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  • An economic analysis of changes in exclusive farm use regulations for homesteads in Oregon : a case study in Yamhill County

    Creator:
    Chen, Li, 1976-
    Abstract:
    Criticisms to the new regulations created in 1994 governing dwellings in Exclusive Farmland Use zones (zones where agricultural activities are allowed outright) have triggered an overall scrutiny directed by the 70th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of the new regulations on the...
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    farmers to keep land in agricultural use. Among the leaders in this effort is Oregon, which has adopted a

  • Essays on land use regulation

    Creator:
    Hascic, Ivan
    Abstract:
    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper focuses on the environmental impacts of land use and their implications for the design on water quality trading policies. The second and third papers address local land use regulations and their impact on land values...
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    Dissertation
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    , Oregon. All the land use regulations considered in this study, including exclusive farm use zoning

  • Essays on the economics of land use regulation

    Creator:
    Lai, Jiayin
    Abstract:
    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper reviews numerous past literatures on how land-use regulation, agricultural subsidies, and use-value assessment method affect land values. The second paper uses a theoretical model to analyze how imposing minimum-lot-size zoning and different designs of minimum-lot-size...
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    Dissertation
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    . II. Measure 37 and Measure 49 Oregon has been attempting to use comprehensive land-use policy to

  • Land use policy and property value

    Creator:
    Grout, Cyrus A.
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    A plethora of land use policies are implemented at the local, state, and federal levels to influence the manner in which land is utilized. The distribution of the costs and benefits associated with implementing such land use policies always has been, and will continue to be, a source of contention....
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    of the manuscript, ―Land Use Regulation and Property Values in Portland, Oregon: A Regression

  • Land use and land-use change in the Rocky Mountain west

    Creator:
    Broniak, Christine T.
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    Private land-use decisions can have important effects on private and public welfare. Market-based policies to regulate land use have the potential to move the privately-optimal allocation of land closer to what is socially optimal. To implement these policies in the Rocky Mountain states, it is necessary to understand the effects...
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    . Private landowners might be concerned with economic returns and private amenities of land use. For the

  • Essays on land-use change, carbon sequestration and emissions in China

    Creator:
    Li, Man
    Abstract:
    China has experienced rapid economic growth in the last twenty years, accompanied by large-scale land conversion, severe environmental degradation, and rising carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. Designing policies for sustainable development requires a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between economic growth, land-use change, carbon sequestration and emissions in China. This dissertation...
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    requires a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between economic growth, land-use change

  • Farm and community-level impacts of irrigation water supply reductions : a case study of Malheur County, Oregon

    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...
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    economic terms, water use may be classified by its use as an intermediate good or an end good (Gibbons

  • The economic impacts of sagebrush steppe wildfires on an eastern Oregon ranch

    Creator:
    Maher, Anna T.
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    The relative success of restoration practices on cheatgrass infested sagebrush steppe lands in the Great Basin can affect the probability of crossing an ecological threshold and have economic effects on cattle ranches using federal rangelands. Cheatgrass invasion implies an increase in the risk of fire, which in turn increases the...
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    that a representative Oregon 300 cow-calf ranch possesses a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) allotment

  • Crop choice and conservation : implications of increased biofuel demand

    Creator:
    Sechrist, B.
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    Regression analysis was used to examine the effect of a change in agricultural prices on land use and conservation. The planted acreage for each of three crops – corn, soybeans, and spring wheat – was regressed on the expected prices of the three crops, the input prices, and past land...
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    the effect of a change in agricultural prices on land use and conservation. The planted acreage for

  • Essays on conservation policies and agricultural nonpoint source pollution control

    Creator:
    Tanaka, Katsuya
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on agricultural nonpoint source pollution and control. The first paper focuses primarily on agricultural land use changes under alternative conservation policies. The second and third papers address environmental implications of these policies and their cost effectiveness. In the first paper, the effect of alternative...
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    Dissertation