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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"New West"”.
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Challenges for the New West: Economic impacts of wilderness in Nevada's rural counties
… will undermine the rural economies in the west that are dependent upon extractive industries such as mining and logging. Proponents argue that the "Old West" reliance on extractive industries is declining and, in the "New West", wilderness promotes economic development in rural communities …
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Amundsen Sea sea-ice variability, atmospheric circulation, and spatial variations in snow isotopic composition from new West Antarctic firn cores
… work has documented dramatic changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) over the past 30 years (e.g., mass loss, glacier acceleration, surface warming) due largely to the influence of the marine environment. WAIS is particularly vulnerable to largescale atmospheric dynamics that remotely …
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Amundsen Sea sea-ice variability, atmospheric circulation, and spatial variations in snow isotopic composition from new West Antarctic firn cores
… work has documented dramatic changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) over the past 30 years (e.g., mass loss, glacier acceleration, surface warming) due largely to the influence of the marine environment. WAIS is particularly vulnerable to large-scale atmospheric dynamics that remotely …
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'The East End is the new West End': London 2012 and resident experiences of the urban changes in a post-Olympic landscape.
Sociological inquiry into the management, hosting and subsequent legacies of the Olympic Games has provided a useful lens through which to examine the staging of sporting mega-events and their impact upon both tangible and intangible outcomes (Gratton and Preuss 2008; Preuss 2010). Whilst broad …
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An Analysis of Demographic and Socio-Economic Change in the Clark Fork Watershed Between 2000 and 2010
… be characteristic of a transition from the Old West of resource production and extraction to a New West of landscape consumption. This thesis uses indicators of socio-economic changes associated with the New West such as rapid population growth caused by amenity migration to examine changes in …
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An Analysis of Demographic and Socio-Economic Change in the Clark Fork Watershed Between 2000 and 2010
… be characteristic of a transition from the Old West of resource production and extraction to a New West of landscape consumption. This thesis uses indicators of socio-economic changes associated with the New West such as rapid population growth caused by amenity migration to examine changes in …
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"Take my saddle from the wall" : Larry McMurtry and his innovations on the formula Western.
… to discuss Larry McMurtry's use of the formula Western. Chapter One defines the "formula Western" in terms of setting, characters, symbols, and themes; the other chapters examine McMurtry's "Western" novels, Horseman, Pass By, The Last Picture Show, Lonesome Dove, and Anything For Billy in light …
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Planning Gone Hog Wild: Mega-Hog Farm in a Mountain West County
Lacking the natural amenities “New West" counties, some rural communities have attempted to attract land use activities that are normally seen as undesirable. One example of these undesirable industries is the hog concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO. While a number of studies have …
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RIVER HOUSE
… scales. Central Oregon has become the trendy new west full of people who abandoned their own places for this better place. I write to preserve the open and the harsh desert I grew up in. I hope to help people understand the human and animal communities that give definition to this desert on …
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RIVER HOUSE
… scales. Central Oregon has become the trendy new west full of people who abandoned their own places for this better place. I write to preserve the open and the harsh desert I grew up in. I hope to help people understand the human and animal communities that give definition to this desert on …
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Grizzly West: The Story of the Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
… Administration took office in January, 2001, the new Secretary of the Interior promptly shelved the project. This thesis situates the collapse of the project as a product of the political, economic, and cultural divide that characterized the West during this period. Although the New West, which …
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Grizzly West: The Story of the Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears to the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
… Administration took office in January, 2001, the new Secretary of the Interior promptly shelved the project. This thesis situates the collapse of the project as a product of the political, economic, and cultural divide that characterized the West during this period. Although the New West, which …
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Field-Marshal Albert Kesselring in Context
… own inadequacies. During the final months on the Western Front, the thesis asks why he fought so ruthlessly to the bitter end. His imprisonment and trial are examined from the legal and historical/political point of view, and the contentions which arose regarding his early release. The thesis will …
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Accessibility-based analysis of infrastructure improvements to the Multimodal Western Corridor in Massachusetts
… bike and pedestrian connectivity, building a new West Station, and eventually introducing new passenger rail service using DMU's through Kendall to North Station. With the roadway network operating close to, at, or beyond its practical capacity, these changes could allow for a major modal …
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AN INQUIRY INTO ECO-LABELING: THE PROMISE OF PREDATOR FRIENDLY CERTIFICATION (PFC)
… changing conversation around predators in the New West. Means of co-existence include livestock guardian animals, electric fencing, fladry, range rider patrols, rotational grazing, and lights etc. One grassroots effort in this area is Predator Friendly Certification (PFC). PFC is a 2nd party …
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AN INQUIRY INTO ECO-LABELING: THE PROMISE OF PREDATOR FRIENDLY CERTIFICATION (PFC)
… changing conversation around predators in the New West. Means of co-existence include livestock guardian animals, electric fencing, fladry, range rider patrols, rotational grazing, and lights etc. One grassroots effort in this area is Predator Friendly Certification (PFC). PFC is a 2nd party …
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Recreation Capital: Natural Resources, Amenity Development, and Outdoor Recreation in Bend, Oregon
… landscape studies, and histories of the American West. Drawing from sources such as government reports, business records, archival records, personal interviews, and newspaper research I construct a narrative of recreational development in Bend, Oregon since 1950. Before Bend became emblematic of …
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Remembering East German Childhood In Post-Wende Life Narratives
… the construction of a counter-memory to dominant West German discourse which devalues virtually everything East German. As such, the literary representation of East German childhood memories constitutes an attempt to define Ossi identity in positive terms and emphatically reject the ascription of …