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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Nature and Society Relations"”.
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The Role of Landscape in the Distribution of Deer-Vehicle Collisions in Two Counties in South-Central Mississippi
… negative impact on the economy, traffic safety, and general wellbeing of otherwise healthy deer populations. To mitigate DVCs, it is imperative to gain a better understanding of the factors that play a role in their spatial distribution. Much of the existing research has been inconclusive, …
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A natural quartet: working with nature for a humane 21st century
<p>The preeminence of nature, an intolerance of tyranny, the use of empirical inquiry and the pursuit of happiness: four ideas -- a quartet -- are woven into the fabric of the Declaration of Independence, American culture and other cultures. This exploration of the powerful and useful quartet of …
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A changing cultural landscape: Yanchep National Park, Western Australia
This study depicts the changing landscape of Western Australia's Yanchep National Park as it has evolved in response to natural processes and human activities. The study also serves to evaluate the level of input Indigenous people have in the management of Australian natural and cultural heritage. …
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Whose Woods These Are: Human-Environment Relationships Among Stakeholders of South Mississippi's Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
<p>Between 1870 and 1920, the longleaf pine belt of the southeastern United States experienced an extensive and unsustainable period of logging. In the years after the logging boom the landscape of the Southeast was reforested, but fire suppression and a preference among landowners for loblolly …
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Using Repeat Photography to Examine Change in a U.S. National Park Gateway Community: A Case Study of Estes Park, Colorado
… communities. Gateway communities are the towns and cities that border public lands and protected spaces. The impact of our visits on these gateway communities is considerable, with many gateways and their residents relying on consistent and ever-increasing visitation to national parks to spur …
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Assessing Landscape Change in Highland Peru with an Emphasis on Tree Cover Change, 1948-2012
… was examined around three cities in the central Andes of Peru, 1948-2012, using repeat photography, remote sensing, and ethnographic methods. Forest transition theory provided a framework to study the causes of the changes observed. The repeat photography results show that there were more trees …
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The Economic Impact of Forest Harvest Practices on Washington State Park Visitation
… in the United States. Because of the widespread and abundant number of harvests, many forests that society values are affected via diminished aesthetic appeal. Of these affected areas are Washington State Parks and the areas around them. This study seeks to estimate the economic impact that …
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Crops or Crafts? Changes in Land Use in the Imbabura Valley of Ecuador
<p>In rural societies where urbanization and modernization are contributing to rapid growth, changes in land use can both reflect and bring about broader changes within a community. This study seeks to investigate changes in land use in the Imbabura valley of Ecuador from the perspective of the …
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HEARING/s: Will in the Carceral Archive
… the “criminal,” or captive will — as it is manhandled through an archive of reverends, wardens and superintendents narrating the future of prison reform. Drawing primarily from National Prison Association Conference archives between the years 1874 and 1895, these documents saturate the work with …
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Why Now?: A Case Study of Split Estate and Fracking Activity in Garfield County Colorado
… associated with hydraulic fracturing activities and issues of split estate in Battlement Mesa Planned Unit Development in Garfield County, CO. Data for this research was collected during 2 months in the summer of 2015 using a series of ethnographic research methods. In doing so, this research …
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Geographical Analysis of Offender Vulnerability: Modeling Coastal Hazards and Social Disorganization in Southern Mississippi
… specific groups are affected by damaging events and how their unique sociodemographic characteristics contribute to variations in resilience and recovery. Studies have shown that underprivileged communities suffer more adversely and take longer to recover from hazard events. Probationers and …
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Corporate-Community Mining Conflicts in Guatemala: Unsettling Hegemonic Power Relations in Environmental Struggles
… in Guatemala with the purpose of better understanding how environmental struggles emerge and take shape. The study uses environmental governance as a framework to analyze the processes, institutions, actors and discourses that shape the conditions of possibility of political action and …
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Crawl Space: Driving Over the Anthropocene in a Jeep
<p>The automobile has long been directly and indirectly connected to human conceptions of nature, yet few studies linger with the act of driving as a practice that contributes to how nature is experienced. I argue that a more nuanced understanding of automobility is necessary for any scholars who …
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The Effects of Surf-Driven Development on the Local Population of Playa Gigante, Nicaragua
… important role in the improvements of the local and national economies. One of these countries that have started to view tourism as a way to alleviate poverty throughout the country is Nicaragua. With miles of beaches, large swaths of pristine rainforests and beautiful volcanoes, Nicaragua has …
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Improving Earthquake Disaster Models with Post-Event Data: Insights from the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake
… three ways in which post- disaster survey and assessment datasets can be used to inform models of seismic risk, vulnerability, and recovery processes. The first article presents an empirical analysis of scale issues in disaster vulnerability indices using a novel dataset of 750,000 …
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Plain & Simple: The Will to Live Sustainably in an Unsustainable World
… is a buzzword covering a variety of fields and subjects. For the purposes of my research sustainability is “the ability to keep going over the long haul. As a value, it refers to giving equal weight in your decisions to the future as well as the present” (Gilman 1). The sustainability …
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Fresh Squeezed: The Dilemma of Local Food Production Along Colorado's Front Range Urban Corridor
… battlefield. The history of food production and urbanization in this area is similar to many regions throughout the western United States. Originally an extraction based economy, Colorado later became agriculturally/pastorally based, and more recently became a service-based, urban economy. On …
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