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  • 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.
    Abstract:
    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

  • The effectiveness of the spatial assimilation theory in describing current settlement patterns of Polish immigrants in Portland, OR

    Creator:
    Latta, Brian
    Abstract:
    The settlement patterns of European immigrants arriving around the turn of the 20th Century have been described using the theory of spatial assimilation. Recent academic literature has called into question whether this theory is still relevant in describing the settlement patterns of recent non-European immigrant groups, but has not been...
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    Capstone Project
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    IMMIGRANTS IN PORTLAND, OR By Brian Latta A RESEARCH PAPER Submitted to THE

  • 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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    expansion involved areas near or inclusive of Napa County. An extensive CUF Model has been used 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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    Land Watch Bend, OR 4 501 Ochoco Lumber Company Prineville, OR 5 701 Deschutes County Forest Dept

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

    Creator:
    Loynes, Kathryn
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    “senses of place” of different individuals in a community, county, or region. Williams and Stewart (1998

  • 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...
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    Capstone Project
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    workforce engaged in farming or forestry occupations appear to play a strong role in county-level land-use

  • 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

  • Traditional ecological knowledge of Siletz tribal members

    Creator:
    Hatfield, Samantha Chisholm
    Abstract:
    This research effort examined Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of Siletz tribal members of the environment they live and/or lived in, and how both Western societal beliefs and land reduction to the initially established reservation location affected and altered how the area TEK has been maintained and passed down. The theory...
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    Dissertation
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    " rather than the "Yamhill, Yoncalla or Luckimute Band of the Kalapuya Tribe.‟” (ctsi.nsn.us, 03/18/09

  • 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