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Terrain analysis : historical perspective and future direction

Creator:: Lane, Forest J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to review the historical development of the central ideas of military geography and terrain analysis and to examine these new research initiatives from that perspective. Although the mobility and technological aspects of warfare have changed rapidly, the essential geographic nature of warfare has remained...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: GEOGRAPHY Terrain Analysis: Historical Perspective and Future Direction by FOREST J. LANE A Research

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

Searching for Early Archaeological Sites Along the Central Oregon Coast: A Case Study From Neptune State Park (35LA3), Lane County, Oregon

Creator:: Jenevein, Steven A.
Abstract:: Locating archaeological sites that predate the arrival of modern sea level has been difficult along the Oregon coast. This is in part believed to be the result of geologic processes that have influenced the preservation, distribution, and visibility of sites within the Oregon coastal landscape. Because of these changes, researchers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Park (35LA3), Lane County, Oregon. Abstract approved

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

An ecological assessment of riparian land-use regulation, Lane County, Oregon

Creator:: Verret, Gregory Joseph
Abstract:: Riparian areas contribute to numerous ecological-maintenance functions and so are often the focus of protection efforts by land and resource management agencies. The riparian land-use regulations of one jurisdiction, Lane County, Oregon, are assessed for effectiveness in protecting ecological functions. Evaluation of the current condition of five elements of riparian...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Wildlife, is that too many landowners are granted variances (or "modifications") from the Lane County

Rural Philomath Oregon 1850-1930 : geography and economy in oral history

Creator:: Russell, John A.
Abstract:: Ranching and lumbering were two of the primary economic practices in a small rural study area south of Philomath Oregon (in Benton County), from first Euro-American settlement through 1930. Ranching was common but lumbering was restricted by geographical and market transportation problems until after 1900. Catalysts for change came in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: building in August 1980, as a member of the Benton County Historical Society (B. C. H. S.). He introduced

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

The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

Creator:: Gard, Howard A.
Abstract:: The portion of the Oregon coast extending from Cape Blanco south into California has long been recognized as a distinct physiographic region, with probable ramifications for prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns. Several researchers have proposed models outlining a greater reliance upon marine/littoral resources among groups within this region, while more...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: or coastal/estuarine resources. The model goes far in explaining what is currently evident in the

Recreation planning and development Benton County, Oregon

Creator:: Stedman, Gary Douglas
Abstract:: There is a wide variety of developed, undeveloped and proposed outdoor recreation areas and facilities in Benton County. Recreation areas and facilities are supplied by federal, state, county, city and private agencies. Each agency plans for recreation development independently. The Benton County Parks Department and the city of Corvallis use...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: developing physical sites and attractions that have little or nothing to do with county recreational needs

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Terrain analysis : historical perspective and future direction

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

Historical landscape reconstruction and perceptual geography of Mount Hood, Oregon

Searching for Early Archaeological Sites Along the Central Oregon Coast: A Case Study From Neptune State Park (35LA3), Lane County, Oregon

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

An ecological assessment of riparian land-use regulation, Lane County, Oregon

Rural Philomath Oregon 1850-1930 : geography and economy in oral history

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

The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

Recreation planning and development Benton County, Oregon

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