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  • Determining relative benefits to communities from urban and agricultural land use change in Napa County, California

    Creator:
    Bernard, Mark A.
    Abstract:
    Urban sprawl and the establishment of greenbelts to separate growing cities and towns has become a popular topic of conversation among land use professionals. Economists focus on urban growth in terms of land rents and have sought market solutions such as transfers and purchases of development rights to slow this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Suzie Gardner at the Napa County Planning Department for her patience and guidance. I would like to

  • Forest industry restructuring and emerging forest tenures in Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Kelly, Erin Clover
    Abstract:
    Since the 1980s, industrial forest restructuring has resulted in the divestment of industrial timberlands across the U.S. Emerging tenures have benefited from the divestment, including conservation-based tenures that manage for multiple objectives such as restoration, recreation access, and forest and habitat contiguity. Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon, have three proposed...
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    Dissertation
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    . Bend, OR 6 801a Deschutes County Planning Bend, OR 7 801b Skyline community (adjacent to proposed

  • Restructuring of land and community in the remote rural west : the case of Wallowa County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Abrams, Jesse
    Abstract:
    Since at least the 1970s, rural areas in the western United States, as elsewhere across the country and world, have been subject to social, economic, and political forces that have resulted in novel demographic and land tenure trends when compared to previous decades. Collectively, these processes of restructuring have created...
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    Dissertation
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    residence status and reported production- or amenity-orientation .. 149 3.14. Percent of Wallowa County

  • Going somewhere or getting stuck : transitions to adulthood in rural Oregon

    Creator:
    Cunningham, Sarah E.
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    This dissertation explores the real world problem of rural youth out-migration and finds that the central problem is one of persistent class difference in this rural Oregon town. The research that informs this dissertation was conducted in a rural community of approximately 2300 residents in Eastern Oregon, here called Talltown....
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    Dissertation
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    Applied Anthropology presented on December 16, 2011. Title: Going Somewhere or Getting Stuck

  • A statistical analysis of Oregon's land-use ballot initiative

    Creator:
    Fuller, Justin
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    This paper explores predictors of support for land-use ballot initiatives in Oregon. Possible predictors include a variety of socioeconomic, spatial, and political variables. Multiple least squares regressions find that aggregate levels of education within a county and the proportion of a county's workforce engaged in farming or forestry occupations appear...
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    Capstone Project
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    Oregon's land-use planning system. Any land-use regulation by state, county, or municipal jurisdictions

  • Returning grain to the lower-Willamette Valley : Prospects and barriers for local food security

    Creator:
    Malone, Chevelle P.
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    A critical link is missing between food production and food consumption. This gap can be overcome by encouraging the production of staple food crops and emphasizing regional and community consumption of locally produced food. In order to re-establish local food security in the Willamette Valley, it is imperative that essential...
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    Capstone Project
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    ............................................................. 26 6.1 Eugene, OR

  • A multi-scale comparative study of shape and sprawl in metropolitan regions of the United States

    Creator:
    Kugler, Tracy A.
    Abstract:
    This dissertation constitutes a multi-scale quantitative and qualitative investigation of patterns of urban development in metropolitan regions of the United States. This work has generated a comprehensive data set on spatial patterns of metropolitan development in the U.S. and an approach to the study of such patterns that can be...
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    Dissertation
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    of planning in the Lincoln MR ..............................148 36: Interactions between economic

  • The Spatial distribution of parks and crime in Seattle, Washington

    Creator:
    Weems, Candice Michelle
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    Parks help to build social cohesion within a community. Urban open spaces offer a sense of place, act as the focal points for public gatherings, and provide an opportunity for social networking (Francis, 2003; Hayward, 1989). While offering so much they are also known to be places of disgust and...
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    Capstone Project
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    or lack of certain public parks may lead to better planning and access to parks by all regardless of

  • Examining the Power Dynamics and Outcomes of Oregon Forest Collaboratives

    Creator:
    Kornhauser, Kailey
    Abstract:
    Forest collaboration emerged in Oregon about 30 years ago as a way to address increasing conflict and distrust amongst stakeholder groups and public land managers. The concept has spread widely, and forest collaboratives are now commonplace on most National Forests in the Pacific Northwest. These groups include a wide range...
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    Dissertation
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    Pacific Northwest. These groups include a wide range of stakeholders and produce a variety of outcomes

  • On Morality, Psychology, and Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Appraisal of Ethics in Context

    Creator:
    Batavia, Chelsea K.
    Abstract:
    Conservation is, among other things, the expression of a relationship between humans and nonhuman nature. This relationship can be described empirically using the methods of social science, but it can also be prescribed in the form of philosophical arguments. Scholars in the field of environmental ethics have discussed and debated...
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    Dissertation
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    presumption, but in a radically different form. Proponents of “new conservation” or “ecosystem services