific convergence between two arenas: that is, the linking of energy security imperatives with the commercialisation of natural resources and development projects. Based on empirical research in India’s northeastern Himalayan region, this paper reviews the country’s hydroelectric power policies, their recent implementation methods and the range of …

Profile - Not-For-Profit As Urban Neighbor: Groundswell, James Hagy, Scott Haggmark

Rooftops Project

Few not-for-profit organizations can claim to have made a dramatic, permanent, outdoor visual impact on more than 450 city blocks through the five boroughs of New York City. Groundswell has done just that. As part of a continuing series looking at not-for-profits as urban neighbors, The Rooftop Project’s Scott Haggmark and Professor James Hagy visit with Amy Sananman and Sharon Polli at Groundswell’s Brooklyn headquarters.

Keynote Remarks At The University Of Michigan Environmental Law And Public Health Conference, Gina Mccarthy

Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law

The following are the prepared remarks delivered at the University of Michigan Law School’s 2013 Environmental Law and Public Health Conference on September 26, 2013.