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  • The economics of carbon sequestration in western Oregon forests

    Creator:
    Im, Eun Ho
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    This study considered regional forest policies for sequestering carbon in existing forests in western Oregon. A model of log markets in western Oregon was employed to examine the impacts of forest policy changes on future carbon stock, harvests, and management activities. A carbon tax program, as a mitigation option for...
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    approved: ___________________________________________________ Darius M. Adams This study

  • Estimating a juniper biomass supply from private rangelands : the impact of distance and biotic factors on costs

    Creator:
    McCaulou, Jeff C.
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    Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a biomass industry based on a locally fixed source of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) feedstock. This study identifies a supply of juniper from private lands to determine how much of the available juniper is economically supplied at alternative prices...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Capalbo Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a

  • Stochastic analysis of the nonlinear response transition behavior of an ocean system

    Creator:
    Yuk, Dongjun
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    The nonlinear response of an ocean system subjected to random excitations can exhibit very complex dynamic behaviors including jump phenomena and coexistence of attractors. In this study, the stochastic system response behavior of a simple (Duffing) oscillator under narrow-band random excitations is first examined in the subharmonic resonance region. A...
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    of my committee: Prof. Thomas H. Miller, Prof. John Sessions, Prof. Ted S. Vinson for their

  • Economic modeling of tropical deforestation in Antioquia (Colombia), 1980-2000 : an analysis at a semi-fine scale with spatially explicit data

    Creator:
    Orrego, Sergio A.
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    This dissertation used land rent theory and an economic model of land-use conversion to examine the main drivers of the deforestation occurred in Antioquia,Colombia, between 1980 and 2000. Land-cover information at a semi-fine scale (1:25,000) obtained largely from aerial photography was employed to calculate deforestation. In addition, free international databases...
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    : ____________________________________________________________ Darius M. Adams This dissertation used land rent theory and an economic model of land-use

  • Radiative forcing and forest climate policy

    Creator:
    Thompson, Matthew P.
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    This thesis is comprised of two manuscripts that relate to forest-based management strategies in the context of market-based climate change mitigation policies. The work questions the appropriateness of a singular focus on carbon sequestration given the albedo effect and its possible countervailing climatic impacts. Through a review of salient literature...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Schlesinger, Haroon Khesghi, Joel B. Smith, Francisco C. de la Chesnaye, John M. Reilly, Tom Wilson and

  • An analysis of technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmill industry

    Creator:
    Helvoigt, Ted L.
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    The objective of this project was to investigate technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmilling industry over the period 1968-2002. Productivity growth was decomposed into three components: technical change, efficiency change, and scale efficiency change. In addition, using econometric methods, changes in output elasticities and input substitution...
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    : _______________________________________________________________ Darius M. Adams The objective of this project was to investigate technical efficiency and

  • Measuring costs of sequestering carbon in forest stands with different management regimes in western Oregon

    Creator:
    Zyrina, Olga A.
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    This project was a part of larger work that compared major factors controlling patterns of carbon dynamics in two regions of the globe, the Pacific Northwest, USA and northwestern Russia. It was funded through the NASA foundation (grant # NAG5- 6242). Human economic activity is causing the release of pollutants...
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    Masters Thesis
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    fertilizer (Capanna, M. Miller Timber Services. June 22, 1999. Personal communications). Fertilization may

  • Right-hook crash causality at signalized intersections

    Creator:
    Jannat, Mafruhatul
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    A Right-hook (RH) crash is a common type of bicycle-motor vehicle crash that occurs between a right-turning vehicle and through-moving bicycle at an intersection. At signalized intersections, RH crashes can occur at the onset of the green or during the latter portion of the green phase. In spite of the...
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    Dissertation
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    members Dr. Katharine M. Hunter-Zaworski, Dr. Haizhong Wang, Dr. Kenneth H. Funk II and Dr. John

  • The role of strategic planning in the management of fire-prone western Oregon forests for maximizing terrestrial carbon stocks over a 100-year horizon

    Creator:
    Vanderberg, Michael R.
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    Current frameworks for analyzing forest carbon offset projects in disturbance-prone western forests often fail to address the dynamic nature of carbon pathways through time. They do not account for the probability of loss due to wildfire, which can influence the prediction of carbon storage at the end of a planning...
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    Dissertation
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    fire could lead to 100-percent mortality and the replacement of the entire stand (Miller and Tausch

  • Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

    Creator:
    Gagnon, Aaron R.
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    In this thesis I examine the question: can allowing a wildfire to burn this year result in a net positive economic gain? To answer this question I created 2,500 multiple sets of paired scenarios (called a fire of interest) which consist of ignitions, vegetation growth, and timber harvest over the...
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    example, Miller (2003) considered using a decision process to determine if wildfires could provide