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Food deserts in the Willamette : a study of food access in Lane County, Oregon

Creator:: Smith, Dianna Marie
Abstract:: According to USDA research, Oregon in 2002 had the highest rate of hunger and one of the highest rates of food insecurity in the United States. Although the margin of error involved with these statistics indicates that the state may not actually be at the top of the list, a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: can use the research results to address any problems or replicate the work elsewhere. Lane County

Historical landscape reconstruction and perceptual geography of Mount Hood, Oregon

Creator:: Belgam, Daniel R.
Abstract:: This research seeks to understand the influences of perception on land use around the Mount Hood area of Oregon and evaluate how it has evolved over the past 4,000 years. The study addresses three specific questions: 1) How has the study area evolved over time into the modern landscape? 2)...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE RECONSTRUCTION AND PERCEPTUAL GEOGRAPHY OF MOUNT HOOD, OREGON by

Proving Up and Pulling Out: Archaeology and History of Early 20thCentury Homesteading in Southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Lundgren, Stacy J.
Abstract:: The Forest Homestead Act of 1906 precipitated one of the final rushes for free land in American history. A nascent land management agency, the USDA Forest Service, created a systematized process for the review and documentation of purported forest homestead claims. One hundred years later, the forest-homestead examination files of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Reconstructing a city: an historical and spatial evaluation of development pattern for the city of Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Hille, Erin O.
Abstract:: This study traces the development history of the city of Corvallis, Oregon. Historic reconstruction methods and GIS analysis are used to define and describe spatial aspects of the city's expansion through time. Pre-settlement and early settlement landscape conditions are considered. The city's history is divided into three time periods, 1845-1900,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: east bank of the Willamette River looking west, 1858. Negative 4300, Oregon Historical Society. Figure

Perceptions of pack and saddle stock in wilderness: a historical and geographical review of a resource conflict

Creator:: Capozza, Togan
Abstract:: It has long been acknowledged that recreation activities can cause conflict among stakeholders with different perspectives. In 1949, Aldo Leopold, one of the earliest proponents of wilderness preservation, noted "Public policies for outdoor recreation are controversial. Equally conscientious citizens hold opposite views on what is and what should be done...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: -oriented wilderness advocacy groups such as the Sierra Club or the Wilderness Society have not taken

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

Creator:: Paullin, Pamela K.
Abstract:: Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: pioneer tree species in a variety of environments disturbed by fire, landslides, or windstorms where

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:: expansion involved areas near or inclusive of Napa County. An extensive CUF Model has been used to

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

Change detection of land cover in a meadow landscape : the“Ranches” meadow, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

Creator:: Anderson, Carl G.
Abstract:: From a landscape ecology perspective, meadows are often seen as landscapes in transition. Succession and change in meadows may be investigated by considering the physical and anthropogenic factors that influence the landscape through time. What is often unknown is how changes occur and how physical and anthropogenic factors contribute to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: more than I could ever ask or imagine: to Him be all the glory

Prehistoric Land-Use Patterns in the North Santiam Subbasin, On the Western Slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range

Creator:: Kelly, Cara McCulley
Abstract:: This thesis examines prehistoric land use patterns of the entire North Santiam subbasin, located on the western slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range. The objective of this analysis is three-fold: 1) to contribute to reconstructing the cultural chronology of the area; 2) to address the use of raw material by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: concerns or questions during my years at Oregon State University. I would like to thank the Willamette

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Food deserts in the Willamette : a study of food access in Lane County, Oregon

Historical landscape reconstruction and perceptual geography of Mount Hood, Oregon

Proving Up and Pulling Out: Archaeology and History of Early 20thCentury Homesteading in Southwestern Oregon

Reconstructing a city: an historical and spatial evaluation of development pattern for the city of Corvallis, Oregon

Perceptions of pack and saddle stock in wilderness: a historical and geographical review of a resource conflict

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

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

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

Change detection of land cover in a meadow landscape : the“Ranches” meadow, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

Prehistoric Land-Use Patterns in the North Santiam Subbasin, On the Western Slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range

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