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Creator:: Shively, David D.
Abstract:: Water right marketing and transfers represent a resource reallocation strategy that has received considerable attention in the American West owing to nearly full appropriation of water in the region. Several western states permit transfers between different uses and places of use thus allowing water to move to higher-value economic activities....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Worley, Timothy J.
Abstract:: El Niflo and La Nifia are oceanographic and atmospheric phenomena that have been catalogued for well over a centuly. In El Nifio years, Peru's otherwise thy west coast is subjected to torrential rainfall. Higher ocean temperatures off the coast are deemed the culprit. Attempts to quantify this began in the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: seeds that later developed into this research during my first term at Oregon State. The work of Dr. Jon

Creator:: Spear, Timothy Bryant
Abstract:: The needs and markets for aerial photography have grown steadily with the increasing demands for improved resource management (Kodak, 1985, 2 & Simonett, 1983, 1). Aerial photography within the Willamette Valley could provide researchers and professionals with a broad range of data in disciplines such as agriculture, forestry, geology, and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Jon Kimerling, and Dr. Philip Lloyd Jackson. I am particularly grateful to my advisor, Dr. Jackson

Creator:: Brewer, Isaac
Abstract:: This thesis explores the genesis of the ecoregion concept, examines the conceptual development of ecoregion classification systems, investigates applications of ecoregion classification systems for a broad range of purposes, and discusses the prospects for the further evolution of this concept. An ecoregion is an area that exhibits patterns of homogeneity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Nathalang, Santita
Abstract:: Agricultural land conversion is a complex process that involves a matrix of decisions and decision-makers. This study examines the nature and relative significance of spatial factors that influence the decisions of farmers who either sell farmland to developers for urban use or retain it for agricultural use. The conceptual model...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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