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The willingness of Central Oregon irrigators to donate water rights to augment Deschutes River flow

Creator:

Barkley, David, 1972-

Abstract:

This study used contingent valuation techniques to estimate the willingness of central Oregon Irrigators to donate a portion of their water rights to increase Deschutes River flow. This study was different from previous contingent valuation studies in that it used water rights as the payment vehicles instead of dollars -...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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right". If an individual applied for a water right, and the water was available in the river or lake
Economic impacts of federal and state river protection in the rural riverside housing market : the Upper Deschutes River, Oregon

Creator:

Grasty, Brent L.

Abstract:

Hedonic Pricing is an effective and versatile method of estimating the relationships between market prices and environmental quality in a world of changing natural resource decisions. One natural resource policy not yet studied using Hedonic Pricing is the protection of free-flowing rivers. As the pressures of development and outdoor recreation...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis