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  • The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

    Creator:
    Harrison, Jane L.
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    This study seeks to explore the relationship between social capital and well-being in the rural Western United States. Mixed methods were employed to understand the concepts from multiple angles, using both profile and process indicators. An econometric approach used profile indicators and relied on data from 414 counties in the...
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    Dissertation
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    :_____________________________________________ Claire A. Montgomery This study seeks to explore the relationship between social

  • Tradeoffs associated with managing forested landscapes for multiple-uses

    Creator:
    Lichtenstein, Mark E.
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    This study focuses on the tradeoffs that exist for managing forested landscapes for biodiversity and timber production. Tradeoff evaluation is important to natural resource managers so they can understand the benefits and costs of alternative management prescriptions. The study examines three watersheds in the Oregon Coast Range and 166 terrestrial...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Choosing efficient land allocations and forest management regimes for biodiversity

    Creator:
    Shunk, Neal J.
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    Increasing rates of species imperilment and the loss of biological diversity in naturally functioning ecosystems can be directly linked to accelerated urban development and the conversion of natural habitats to satisfy the needs of man. In combating this loss of biodiversity, scientists and policy makers alike recognize the relevance of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Emmy-like acceptance, I will attempt to be brief. I would like to first thank Claire Montgomery for

  • Optimizing spatial and temporal aspects of nature reserve design under economic and ecological objectives

    Creator:
    Nalle, Darek J.
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    Alteration of natural areas in attempts to support increasing human populations has been a crucial yet less publicized contributor to the fall of many of the world's greatest civilizations, since healthy ecosystems can help maintain stable societies and economies. Given this unhappy fact and the ancient relationship between people and...
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    Dissertation
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    . Claire A r~mery "'-~"' Alteration of natural areas in attempts to support increasing human

  • Wildfire risk management : strategic interaction and spatial interdependence

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    Busby, Gwenlyn M.
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    In this dissertation, I examine how the spatial configuration of forest ownership influences the risk-mitigating behavior of public and private forestland owners over time. I determine whether or not the predicted equilibrium outcomes are socially optimal and, if not, whether the introduction of regulation, liability, or private insurance would lead...
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    Dissertation
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    Heidi J. Albers Claire A. Montgomery In this dissertation, I examine how the

  • Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

    Creator:
    Konoshima, Masashi
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    This paper presents a framework for analyzing efficient spatial allocation of forest management efforts - fuel treatment and harvest - under the risk of fire. The framework integrates a fire behavior model and a spatially-explicit stochastic dynamic optimization model. I investigate the effects of spatial interaction across plots during forest...
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    Dissertation
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    : Claire A. Montgomery Jeffrey L. Arthur This paper presents a framework for analyzing efficient spatial

  • Letting wildfires burn : modeling the change in future suppression costs as the result of a suppress versus a let-burn management choice

    Creator:
    Houtman, Rachel M.
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    Wildfire management policy over the past century, which attempts to exclude fire from fire-adapted ecosystems, has led to a build-up of fuels across the western United States. As a result, current wildfires contain larger areas of high severity, high intensity burns than seen prior to the policy implementation. There are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Claire A. Montgomery Wildfire management policy over the past century, which attempts to exclude