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  • What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

    Creator:
    Stanton, Michael
    Abstract:
    This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
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    Masters Thesis
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    interviews with local smallholder farmers who were organically certified or used other sustainable methods

  • Defining agricultural sustainability in the Marys River region of Oregon

    Creator:
    Stanton, Michael
    Abstract:
    This ethnographic study explores the social aspects of agricultural land-use in the Marys River region. The study seeks to understand how farmers define sustainability and how their views on agricultural issues help to define a sense of place and identity in the Marys River region, within the context of the...
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    Dissertation
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    ........................................................................ 227 Appendix C: Benton County Soils

  • Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele
    Abstract:
    This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
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    Masters Thesis
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    guiding the community’s collective action. What the South Benton County of 1969 saw as necessary to its

  • 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

  • Methods for Engaging Leaders in Climate Science and Providing Local Decision Support

    Creator:
    Winters, Kirsten
    Abstract:
    Oregon Sea Grant and its partner states have received a Sectoral Applications Research Project (SARP) grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to refine outreach methods for coastal communities with specific attention to climate change. This paper will focus on the SARP project and a related case study...
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    Capstone Project
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     County…………………………….     16     Figure  6:  Topics,  Findings,  and  Approaches

  • Vaccine beliefs of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) providers in Oregon

    Creator:
    Bean, Sandra J.
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    Health care providers, including complementary and alternative medical (CAM) practitioners, exert a significant influence on parental pediatric vaccination decisions. Use of CAM therapies is increasing in Oregon. Concomitantly, there has been a decade-long increase in parental vaccine refusal in Oregon, rising from 1 to 5 percent from 2000-2009. For example,...
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    Dissertation
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    of CAM therapies is increasing in Oregon. Concomitantly, there has been a decade-long increase in

  • Continuity & Change: Commercial Fishing & Community Resilience on the Oregon Coast

    Creator:
    Flathers, Courtney
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    Commercial fishing is deeply embedded in the economy and culture of many coastal communities. Recent ecological, economic, and regulatory changes impacting fisheries are likely to have important consequences for this industry and the communities it supports. The objective of this study is to improve understanding of coastal community resilience through...
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    Capstone Project
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    Newport, the Lincoln County seat (Gilden, 1999). 5.2 Port Orford Port Orford is located in Curry

  • Cross-cultural and Sustainability Values in International Freshwater Management Institutions

    Creator:
    Porta, E. Lynn
    Abstract:
    In the process of building international water policies and management institutions, like international treaties and River Basin Organizations, States simultaneously signal the values that they view as most important in these different institutions. Examining expressed and acted-upon values for transboundary freshwater management are currently under-explored areas where overlapping lenses of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    planning, and respecting the intrinsic or cultural 2 values of water resources and their

  • Groundwater arsenic concentrations and cancer incidence rates : a regional comparison in Oregon

    Creator:
    Fleming, Harmony S.
    Abstract:
    Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a global issue with national and local implications. Chronic exposure to arsenic in drinking water has been linked to both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health outcomes. The primary exposure route of inorganic arsenic is ingestion from drinking water due to natural contamination in groundwater from dissolution...
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    Masters Thesis
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    incidence rates of bladder, kidney, liver or lung cancer in populations over the age of 40 in regions with

  • Communities, Collaboration, and Climate Change Adaptation : Case Studies from Coastal Maine and Oregon

    Creator:
    Kelly, Miriah Russo
    Abstract:
    Twenty five years' worth of science indicates that the world can expect a number of climate change impacts. Increasingly, local municipalities, businesses and communities of people are becoming more concerned about what to do, yet they are looking for ways to best work together under these conditions. Communities must adapt...
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    Dissertation
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    are anticipating and planning for place specific climate change impacts. State, county and local