Urban agriculture (UA) can contribute to improving social and environmental functions depending on the way it is practiced. Urban agriculture is part of the Alternative Food Network social movement, with goals that include redefining the food production process by making it more…
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Practices of cultivation and control over land are deeply entangled matters in Israel-Palestine. By the turn of the twentieth century scientists had begun to systematically examine the cultivation practices of Arab farmers. Around the same time, the area was the scene of major l…
Transformations of the various agricultural systems have been taking place in the coastal zone of Bangladesh. While some farmers continue to follow traditional practices, in recent years, others have become involved in massive shrimp cultivation, shrimp-rice cultivation, a rice-…
This dissertation research examined the operation, circulation, and articulation of discourses associated with contemporary globalization in producing the agricultural landscape of an area of rural Jamaica. As a part of the world subject to European colonial domination from the …
This critical ethnography documents the process of the Washington State Accessible Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) Committee. Formed in 2004, its mission was to train disability advocates who would in-turn train members of their communities in disaster preparedness …
Examination of how Indigenous People have been forced to make adaptations from exploitation by Colonial powers for survival and explains how the resultant decision making models of Indigenous people, based on their traditions and culture, have promoted sustainable growth and dev…
Studies of modern Palestine and Israel usually highlight the struggle of European powers for control and the formation of Jewish and Palestinian nationalisms. This dissertation does otherwise. With a thesis centered on the physical "making of a Holy Land," this work combines the…
Icebergs are melting in the Arctic. The Gulf of Mexico is warming and producing hurricanes such as Katrina. The delta of the southern United States is drying. And, Yemen will be the first country in modern history to experience a lack of accessible ground water, as soon as 2017 …
This study investigated the livelihood strategies of mountain communities and their relationships with natural resources in northern Pakistan. Interventions by the State to conserve biodiversity have led to the “decommonisation” of the commons and with strict sanctions on the lo…
An arsenic-rich shallow hydrothermal vent ecosystem in Tutum Bay, Papua New Guinea was the source of an enrichment culture for arsenate reducing microorganisms. From this enrichment culture a novel species of Burkholderia was isolated. It was analyzed by fatty acid methyl ester …
Environmental disputes occur frequently, particularly in contexts of poor natural resource management and vague law, but while some of these disputes end quickly without fatalities, some escalate to violence or become persistent contentious juggernauts that are increasingly hard…
African Literature and the Environment: A Study in Postcolonial Ecocriticism, examines how African literary texts document, critique, and offer alternative visions on ecological crises such as the Niger-Delta oil pollution and the dumping of toxic wastes in African waters. The s…
Through a study of its natural environment and irrigation system, this dissertation investigates the evolution of the landscape of Egypt's Fayyum depression across sixteen centuries, from the third century BCE to the thirteenth century CE. From the evidence of Greek papyri, Arab…
An 18-month study (July 2009 - December 2010) was conducted to determine the influence of four dams located in series along the Perak River, in Malaysia: Temengor, Bersia, Kenering and Chenderoh dams. The framework for investigation centered around the Serial Discontinuity Conce…
This thesis presents a market study and economic feasibility analysis on developing a facility utilizing olive oil production waste as a carbon substrate in polyhydroxyalkanoate production. Three underlying questions will be explored within this thesis: (1) Can olive oil mill ef…
The World Bank paradigm of large-scale neoliberal development projects has repeatedly failed to deliver durable and sustainable changes for the world's poorest nations. Although the World Bank and other multilateral development organizations have committed themselves to forging …
Land use and land cover changes have been impacting the hydrologic processes of coastal-plain watersheds of the southeastern United States. To better understand effects of land use change on these watershed processes, it is critical to understand the groundwater and surface-wate…
Although there is a growing literature on resilience and collaborative approaches to ecosystem management, there are relatively few empirical case studies on the process of adaptive governance. Moreover, previous research offers limited insights into the conditions that facilita…