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Water use conflicts in the Lower Pecos, Permian Basin: A spatio-temporal analysis of unconventional oil and gas development and agriculture under drought conditions
(2023-12-15)
Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) production is increasing rapidly within the U.S., especially the practice of hydraulic fracturing (HF). HF requires large quantities of water, which raises concerns about water scarcity, ...
STREAM FRAGMENTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION IN THE GREAT PLAINS
(2017-05-12)
Rivers and streams within the Great Plains have undergone extensive levels of fragmentation by road culverts, which has led to habitat loss, degraded water quality, and a loss of aquatic biodiversity. There is a pressing ...
A Spatial Analysis of Simulated Tornado Warning Decisions in the United States
(2021-12-17)
The work presented in this thesis uses theories from risk perception and decision making to examine spatial variations of tornado warning decision making across the U.S. Decision-making as it relates to tornado warnings ...
Patterns of Pollution: A Legal Geography of America's Toxic History and the Road to Remediation at the Tar Creek Superfund Site
(2023-08-04)
Toxic sites across the United States have been sacrificed for progress and prosperity somewhere else. Far and wide, the communities that inhabit sacrifice zones and experience slow violence–or harm that happens over long ...
Return-on-investment frameworks can increase the efficiency of restoration efforts to improve freshwater connectivity
(2017-05-13)
With global declines in biodiversity and limited budgets, many conservation organizations are trying to increase the efficiency of conservation efforts. One method is the use of a return-on-investment (ROI) framework, which ...
Importance of Weather Monitoring Information for Decision Making in Agricultural Production
(2016)
Extreme weather events and climate variability are among the most significant factors negatively affecting agricultural production in the United States. Approximately 8 out of every 10 acres in Oklahoma is used for ...
SUSTAINABILITY EN VOGUE: HOW CAN THE FASHION INDUSTRY BEGIN TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY?
(2020-05)
Circularity and sustainability have become hot topics in the fashion industry, with corporations, brands, and designers all pledging to reduce their footprint, utilize more “natural” materials or even waste, and increase ...
Heritage Walking: a Popular Geopolitics Study of the AYA Application and its role in Nation-Building and Heritage as a Motivational Factor for Walking
(2023-12-15)
The AYA application (hereafter, app) released by the Chickasaw Nation in 2018, is a fitness app with a gamified rewards system built around the history and culture of the Chickasaw Nation. The Chickasaw Nation as a tribal ...
"One card to rule them all:" Towards a Critical Understanding of New Fare Collection Technology
(2021-05)
Payments for public transit are changing, as agencies adapt to the near-ubiquity of smartphones as well as credit- and debit-cards in order to secure fare revenues. These developments have enabled many transit agencies in ...
WATER USE TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BASIN: CASE STUDIES IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO
(2017-05)
The Rio Grande River Basin spanning over Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico presents a big challenge in terms of efficient water management. Water is allocated by a wide range of relatively autonomous water authorities ...