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  • The Role of the Urban Matters Community of Practice within the National Park Service

    Creator:
    O’Casey, Elizabeth
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    There is a growing movement in the U.S., and throughout the world, involving top down government bureaucracies or government agencies within the natural resources field, to develop new and innovative processes and structures for integrating societal viewpoints into agency decision-­making. This study examines Urban Matters, a community of practice within...
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     O’Casey  for  the  degree  of  Master  of  Public  Policy  presented  on  June  3rd,  2014   Title:  The

  • Factors Influencing Residential Risk Perception in Fire-Prone Landscapes

    Creator:
    Vandeventer, Alexia
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    Since the 1990s the U.S. and especially the Western U.S. have experienced more intense and costly fires. To help address this problem government agencies are increasingly looking at homeowners in fire-prone landscapes to mitigate fire risk. Part of this effort involves communicating risk and understanding how residents perceive risk. This...
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  • Factors Influencing Residential Risk Perception in Fire-Prone Landscapes

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    Vandeventer, Alexia R. E.
    Abstract:
    Since the 1990s the U.S. and especially the Western U.S. have experienced more intense and costly fires. To help address this problem government agencies are increasingly looking at homeowners in fire-prone landscapes to mitigate fire risk. Part of this effort involves communicating risk and understanding how residents perceive risk. This...
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  • No One Cares What Color The Fire Truck Is: A Case Study of Interagency Cooperation In Fire Management in Central Oregon

    Creator:
    Gregory, Sarah
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    The purpose of this study is to identify the aspects of successful collaboration within an inter-organizational context. This essay is a case study of a tightly niched network of fire chiefs in central Oregon situated within multiple contiguous boundaries of federal and state agencies, county and municipal governments, industrial forests,...
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    Fire Truck Is: A Case Study of Interagency Cooperation In Fire Management in Central Oregon by

  • Organizational Shifts Within the U.S. Forest Service: A Case Study of Senior Willamette National Forest Employees

    Creator:
    Bolick, Zachary L.
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    The U.S. Forest Service has been forced to adapt to numerous changes over the last three decades. These include a dramatic reduction in workforce, a declining budget, and controversial lawsuits. Moreover, recent agency wide studies suggest that within the Forest Service a new resource management paradigm has emerged that differs...
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    ? Journal of Environmental Management 58:1-19, Table 1, p. 4. Copyright © 2000 by Academic

  • Decanting values of the environment: A comparative case study in the Willamette Valley’s wine industry

    Creator:
    Cogle, James M.
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    The Oregon wine industry is growing and becoming increasingly valuable to the regional economy. As with many production industries, the wine industry has faced concerns around its environmental practices and community impact. The use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and associated wastewater run-off are a few issues vineyard managers experience....
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    Decanting values of the environment: A comparative case study

  • A Culture of Resilience: Social Capital and Climate Adaptation in Post-Flood Boulder County

    Creator:
    Shepard, Stephanie
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    Scientists say that climate change is very likely to cause more frequent and more severe weather events. In order to understand how communities respond to changing weather patterns, an exploration of the connection between extreme weather events and climate change awareness, collective action, and policy is warranted. This case study...
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    OF THE THESIS OF Stephanie Shepard for the degree of Master of Public Policy presented on August

  • Retirement-age migration to and from Oregon : who is still on the Oregon Trail?

    Creator:
    Gagnier, Cliff R.
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    Oregon, much like the nation, has historically had a paradoxical relationship to migration. Oregon is famous for the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Oregon Trail. It is, and always has been, greatly affected and inspired by interstate migration yet each successive generation has been less than welcoming to further...
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  • Applying a Collaboration Model to Collaboration Corvallis

    Creator:
    Dugan, Dennis
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    Oregon State University and the City of Corvallis have recently embarked on a three-year series of meetings and forums (‘Collaboration Corvallis’) designed to increase collaboration between the two organizations and other relevant stakeholders as well as find solutions to worsening problems in the areas of parking, noise and student population...
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  • Predicting county-level food insecurity and hunger in Oregon

    Creator:
    Grussing, Jay D.
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    Oregon’s high hunger and food insecurity rates have been a concern throughout the last decade. These high rates earned Oregon the dubious distinction as the most food insecure with hunger state in the late 1990’s. While Oregon’s ranking has improved in recent years, our understanding of why Oregon ranked so...
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    Predicting County-Level Food Insecurity and Hunger in Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE