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  • Revitalization or Gentrification?: An Examination of Urban Renewal Areas and Housing Instability in Oregon

    Creator:
    Perreault, Matthew
    Abstract:
    Housing affordability is a salient topic among policymakers and the general public today, especially in Oregon. As housing costs continue to rise, there are concerns that urban planning policies such as urban renewal via tax-increment financing (TIF) are exacerbating the problem and pushing more households into a state of housing...
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    Capstone Project
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    an area with depressed property values, poor planning, inadequate services or infrastructure

  • Jobs, Natural Amenities, Distance, Population, or Services : What Drives Age-Specific Migration for Small Oregon Communities?

    Creator:
    Wall, Conor
    Abstract:
    Declining population is a major concern for rural communities. In many places, out-migration has led to a loss of key services. This essay investigates the role of services, as well as labor markets, natural amenities, distance to urban areas, and community size, in determining net migration rates for small Oregon...
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    Capstone Project
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    , Distance, Population, or Services: What Drives Age- Specific Migration for Small Oregon Communities

  • Beyond heat or eat : street-level bureaucracy in rural Oregon energy relief

    Creator:
    Maguire, Jennifer J.
    Abstract:
    Rising energy costs coupled with the diminishing incomes associated with rural economic restructuring leave an increasing proportion of rural households faced with the heat or eat dilemma--where families must choose between meeting one basic need over another, such as putting food on the table or keeping the heat on. Effective...
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    Dissertation
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    the top half of the Outcomes column expected short-, medium-, and long-term results or changes are

  • Predicting county-level food insecurity and hunger in Oregon

    Creator:
    Grussing, Jay D.
    Abstract:
    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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    Capstone Project
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    an extrapolation based on poverty or other county level statistics. To overcome these limitations

  • A Health Impact Assessment of Accessory Dwelling Unit Policies in Rural Benton County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Fellows, Holly
    Abstract:
    This study uses the Health Impact Assessment approach to determine the health impacts of allowing accessory dwelling units in Benton County, Oregon. A literature review presents the health benefits of accessory dwelling units in urban areas and identifies the potential negative health effects in rural areas. Five accessory dwelling units...
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    Capstone Project
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  • Evaluating the Social Equity Implications of Green Infrastructure for Urban Resilience

    Creator:
    Venable, Victoria
    Abstract:
    As the threat of climate change becomes more imminent and the role of cities in climate adaptation becomes clearer, urban resilience, the ability of a city or urban system to withstand a wide array of shocks and stresses, has gained increasing attention in climate adaptation policy and planning. Critics of...
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    Capstone Project
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    practices,” “greenway planning” or “green space management,” the terminology did not reach a consensus

  • The Accessible Foodscape: Vulnerable Populations, Policy, and Navigating Complex Strategies

    Creator:
    Caplan, Shannon
    Abstract:
    The act of accessing food is embedded within various systems of power. This dissertation problematizes our understanding of food access for vulnerable populations by making explicit ways that social constructions, including power, affect food access for vulnerable populations. This is accomplished across three manuscripts. The first manuscript presents textual analysis...
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    Dissertation
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    new measurement of food vulnerability that can be readily calculated at sub-County geographic

  • A review of the social component of ecosystem assessments with recommendations for Oregon

    Creator:
    Armstrong, Catriona M. M.
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    Large-scale ecosystem assessments aim to assist ecosystem management by synthesizing current scientific knowledge on an area, and by providing a foundation for policy discussions and decisions on land management. These assessments go beyond traditional research efforts by moving away from narrow scope, system, and institutional boundaries, and by attempting to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Committee, chaired by Jack Ward Thomas, used the range of the northern spotted owl as the planning unit

  • Local Perceptions of Social-Ecological Change on the McKenzie: Implications for Resilience

    Creator:
    Inman, Tim
    Abstract:
    Local Perceptions of Social-Ecological Change on the McKenzie: Implications for Resilience This study sought to catalog local knowledge of long-term residents of the McKenzie River Valley as it pertains to landscape and community change and provide a general assessment of factors affecting the local social-ecological system’s resilience. Residents interviewed indicated...
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    Capstone Project
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    , and relationships with government and social institutions. The landscape has long provided a range

  • Universal design standards for single-family housing

    Creator:
    Wolford, Nancy L.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to determine the level of awareness and use of selected universal design features and products in single-family housing by Oregon housing contractors. Also researched were barriers and incentives to use as well as the position and opinions of these housing contractors on the viability...
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    Dissertation
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