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The role of the land developer in converting agricultural land to urban use: subdivisions in Tualatin, Oregon

Creator:: Avery, G. William
Abstract:: The study of the interactions between man and his environment is the eminent domain of the geographer. An excellent example of this kind of study is the urbanization of a formerly rural town on the urban-rural fringe. The area in this instance is Tualatin, Oregon, with the focus on the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: TO URBAN USE: SUBDIVISIONS IN TUALATIN, OREGON by G. WILLIAM AVERY A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to

Spatial aspects of projected residential expansion Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Dauble, Kenneth Dustan
Abstract:: The Corvallis "urban area" has been selected for the research problem at hand. Primary concern lies with forecasting a 1985 arrangement of single-family residences. A model is developed to simulate the 1968-1985 process of residential expansion outside of the present city limits. Results of the simulation are summarized both numerically...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: entailed (1) plotting year- ly residential construction figures against time (1940-1967), 7 (2

Geographic variations in water quality and recreational use along the upper Wallowa River and selected tributaries

Creator:: McDowell, Theodore R.
Abstract:: Physical, chemical and bacterial water quality parameters of the upper Wallowa River were sampled periodically between July 2, 1978 and June 9, 1979 at nine stream and lake sampling sites. Water upstream from Wallowa Lake was typified by low nutrient concentrations ( generally below detectable limits except for nitrates), low....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cartographic assistance); William Griffis (laboratory analysis of nutrients); Martin Knittel, Tamotsu

A systems model of the post-diluvial expansion of the National Flood Insurance Program in Lewistown, Pennsylvania

Creator:: Bresenhan, Thomas Patrick
Abstract:: Expansion of the National Flood Insurance Program is described in the context of a modification of Kates' Systems Model of Human Adjustments to Natural Hazards for a small central Pennsylvania town (1970 population=ll,O98) that became eligible for flood insurance four months after experiencing five million dollars in flood damage and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: 13,357 3,508 35.6 1940 13,017 -340 -2.5 1950 13,894 877 6.7 1960 12,640 -1,254 -9.0 1970 11,098 -1,542

Oregon man-forest relationships and the 1971 Forest Practices Act

Creator:: Sullivan, Michael J.
Abstract:: Since the inception of white settlement, Oregon man-forest relationships have progressively matured. The 1971 Forest Practices Act is the culmination to date of increasing societal concern for the protection of the forest environment and the conservation of its resources. The Act has resulted in an increased employment of forest practices...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: one resource might have on another. By the 1940's an increased awareness of the interdependent nature

Patterns of water resource decision-making: minimum stream flows in the Willamette Basin

Creator:: Griffith, Glenn Edwin
Abstract:: Oregon's minimum stream flow program is intended to protect certain instream flow values by maintaining sufficient stream flows to support aquatic life and to minimize pollution. The increasing demand for consumptive uses of water, as well as certain deficiencies in the laws, policies, and administration of the program, bring into...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Selected factors affecting the pattern of agricultural land conversion in Washington County, Oregon, 1963-1973

Creator:: Furuseth, Owen J., 1949-
Abstract:: In recent years the conversion of agricultural lands to more intensive non-rural land uses has become a focus of increasing public awareness and concern. The growing attention to farmland conversion is manifested in increasing public policies and legilsation to protect agricultural and forestry land uses. Nevertheless, our understanding of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: period 1940 to 1970, the United States was characterized by both rapid population growth and rapid

The relation of land use and size of land parcel to water services needed in the Merlin Irrigation District: 1973

Creator:: Walker, Michael L.
Abstract:: When considering acreage and the number of cadasters certain land use functions in the Merlin Irrigation District dominate. The majority of the cadasters in the district are ten acres or less. Approximately twice an many land owners in the district were willing to purchase water than those who were not....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: utilized for planning purposes. The Cjgj Relative Importance of Project Purposes 'In 1940 investigations

A framework for the determination of the suitability of undeveloped land in the intermountain west for use as cropland

Creator:: Rathburn, Arthur Cristen
Abstract:: The "Framework for Determining the Suitability of Undeveloped Land for Use as Cropland" is a decision-making format to assist private and governmental agency decision makers in categorizing undeveloped lands, which have been identified as having potential for conversion to cropland, as to their suitability for use as cropland. The Framework...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Classification held in 1940 at Columbia, Missouri, "it was pointed out that usually land of identical physical

A biogeographical analysis of some relationships between man, land, and wildlife in Belize (British Honduras)

Creator:: Frost, Marvin D.
Abstract:: This thesis research consists of an investigation of the human influences on wildlife in Belize. The study was accomplished by the collection and analysis of data with respect to land use, habitat characteristics, and wildlife status in Belize. Requirements and status of many species are tabulated in order to give...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Bartlett (1936), and C. L. Lundell (1937, 1940). The reports of Lundell are significant in that they note

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The role of the land developer in converting agricultural land to urban use: subdivisions in Tualatin, Oregon

Spatial aspects of projected residential expansion Corvallis, Oregon

Geographic variations in water quality and recreational use along the upper Wallowa River and selected tributaries

A systems model of the post-diluvial expansion of the National Flood Insurance Program in Lewistown, Pennsylvania

Oregon man-forest relationships and the 1971 Forest Practices Act

Patterns of water resource decision-making: minimum stream flows in the Willamette Basin

Selected factors affecting the pattern of agricultural land conversion in Washington County, Oregon, 1963-1973

The relation of land use and size of land parcel to water services needed in the Merlin Irrigation District: 1973

A framework for the determination of the suitability of undeveloped land in the intermountain west for use as cropland

A biogeographical analysis of some relationships between man, land, and wildlife in Belize (British Honduras)

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