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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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Paul Nelson Conservation is, among other things, the expression of a relationship between

Boundary Dynamics of a Transformative Learning Network : Improving Connection at the Interface of Science and Society

Creator:: Risien, Julie
Abstract:: Transformative learning networks are a specific type of loose network with geographically distributed members and member organizations. They hold particular promise for transformation when both top-down and bottom-up processes have failed to support desired systems-level change. The aim of this dissertation is to build knowledge about the social-interactional processes, roles,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: their time and support through my studies especially Martin Storksdieck, Cat Stylinski, and Milo

HJA Day experiences : understanding participant outcomes at a non-formal science education event

Creator:: Remenick, Lauren
Abstract:: For adult learners to succeed in their educational endeavors, adult educators and event planners must meet their needs and goals (Storksdieck, Ellenbogen, & Heimlich, 2005). The learning environment affects how adults learn and what outcomes they achieve (e.g., Hamilton & Tee, 2010; Knowles, 1990; Lim, Morris, & Kupritz, 2007; Young,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: me along the way - Michael Nelson, Hannah Gosnell, Court Smith, Lina DiGregorio, Mark Needham, Jo

Impacts of Tree-species Composition and Diversity on Ecosystem Services in Plantations of the Coastal Pacific Northwest: Assessing Values, Trade-offs, and Synergies

Creator:: Himes, Austin
Abstract:: The objective of this dissertation was to examine trade-offs and synergies between multiple ecosystem services derived from plantation forests in the coastal Pacific Northwest. I accomplished this in five chapters. In the first chapter I provided background information for the study. In the next chapter I set the context for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -Baggethun and Martín- López, 2015; Jacobs et al., 2016), but also enables a multiplicity of perspectives

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: some of the most restrictive land use regulations in the country (Nelson, 1992). The Slow Growth

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

Creator:: Fuller, Justin
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , Mason, & Martin (2004) use initiative data from New Jersey to explore the geographic predictors of

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

Creator:: Malone, Chevelle P.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Fortmann 2003; Stauber 2001; Nelson 2002). Timberland divestment in these counties has resulted in

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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: mirror those across much of the rural West (Power 1996; Vias and Nelson 2006), with declining income

Land trusts in the New West : conserving and responding to local geographies?

Creator:: Loynes, Kathryn
Abstract:: This research focuses on the relationship between the emerging role of land trusts and rapid growth and change in the West. Teton County, Idaho, Teton County, Wyoming, and Sublette County, Wyoming, and each of their associated land trusts, are used as case studies. Each county has experienced varying levels of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the region (Beyers and Nelson 2000; Otterstrom and Shumway 2003). Corresponding with this growth has

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

Boundary Dynamics of a Transformative Learning Network : Improving Connection at the Interface of Science and Society

HJA Day experiences : understanding participant outcomes at a non-formal science education event

Impacts of Tree-species Composition and Diversity on Ecosystem Services in Plantations of the Coastal Pacific Northwest: Assessing Values, Trade-offs, and Synergies

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

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

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

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

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

Land trusts in the New West : conserving and responding to local geographies?

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