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Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration- an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon
ScholarsArchive at Oregon State University
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration- an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon |
| Names |
Odom, Olivia
(creator) Wolf, Aaron (advisor) |
| Date Issued | 2008-07-11T22:43:27Z (iso8601) |
| Note | Graduation date: 2009 |
| Abstract | Globally, access to safe, reliable drinking water sources is a major challenge of this generation. Protected sources of drinking water provide communities with a sustainable, vital resource, yet many public water suppliers lack legal authority over their source water protection (SWP) area, especially in surface water systems. Absence of legal authority and ownership restricts institutional capacity. In the absence of legal authority and land ownership, strong social capacity supplements weak institutional capacity for SWP. Using a case study approach, this paper presents a national experience survey of municipal approaches to increasing institutional capacity for SWP; details SWP programs of two similar municipalities; uses those findings to inform the creation of a SWP plan in Corvallis, Oregon with particular attention paid to the augmentation of institutional capacity by integration with existing environmental stewardship organizations; compares institutional outcomes; and finds that social capacity maximization is a viable approach to SWP. |
| Genre | Thesis |
| Topic | source water protection |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1957/8941 |
