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  • The effects of large-lot zoning on the single-family housing market

    Creator:
    Roberts, Rebecca S.
    Abstract:
    This study investigated the private costs to individual households of large-lot zoning policies. The study asked whether typical zoning ordinances create shortages of small lots or small structures and, if so, what the magnitude of the resultant welfare loss is. The hypotheses were suggested by a theoretical model developed to...
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    Dissertation
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    Zoning Policies 124 Data on House Prices and Characteristics 125 Other Data 126 Estimation Procedures

  • The wild and scenic river act : problems of implementation in Oregon

    Creator:
    Root, Ann L.
    Abstract:
    In 1968, Congress passed the Wild and Scenic River Act creating a system of rivers protected from dams and other development. By 1987, segments of four Oregon rivers were protected by the Wild and Scenic River System: the Rogue, Illinois, Owyhee, and a portion of the Snake along the Idaho...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    , but no hearings were conducted in the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Asmussen and

  • Commerce clause restrictions on state export bans of ground waters

    Creator:
    Manning, Stephen Michael
    Abstract:
    Recent U.S Supreme Court and federal district court decisions have found statutes prohibiting the export of ground water across state boundaries to be an impermissable burden on the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. These judicial decrees will have far-reaching implications on the future of the federal-state role in the...
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    Capstone Project
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    federal-state water conflicts.36 In her statement before the Senate Committee on Envi- ronment and

  • The role and policy implications of selected external factors as applied to the developmental patterns of five Wyoming fuels

    Creator:
    Vuk, Melvin M.
    Abstract:
    The developmental patterns of five fuel resources located within the state of Wyoming are examined through time and in relation to several factors external to the location of the fuels. An historic description and inventory of the five fuels: petroleum; natural gas; oil shale; coal; uranium are presented. External factors...
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    Dissertation
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    STATES 187 17. URANIUM CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION BY STATE 189 18. ACRES HELD FOR URANIUM MINING AND

  • Selected factors affecting rangeland use on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

    Creator:
    Kuhlken, Robert
    Abstract:
    The rangelands of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation represent a major resource within a definitive geographic area. The utilization of this resource is affected by a number of factors, some of which are examined here. The cultural evolution of the Warm Springs people has resulted in the horse maintaining a...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Indian lands and resources held in trust by the United States. In the case of grazing use of range

  • Recreation potentials of the islands and marshes adjacent to the Intracoastal Waterway

    Creator:
    Burgess, Linda Louise
    Abstract:
    Few Americans are aware of the tremendous recreation potentials along the banks of the Intracoastal Waterway, mainly because they are unaware of the existence and extent of the toll-free Waterway. This study attempts to categorize and locate some of the attractions that can be explored along the two thousand miles...
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    Capstone Project
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    Wayne Aspinall, Chairman of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, states that, "it seems

  • Interpretive evolution of the Wilderness Act : the implications of change

    Creator:
    Klein, Jonathan Winthrop
    Abstract:
    Compromises required for the passage of the Wilderness Act (1964) created inherent conflicts in the designation and administration of wilderness areas. Subsequent legislation helped to more firmly interpret and define the Act. Attendant policy changes suggest a trend to increase the recreational and economic utility of wilderness. Policy changes also...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    deposits) and Chairman of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, had the power to withhold

  • Bayocean Spit, Tillamook, Oregon; early economic development and erosion history

    Creator:
    Terich, Thomas
    Abstract:
    Bayocean sand spit lies along the northern Oregon coast approximately 70 miles south of the Columbia River. Work was begun on the construction of a large recreational resort on the spit in the early 1900's. At the outset, the resort appeared to have a promising future. However, a three-year delay...
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    Dissertation
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    but a south jetty as well (U. S. Congress, House, 1903). After careful study of the map and local

  • A study of aquifer protection : the Spokane case

    Creator:
    Moon, George Edmund Jr
    Abstract:
    This case study of the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer, deals with the evolution of water quality protection. A number of institutional efforts on multijurisdictional levels have established a piecemeal approach for this aquifer's protection. Federal legislation includes designation as a 'Sole Source' aquifer under sec. 1424(e) of SDWA, and 1...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    and Patterns of Supply, Type Area Studies. United States Geological Survey. Interior and Insular

  • 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
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    ., Congress House, Committee on Interior and Insular A.f- fairs, Merlin Division Rogue River Basin Project