Waste Not: Consumer Habits and Waste Management in Ho Chi Minh City Questions How do consumer habits in Vietnam affect waste patterns and management? What are consumer waste habits in Vietnam? What is the waste management system in Vietnam? Background Like many other developing countries, Vietnam faces environmental degradation due to its rapid economic growth. […]
Proposal #2- Water and Development
Braving the Rain: Managing Development and Flooding in Ho Chi Minh City Questions How do new urban developments in Ho Chi Minh City affect surface water management? How is surface water managed in Vietnam? Background Like many other developing countries, Vietnam faces environmental degradation due to its rapid urbanization and lax environmental regulations. One major […]
Proposal #1- Migration and Land Use/Cover Change
Moving to the city: Patterns of Migration and Land Use/Cover Change How do patterns of migration in Vietnam affect land /use cover? What are the patterns of migration in Vietnam? What motivates people to migrate to Ho Chi Minh City? How have land use/cover patterns changed in the Saigon River Watershed? Background As Eric F. […]
Carbon Tax Case Studies (Ireland and Chile)
Below I have discussed and compared Ireland’s and Chile’s carbon tax plans. This is part of a larger research project that looks at whether Portland should implement a carbon tax. Convery, F. J., L. Dunne and D. Joyce (2013), “Ireland’s Carbon Tax and the Fiscal Crisis: Issues in Fiscal Adjustment, Environmental Effectiveness, Competitiveness, Leakage and […]
Willapa Bay Bathymetry and Tidal Fluxes
Map and Text by Laurel Garrett and Jhana Valentine The map above shows the bathymetry of Willapa Bay in Washington State. The area has been under scrutiny lately as the massive chemical eradication of Spartina alterniflora, an invasive cordgrass, is winding up. Many oysters farmers working in Willapa Bay claim the bay is the […]
Willapa Bay Benthic Habitat Survey
Map and Text By Laurel Garrett and Jhana Valentine This benthic habitat survey (1995) has been completed by the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Oregon State University, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Washington Department of Transportation, Marine Resources Consultations Inc., University of Washington, and the United States Geological Survey. The […]
Concentration Review and Next Steps
Since the Fall of 2013 when I wrote my concentration, I have had the good fortune to travel to both the places I mention in my summary case studies, the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. The ability to experience the conditions that I describe and studied for writing my concentration […]
A 3-minute TEDtalk
My concentration is on river management in monsoon regions. This concentration developed partially because I decided to go abroad to Vietnam and because also because I was interested in how we interact with water and how these interactions change water systems. So I went to Vietnam. Along with other research on waste management and environmental […]