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Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications

2015

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Does The Global Food System Have An Achilles’ Heel? How Regional Food Systems May Support Resilience In Regional Disasters, Rebekah Paci-Green, Gigi M. Berardi Oct 2015

Does The Global Food System Have An Achilles’ Heel? How Regional Food Systems May Support Resilience In Regional Disasters, Rebekah Paci-Green, Gigi M. Berardi

Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications

Today’s domestic United States food production is the result of an industry optimized for competitive, high yielding, and high-growth production for a globalized market. Yet, industry growth may weaken food system resilience to abrupt disruptions by reducing the diversity of food supply sources. In this paper, we first explore shifts in food consumption patterns towards reliance upon complex and long-distance food distribution, food imports, and out-of-home eating. Second, we discuss how large-scale, rapid-onset natural hazards may shape food access for both food secure and insecure households, given changing realities of consumption. We then consider whether and how regional food production …

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Environmental Resource Management In Borderlands: Evolution From Competing Interests To Common Aversions, Patrick H. Buckley, John Belec, Jason Levy Jul 2015

Environmental Resource Management In Borderlands: Evolution From Competing Interests To Common Aversions, Patrick H. Buckley, John Belec, Jason Levy

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Great enthusiasm is attached to the emergence of cross-border regions (CBRs) as a new institutional arrangement for dealing with local cross-border environmental resource management and other issues that remain too distant from national capitals and/or too expensive to be addressed in the traditional topocratic manner requiring instead local adhocratic methods. This study briefly discusses the perceived value of CBRs and necessary and sufficient conditions for the successful and sustainable development of such places. Then, assuming that necessary conditions can be met, the study investigates an intriguing hypothesis concerning the catalyzing of sustainable consensus for cross-border resource management based on a …

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What Is The Relationship Between Outdoor Time And Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, And Physical Fitness In Children? A Systematic Review, Casey Gray, Rebecca Gibbons, Richard Larouche, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Adam Bienenstock, Mariana Brussoni, Guylaine Chabot, Susan Herrington, Ian Janssen, William Pickett, Marlene Power, Nicholas Stanger, Margaret Sampson, Mark S. Tremblay Jun 2015

What Is The Relationship Between Outdoor Time And Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, And Physical Fitness In Children? A Systematic Review, Casey Gray, Rebecca Gibbons, Richard Larouche, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Adam Bienenstock, Mariana Brussoni, Guylaine Chabot, Susan Herrington, Ian Janssen, William Pickett, Marlene Power, Nicholas Stanger, Margaret Sampson, Mark S. Tremblay

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The objective of this systematic review was to examine the relationship between outdoor time and: (1) physical activity, (2) cardiorespiratory fitness, (3) musculoskeletal fitness, (4) sedentary behaviour; or (5) motor skill development in children aged 3–12 years. We identified 28 relevant studies that were assessed for quality using the GRADE framework. The systematic review revealed overall positive effects of outdoor time on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and cardiorespiratory fitness, although causality could not be assumed due to a lack of RCTs. Motor skill development was unrelated to outdoor time; however, this relationship was only examined in a single study of …

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What Is The Relationship Between Risky Outdoor Play And Health In Children? A Systematic Review, Mariana Brussoni, Rebecca Gibbons, Casey Gray, Takuro Ishikawa, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Adam Bienenstock, Guylaine Chabot, Pamela Fuselli, Susan Herrington, Ian Janssen, William Pickett, Marlene Power, Nicholas Stanger, Margaret Sampson, Mark S. Tremblay Jun 2015

What Is The Relationship Between Risky Outdoor Play And Health In Children? A Systematic Review, Mariana Brussoni, Rebecca Gibbons, Casey Gray, Takuro Ishikawa, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Adam Bienenstock, Guylaine Chabot, Pamela Fuselli, Susan Herrington, Ian Janssen, William Pickett, Marlene Power, Nicholas Stanger, Margaret Sampson, Mark S. Tremblay

Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications

Risky outdoor play has been associated with promoting children’s health and development, but also with injury and death. Risky outdoor play has diminished over time, concurrent with increasing concerns regarding child safety and emphasis on injury prevention. We sought to conduct a systematic review to examine the relationship between risky outdoor play and health in children, in order to inform the debate regarding its benefits and harms. We identified and evaluated 21 relevant papers for quality using the GRADE framework. Included articles addressed the effect on health indicators and behaviours from three types of risky play, as well as risky …

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Panarchy, Transformation, And Place: Exploring Social Change And Resiliency Through An Ecological Lens, Nicholas Stanger, Joy Vance Beauchamp Jan 2015

Panarchy, Transformation, And Place: Exploring Social Change And Resiliency Through An Ecological Lens, Nicholas Stanger, Joy Vance Beauchamp

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This paper is my first foray into writing since the birth of my son and the content is also partially about him. It was written while taking turns comforting, feeding, and changing diapers. For this paper, I will call my son, Sam. Despite the indulgence and gushing of new parents, the change that he brought to my wife’s and my life was substantive. In this paper, I describe one small change that occurred because of Sam’s entry into our world in order to introduce concepts of complexity theory and transformation. I outline my wife’s and my choice in naming Sam …

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Cascadia Rising: Cascadia Subduction Zone Catastrophic Earthquake And Tsunami Functional Excercise Scenario Document, Rebekah Paci-Green, Natalie Boles, Tyler Black, Karissa Smith, Enkhbayar Munkh-Erdene Jan 2015

Cascadia Rising: Cascadia Subduction Zone Catastrophic Earthquake And Tsunami Functional Excercise Scenario Document, Rebekah Paci-Green, Natalie Boles, Tyler Black, Karissa Smith, Enkhbayar Munkh-Erdene

Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications

A large magnitude Cascadia Subduction Zone fault earthquake and tsunami is perhaps one of the most complex disaster scenarios that we face as emergency management and public safety officials in the Pacific Northwest. Due to this complexity, life-saving and life-sustaining response operations will hinge on the effective coordination and integration of governments at all levels – cities, counties, state agencies, federal departments, the military, and tribal nations – as well as non-governmental organizations and the private sector. It is this joint-operational whole community approach that we seek to enhance and test during the Cascading Rising exercise.

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