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• 1. [Article] WORDS BETWEEN LINES: DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE ON DAMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND A CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE IN PAKISTAN

  Pakistan currently experiences a deficit in its energy supply and upcoming water shortage. Lack of energy negatively impacts the country's economy, and water shortage would put stress on its agriculture, ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: WORDS BETWEEN LINES: DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE ON DAMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND A CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE IN PAKISTAN Author: Houston, Henry Year: 2017 Pakistan currently experiences a deficit in its energy supply and upcoming water shortage. Lack of energy negatively impacts the country's economy, and water shortage would put stress on its agriculture, for example. Furthermore, climate change will further exacerbate these two problems. Dams are considered as a solution because of their ability to manage water resources while generating electricity. Informed by Michel Foucault's power/ knowledge, the purpose of this thesis is to understand how energy and water professionals in Pakistan view sustainable development, and if dams can be considered as sustainable development and climate change adaptive infrastructure. Drawing on interviews in Pakistan, I found that professionals supported dams through mobilizing technocratic discourses that were perceived as apolitical. Yet, I also find that these discourses are political, and I discuss the ramifications of the mobilization of technical discourses that claim to be apolitical for future energy policy decisions in Pakistan. Title: WORDS BETWEEN LINES: DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE ON DAMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND A CLIMATE CHANGE FUTURE IN PAKISTAN Author: Houston, Henry Year: 2017 Pakistan currently experiences a deficit in its energy supply and upcoming water shortage. Lack of energy negatively impacts the country's economy, and water shortage would put stress on its agriculture, for example. Furthermore, climate change will further exacerbate these two problems. Dams are considered as a solution because of their ability to manage water resources while generating electricity. Informed by Michel Foucault's power/ knowledge, the purpose of this thesis is to understand how energy and water professionals in Pakistan view sustainable development, and if dams can be considered as sustainable development and climate change adaptive infrastructure. Drawing on interviews in Pakistan, I found that professionals supported dams through mobilizing technocratic discourses that were perceived as apolitical. Yet, I also find that these discourses are political, and I discuss the ramifications of the mobilization of technical discourses that claim to be apolitical for future energy policy decisions in Pakistan. Close

• 2. [Article] Photoelectron microscopy and quantum yields of membrane phospholipids

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Photoelectron microscopy and quantum yields of membrane phospholipids Author: Griffith, O. H., Dam, R. J. Year: 2016, 1976 2 pages Title: Photoelectron microscopy and quantum yields of membrane phospholipids Author: Griffith, O. H., Dam, R. J. Year: 2016, 1976 2 pages Close

• 3. [Article] Salmon Feeds Our People: Challenging Dams on the Klamath River

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Salmon Feeds Our People: Challenging Dams on the Klamath River Author: Norgaard, Kari Marie, Reed, Ron Year: 2015, 2010 10 pages Title: Salmon Feeds Our People: Challenging Dams on the Klamath River Author: Norgaard, Kari Marie, Reed, Ron Year: 2015, 2010 10 pages Close

• 4. [Article] Social Vulnerability and Dam Risk A methodology for understanding the relationship between demographic characteristics and hazard threat

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Social Vulnerability and Dam Risk A methodology for understanding the relationship between demographic characteristics and hazard threat Author: Pluss, Madeleine Year: 2017 68 pages Title: Social Vulnerability and Dam Risk A methodology for understanding the relationship between demographic characteristics and hazard threat Author: Pluss, Madeleine Year: 2017 68 pages Close

• 5. [Article] Photoelectron microscopy of biomembranes: Observation of external photomission from spinach chloroplasts

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Photoelectron microscopy of biomembranes: Observation of external photomission from spinach chloroplasts Author: Dam, R. J., Lesch, G. H., Deamer, D. W., Griffith, O. H. Year: 2016, 1975 2 pages Title: Photoelectron microscopy of biomembranes: Observation of external photomission from spinach chloroplasts Author: Dam, R. J., Lesch, G. H., Deamer, D. W., Griffith, O. H. Year: 2016, 1975 2 pages Close

• 6. [Article] Photoelectron microscopy of organic surfaces: The effect of substrate reflectivity

  5 pages

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Photoelectron microscopy of organic surfaces: The effect of substrate reflectivity Author: Dam, R. J., Griffith, O. H., Rempfer, G. F. Year: 2016, 1976 5 pages Title: Photoelectron microscopy of organic surfaces: The effect of substrate reflectivity Author: Dam, R. J., Griffith, O. H., Rempfer, G. F. Year: 2016, 1976 5 pages Close

• 7. [Article] Photoelectron microscopy of biological surfaces. Excitation source brightness requirements

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Photoelectron microscopy of biological surfaces. Excitation source brightness requirements Author: Dam, R. J., Griffith, O. H. Year: 2016, 1976 7 pages Title: Photoelectron microscopy of biological surfaces. Excitation source brightness requirements Author: Dam, R. J., Griffith, O. H. Year: 2016, 1976 7 pages Close

• 8. [Article] Dam Removal and Hydropower Production in the United States–Ushering In a New Era

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Dam Removal and Hydropower Production in the United States–Ushering In a New Era Author: Amos, Adell L. Year: 2014 34 pages Title: Dam Removal and Hydropower Production in the United States–Ushering In a New Era Author: Amos, Adell L. Year: 2014 34 pages Close

• 9. [Article] UNDERSTANDING HYDROPOWER IN CHINA: BALANCING ENERGY SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NU RIVER VALLEY OF YUNNAN PROVINCE

  Research to date analyzing socioeconomic, social and environmental implications emanating from hydropower development in China has focused disproportionally on macro-scale projects, specifically large ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: UNDERSTANDING HYDROPOWER IN CHINA: BALANCING ENERGY SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NU RIVER VALLEY OF YUNNAN PROVINCE Author: Ptak, Thomas Year: 2016 Research to date analyzing socioeconomic, social and environmental implications emanating from hydropower development in China has focused disproportionally on macro-scale projects, specifically large dams. The very size of these projects should not, but largely have, obscured other developments of significance; small hydropower operations. Small dams and diversion stations with an operating capacity of 50 Megawatts or less represent approximately a third of installed hydroelectric capacity in China. Recently, the proliferation of small hydropower has rapidly increased, particularly in Yunnan province. A belief that small hydropower operations are an environmentally sound alternative to burning coal, which contributes to China’s much publicized air quality issues and global climate challenges drives current development. However, despite the significance of small-scale projects, research to date has largely neglected their role. As a result of this ‘tunnel vision’, an integral component of China’s hydropower assemblage has received inadequate attention, remaining little known and less understood. This dissertation is the result of research that investigates small hydropower development in a rural and remote corner of China’s Nu river valley, located in the far northwest of Yunnan province. Objectives of the research were evaluating the effectiveness of small operations to promote socioeconomic development in rural and remote communities while contributing to China’s broader energy security demands. In addition, the research evaluated the ways hydropower development and the supply of electricity shaped the social circumstances in village communities of the upper Nu river valley. Finally, this research analyzed a range of environmental implications resulting from small operations that were both evident on local landscapes and in spaces far removed. Title: UNDERSTANDING HYDROPOWER IN CHINA: BALANCING ENERGY SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NU RIVER VALLEY OF YUNNAN PROVINCE Author: Ptak, Thomas Year: 2016 Research to date analyzing socioeconomic, social and environmental implications emanating from hydropower development in China has focused disproportionally on macro-scale projects, specifically large dams. The very size of these projects should not, but largely have, obscured other developments of significance; small hydropower operations. Small dams and diversion stations with an operating capacity of 50 Megawatts or less represent approximately a third of installed hydroelectric capacity in China. Recently, the proliferation of small hydropower has rapidly increased, particularly in Yunnan province. A belief that small hydropower operations are an environmentally sound alternative to burning coal, which contributes to China’s much publicized air quality issues and global climate challenges drives current development. However, despite the significance of small-scale projects, research to date has largely neglected their role. As a result of this ‘tunnel vision’, an integral component of China’s hydropower assemblage has received inadequate attention, remaining little known and less understood. This dissertation is the result of research that investigates small hydropower development in a rural and remote corner of China’s Nu river valley, located in the far northwest of Yunnan province. Objectives of the research were evaluating the effectiveness of small operations to promote socioeconomic development in rural and remote communities while contributing to China’s broader energy security demands. In addition, the research evaluated the ways hydropower development and the supply of electricity shaped the social circumstances in village communities of the upper Nu river valley. Finally, this research analyzed a range of environmental implications resulting from small operations that were both evident on local landscapes and in spaces far removed. Close

• 10. [Article] Modeling Historical Meander Bends Reconnection on the lower Long Tom River in Lane Co. and Benton Co., OR

  Since the damming and channelization of the lower Long Tom River in the 1940s and 1950s, the quality and quantity of habitat for coastal cutthroat trout and spring Chinook salmon in the watershed has dramatically ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Modeling Historical Meander Bends Reconnection on the lower Long Tom River in Lane Co. and Benton Co., OR Author: Appleby, Christina Year: 2016 Since the damming and channelization of the lower Long Tom River in the 1940s and 1950s, the quality and quantity of habitat for coastal cutthroat trout and spring Chinook salmon in the watershed has dramatically diminished. In order to better understand the potential for stream restoration, this study uses 2D hydraulic modeling to determine the impact of reconnecting historical meander bends to the main stem of the lower Long Tom River on localized flooding, sediment erosion and deposition, and salmonid physical habitat. These models compare the current conditions to two restoration scenarios that allow for fish passage given 1, 2, and 5-year flood events at two study sites. This study reveals important variations in the impact of restoration between the study sites and the reconnection methods. It also suggests that there is the potential for a large increase in the area of accessible habitat with stream restoration. Title: Modeling Historical Meander Bends Reconnection on the lower Long Tom River in Lane Co. and Benton Co., OR Author: Appleby, Christina Year: 2016 Since the damming and channelization of the lower Long Tom River in the 1940s and 1950s, the quality and quantity of habitat for coastal cutthroat trout and spring Chinook salmon in the watershed has dramatically diminished. In order to better understand the potential for stream restoration, this study uses 2D hydraulic modeling to determine the impact of reconnecting historical meander bends to the main stem of the lower Long Tom River on localized flooding, sediment erosion and deposition, and salmonid physical habitat. These models compare the current conditions to two restoration scenarios that allow for fish passage given 1, 2, and 5-year flood events at two study sites. This study reveals important variations in the impact of restoration between the study sites and the reconnection methods. It also suggests that there is the potential for a large increase in the area of accessible habitat with stream restoration. Close