Browsing OSU Dissertations by Author "Vadjunec, Jacqueline"
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Ghosts of the past or relics of the future? A geographical analysis of the hand-pulled rickshaws of Calcutta
Hyrapiet, Shireen (2012-12)This dissertation was an attempt to develop a better understanding of the use and value of hand-pulled rickshaws in the city of Calcutta and the lifeworlds of the rickshaw pullers because of a ban placed on the profession ... -
Land-use/land-cover change and vulnerability to landslide disasters in Kurseong (Darjeeling Himalayas), India
Bandyopadhyay, Samayita (2021-05)This three-article dissertation (TAD) examines the drivers and impacts of Land-use/land-cover Change (LULCC) on the social-ecological system (SES) in a Himalayan region, prone to landslide disasters. The study region is ... -
Rural Oklahoma and the nexus of disaster vulnerability, risk, and resilience
Straub, Adam Michael (2022-03)The concepts of vulnerability, risk, and resilience have experienced a meteoric rise in academic attention among disaster scholars over the past three decades. Vulnerability operates as the set of social conditions which ... -
Understanding climate change discourse in China
Du, Juan (2021-07)China plays a significant role in the international climate regime. Past studies focus on analysis of climate change policies and examine micro-level climate change concerns quantitatively. Using 1736 reports from four ...