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Regenerative Tourism Model: Challenges Of Adapting Concepts From Natural Science To Tourism Industry, Asif Hussain, Marie Haley Feb 2022

Regenerative Tourism Model: Challenges Of Adapting Concepts From Natural Science To Tourism Industry, Asif Hussain, Marie Haley

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

The study proposes a regenerative tourism model. The application of the natural science ideas of regeneration needs to be clarified before the tourism industry can adopt a regenerative tourism model. Without such clarification, there is a high risk of ‘green washing’ and inappropriate adaption of a regenerative model. The borrowing of natural science to industry and its application in social sciences confuse the essence of the true concept of regeneration. In a regenerative agriculture context restoring a holistic system that mimics nature and includes social and economic spheres contributes to improving the whole system. When a social system aims to …


Blue Growth: A Transitions Approach To Developing Sustainable Pathways, Christina Kelly, Ben Mcateer, Frances Fahy, Liam Carr, Daniel Norton, Desiree Farrell, Rebecca Corless, Stephen Hynes, Zacharoula Kyriazi, Agnès Marhadour, Regis Kalaydjian, Wesley Flannery Jan 2022

Blue Growth: A Transitions Approach To Developing Sustainable Pathways, Christina Kelly, Ben Mcateer, Frances Fahy, Liam Carr, Daniel Norton, Desiree Farrell, Rebecca Corless, Stephen Hynes, Zacharoula Kyriazi, Agnès Marhadour, Regis Kalaydjian, Wesley Flannery

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

The sustainable management of Blue Growth is an urgent issue for coastal states. Marine industries have rapidly expanded over the last two decades and this is projected to continue with the European Green Deal and post-COVID economic recovery policies. The intensification of Blue Growth could have adverse socio-ecological implications and must, therefore, be managed in terms of sustainability, natural resource boundaries, and coastal community well-being. Managing Blue Growth in a sustainable manner however, is challenging due to the longstanding inefficiencies and inertia of existing marine governance regimes. Adopting a transitions approach has been advanced as a way of steering regime …


Understanding The Impacts Of Urban Agriculture In Gentrifying Neighborhoods In Denver, Kate Johnson Jan 2022

Understanding The Impacts Of Urban Agriculture In Gentrifying Neighborhoods In Denver, Kate Johnson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Urban Agriculture is prominent in cities across the United States and has been studied in relation to food security, sustainability, and gentrification. Urban agriculture is context specific and can include individual gardens, community gardens, guerilla gardening, and urban farms. Urban agriculture is a product of the community it is based in, depending on politics, history, and social environments. For these reasons, the relationship between urban agriculture and the community is an area where more research is needed. This thesis explores the role visible gardens play in community building, sustainability, and food security in gentrifying neighborhoods in Denver. Through qualitative methods …


The Pet’S ‘Perfect Bowl’: Environmental And Welfare Discourse In Alternative Pet Food Movements, Carly Baker Jan 2022

The Pet’S ‘Perfect Bowl’: Environmental And Welfare Discourse In Alternative Pet Food Movements, Carly Baker

Theses and Dissertations--Geography

Marketing ‘sustainable and humane’ super-premium dog kibble has emerged alongside alternative food movements (AFM). Unfortunately, super-premium pet-food comprised of ‘high-quality’ protein is at odds with sustainability and affect for particular animals. This study analyzed social and geographical (mis)representations of nonhumans in the pet-food commodity chain by tracing how knowledge and value is produced, and mapping the geography of Open Farm dog food. I assess these geographies and discourses and I identify the following: (1) sustainability claims focus on transportation and packaging, ignoring the significant environmental and social impacts of animal agriculture. (2) Images of farmed animals on packaging often do …


Environmental Racism In Baltimore: A Geographical Study Into The Connections Between Environmental Toxins And Public Health, Genevieve Block Jan 2022

Environmental Racism In Baltimore: A Geographical Study Into The Connections Between Environmental Toxins And Public Health, Genevieve Block

Honors Theses

An investigation into the relationship between environmental toxins and environmental racism in Baltimore City, Maryland.


Deep Roots In Eroding Soil: Building Decolonial Resilience Amidst Climate Violence And Displacement In A Louisiana Bayou Indigenous Community, Lia Mcgrath Kahan Jan 2022

Deep Roots In Eroding Soil: Building Decolonial Resilience Amidst Climate Violence And Displacement In A Louisiana Bayou Indigenous Community, Lia Mcgrath Kahan

Senior Independent Study Theses

The Pointe-au-Chien Indigenous community of coastal Louisiana is fighting for survival as climate change and socio-political factors threaten to displace them from their ancestral home. This project takes an ethnographic and historical approach to exploring how colonization and climate change have influenced Pointe-au-Chien tribal members’ ability to stay on their ancestral land. Climate projections estimate that the bayou this community has lived alongside of for generations will soon be unrecognizable, leading to potential displacement and devastating cultural loss. Due to the increasing severity of climate change, it is crucial to look to the experiences of frontline Indigenous communities to support …


Political Culture: An Unexplored Factor In Climate Change Diplomacy, Alexander Suen Jan 2022

Political Culture: An Unexplored Factor In Climate Change Diplomacy, Alexander Suen

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

As climate change continues to ravage the world, mitigation efforts continue to be insufficient to rise to the challenge. Inaction on climate change has been traditionally explained by economic incentives, but some of the variability in climate policies cannot be explained by economics alone. Some variations could be accounted for by the deeply rooted national political culture of Anglo-settler colonies. This political culture may inhibit the willingness of such states to cooperate on climate change. In this dissertation, I describe the political philosophy of the Anglo-settler colony, and the histories of domination of its white settlers over the indigenous peoples …


Tales From A Placeholder: A Relational Journey With Land, Place, People And Self, Kalle O. Fox Jan 2022

Tales From A Placeholder: A Relational Journey With Land, Place, People And Self, Kalle O. Fox

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The proposed thesis is a collection of place-based, long- and-short-form creative nonfiction essays. The places of interest are where the author spent different amounts of time in during her twenties, including Iceland, Miami and Seaside, Florida, Butte and Missoula, Montana, and a series of National Parks on the western side of the Continental Divide. This thesis is informed what cultural geographer Yi Fu Tuan coined as topophilia: the affective bond between people and place. “Place” and “sense of place,” while each having their own array of definitions in environmental scholarship, are considered interchangeable in the context of my work. A …


Exploring Visitor Perceptions And Behaviours Related To Ticks And Lyme Disease Risk In An Ontario Protected Area, Ryan Brady Jan 2022

Exploring Visitor Perceptions And Behaviours Related To Ticks And Lyme Disease Risk In An Ontario Protected Area, Ryan Brady

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne zoonosis in North America and over the past decade, reported cases of the disease have been rapidly increasing in many regions throughout Canada. The relative novelty of this public health threat presents nature-based tourism and recreation organizations with a range of policy and management challenges. Currently, there is a limited understanding of public perceptions and behaviours associated with tick and Lyme disease risk, especially within a Canadian parks and protected areas visitation and visitor experience context. To address this practical and scholarly knowledge gap, this study utilized in-situ surveys to explore visitor perceptions, …


Adaptive Capacity And Mobility In The Bahamas: Examining The Social Costs Of Displacement In Response To Hurricane Dorian, Kearney Coupland Jan 2022

Adaptive Capacity And Mobility In The Bahamas: Examining The Social Costs Of Displacement In Response To Hurricane Dorian, Kearney Coupland

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

In 2021, over 30 million people were displaced by disasters, most of which were weather related and nearly half of which were the result of storms. While research on disaster displacement has provided broad observations of post-hurricane human mobility and the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics that influence displacement, few studies examine the factors that influence household mobility decisions after a disaster. My dissertation uses a primarily qualitative research approach to empirically investigate the relationship between mobility and the capacity of displaced households to cope and adapt to the impacts of hurricanes through a detailed examination of Hurricane Dorian displacement in …


Undersea Cables: The Ultimate Geopolitical Chokepoint, Bert Chapman Dec 2021

Undersea Cables: The Ultimate Geopolitical Chokepoint, Bert Chapman

FORCES Initiative: Strategy, Security, and Social Systems

This work provides historical and contemporary overviews of this critical geopolitical problem, describes the policy actors addressing this in the U.S. and selected other countries, and provides maps and information on many undersea cable work routes. These cables are chokepoints with one dictionary defining chokepoints as “a strategic narrow route providing passage through or to another region."


The Case Against The Case For Zoning, Michael Lewyn Nov 2021

The Case Against The Case For Zoning, Michael Lewyn

Scholarly Works

Power points used in a presentation on a work in progress, responding to Christopher Serkin's "Case For Zoning" article at 96 Notre Dame L. Rev. 749.


Green Spaces With Playgrounds In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Green Spaces With Playgrounds In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Parks With Restroom Facilities In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Parks With Restroom Facilities In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Parks With Bike Racks In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Parks With Bike Racks In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Parks With Security Cameras In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Parks With Security Cameras In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Parks With Basketball Courts In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Parks With Basketball Courts In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Green Spaces With Picnic Shelters In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Green Spaces With Picnic Shelters In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Presence Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Presence Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Count Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Count Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Presence Per Zip Code In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Presence Per Zip Code In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Presence Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Presence Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Count Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Count Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Presence Per Zip Code In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Presence Per Zip Code In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Quality Per Census Tract In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.


Amenity Quality Per Zip Code In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson Aug 2021

Amenity Quality Per Zip Code In Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Jennifer L. Bradham, Drew Wilson

Green Space Equity

No abstract provided.