Faculty
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Richard KuhnPhD, University of Alberta, 1987 Office: Hutt 350 |
Specialization
Resource management, environmental assessment, political economy, nuclear fuel waste management.
Research Interests and Areas of Expertise
My research has focused on the broad theme of resource management emphasizing policy analysis, assessment frameworks and political economy. Research on nuclear fuel waste disposal has focused on public attitudes, facility location models and environmental assessment frameworks. I have also contributed to the ongoing dialogue concerning the role of traditional and local knowledge in land management decision making.
Ongoing Projects
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (with Brenda Murphy; Wilfrid Laurier University , Brantford Campus)
- Management Strategies for Canada ’s Nuclear Fuel Waste: International Opportunities for Innovation
Selected Recent Publications
Skinner, M.W., A.E. Joseph and R.G. Kuhn 2003 ‘Social and environmental regulation in rural China : Bringing the changing role of local government into focus’ Geoforum 34(2) pp. 267-281
Skinner, M.W., R.G. Kuhn and A.E. Joseph 2001 ‘Agricultural land protection in China : A case study of local governance in Zhejiang Province ’ Land Use Policy 18(4) pp. 33-44
Murphy, B.L. and R.G. Kuhn 2001 'Coming to terms with environmental assessment: Canadian nuclear fuel waste management' Canadian Public Policy 27(3) pp. 249-266
Swanson, K.E., R.G. Kuhn and W. Xu 2001 'Environmental policy implementation in rural China ' Environmental Management 27(4), pp. 481-491
Kuhn, R.G. 1998 ‘Social and political issues in siting a nuclear fuel waste disposal facility in Ontario ’ Canadian Geographer 42(1), pp. 14-28
Duerden F. and R.G. Kuhn 1998 ‘Scale, context, and application of traditional knowledge of the Canadian north’ Polar Record 34(188), pp. 31-37
Kuhn, R.G. 1997. Public participation in the hearings on the Canadian nuclear fuel waste disposal concept. Canadian Environmental Assessment in Transition. J. Sinclair (ed). Waterloo: University of Waterloo. 19-49.
Graduate Students Supervised (since 2005)
| Program | Student | Year | Title | ||
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| Masters | Greenberg, Jon | 2011 | Social and political aspects of nuclear waste management. | ||
| Masters | Kowalchuk, Karen | 2010 | Incorporation of aboriginal traditional knowledge from northern communities in Nunavut into the species at risk evaluation process in Canada. | ||
| Masters | Al-Haydari, Danya | 2007 | Community dynamics in the siting of a nuclear waste disposal facility in Kincardine Ontario | ||
| Masters | Pawlowski, Dianne M. | 2006 | Microenterprises and Rural Industrialization: Yuhang County, Zhejiang, China | ||
| Doctoral | Stanley, Anna | 2006 |
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