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Creator:: Wyse, Barbara J.
Abstract:: Agricultural water supplies are becoming increasingly uncertain in the western United States due to rising demand from competing water users, environmental restrictions on surface water withdrawals due to water quality and endangered species concerns, and, potentially, climate-induced hydrological changes. Since many rural areas in the West depend economically upon irrigated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Community-Level Impacts of Irrigation Water Supply Reductions: A Case Study of Malheur County, Oregon

Creator:: Torgerson, Melissa, Sorte, Bruce, Nam, Tim, and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Published May 2006. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Economic Structure and the Economic Impacts of Wind Energy Development: An Input-Output Analysis 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:: Willamette: A Study of Food Access in Lane County, Oregon. Abstract approved: According to USDA research

Creator:: Fleck, William K.
Abstract:: Given the broad scientific consensus that global climate is changing, it is no longer a question if sea level will rise, but rather by how much will it rise. The regional estimates for the Eastern Pacific suggest that the Northwest coastlines will experience a greater eustatic sea level rise than...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Economic Costs of Long-Term Sea Level Rise on the Oregon Coast: A

Creator:: Kohrman, Elaine and United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region
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Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: has been divided into 15 distinct economic regions by the State of Oregon. The multi - county region

Creator:: Bates, Christopher Allen
Abstract:: New technology may have negative, as well as positive, effects on a sociocultural system. Biodiesel is growing in popularity as a fuel alternative that addresses global warming and reduces dependency on petroleum. The biodiesel innovation fits well into the existing behavioral infrastructure of Linn and Benton Counties, Oregon. The introduction...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: because it did not make economic sense for them to do so. Research by a graduate student from Oregon

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Buerger, Chris, and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: "This report profiles the demographic and economic trends within the Upper North Santiam Canyon (UNSC). We describe the economic structure and determine the export base of the UNSC. We estimate the economic impacts of a water level in the Detroit Lake that is too low for the moorages to operate...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: and Oregon can indicate how the county has adjusted to the different economic shocks it has

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