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Selected variables influencing vacant urban land in Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Meade, James Montgomery
Abstract:: The thesis presented here is a quantitative study of vacant urban land in Corvallis, Oregon. In order to present this study the writer first studied the available literature and found that little had been published dealing with causal factors of vacant urban land. Rather, it was found that several writers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Corvallis, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY MEADE for the MASTER OF SCIENCE (Degree

Geographic Information Systems and rural land use analysis : an evaluation of alternative data sources

Creator:: Mickaelson, Nels E.
Abstract:: A Geographic Information System (GIS) can be a powerful tool for solving land use planning problems. The synthesis, analysis, and depiction of spatial data make it a valuable tool for land use planners. A primary issue with GIS is the cost and time required to develop a functional system. One...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Science November, 1997 Directed by Dr. James R. Pease Acknowledgments I would like to extend my

An Exploration of Climate Change, Conservation, and Cooperation, in Three Essays

Creator:: Johnson, Steven Mana'oakamai
Abstract:: The defining feature of our planet are the oceans, which make up 70% of the Earth’s surface. The importance of the ocean cannot be understated: 50% of oxygen originates from phytoplankton; heat is absorbed and redistributed by ocean currents; and hundreds of millions of people rely on the ocean for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Three Essays. Abstract approved: __________________________________________ James R. Watson

Geographic Information System (GIS) resource inventories: the Marys River Project

Creator:: Chapman, Shannen S.
Abstract:: The Greenbelt Land Trust (GLT) (a grass-roots conservation group in Oregon) is interested in a conservation plan for the Marys River Corridor. To facilitate this effort, a resource inventory was required and a Geographic Information System (GIS) data base used to compile the inventory (called the Marys River Project (MRP))....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: project, and it can have an impact on the data conversion method selected (Montgomery, 1993). Ultimately

The Public Trust Doctrine and the submerged and submersible lands of Oregon

Creator:: McLeod, Rosemary Alice
Abstract:: Public Trust Doctrine. is a legal theory substantive enough for private citizens to utilize as a comprehensive legal approach to resource management problems. The doctrine is ultimately derived from the notion of governmental responsibility to hold lands in trust for beneficial use by the public. The governmental title to lands...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: discusses Public Trust in the context of constitutional issues. Montgomery is primarily concerned with

An analysis of diversity in agricultural land use in Oregon

Creator:: Odland, John J. M.
Abstract:: An index suitable for measurement of the diversity of agricultural land use is developed. This index is based on a principle of measuring the deviation of a distribution from an even distribution and is similar to indexes employed to measure diversity in manufacturing The index is applied to the thirty-six...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: decrease from 10 17 to 9 per cent in one category would shift the index from 30 to 40.17 James Shear

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:: were based on a perceived political/military need for geographic study. James (1972) states that the

Use of GIS to determine effectiveness of natural attenuation

Creator:: Sharma, Ritu
Abstract:: Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant (LAAP), located near Shreveport, Louisiana, is a government-owned contractor-operated plant. Its purpose is to manufacture, load and assemble ammunition items. Area P has been used over the past 40 years to dump explosive-laden wastewater into 16 unlined lagoons. In 1989 LAAP was placed on the National...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: into four separate terraces; LAAP is located on the Montgomery terrace. At LAAP the Pleistocene

Selected regional forces of the land use system of the Upper Napa Valley of California since 1950

Creator:: Brugo, Mary L.
Abstract:: The Upper Napa Valley land use system is presently agricultural and epitomized by vineyards of quality wine grapes. As the San Francisco Bay Urban Area continues to expand the Upper Napa Valley is brought into closer proximity to the urban margin, and its agricultural usefulness is being threatened. Whether the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: 12) Montgomery Ward, Napa 150 $ 700,000 (Department Store) 13) Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield 134

If you build it, will they come? Evolution towards the application of multi-dimensional GIS to fisheries-oceanography

Creator:: Vance, Tiffany C.
Abstract:: The development of new technologies in science is a balance between existence and use. There are three versions of this duality – something is built and users come, something is built and users don’t come, and, finally, potential users show up but the ballpark has not yet been built. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Models relating camping to river terrace characteristics along the Rogue Scenic Waterway

Creator:: Pfister, Robert E.
Abstract:: The degree to which camping is related to selected characteristics of river terraces along the Rogue Waterway, Oregon has been analyzed. Previous attempts to formulate models relating campsite choice to characteristics of the natural environment focused on camping parties engaged in auto-camping and the aggregate population behavior rather than on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Prospects (James and Jones, 1954, p. 255): There is great need in the new field of recreational study for

The development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Greenbelt Land Trust of Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Scarlett, Desiree
Abstract:: The purpose of this project, therefore, is to develop a GIS for a small geographical area that is currently of high priority to the GLT. The development of this GIS will be documented in a sequential fashion, so that it may serve as a framework for future endeavors. This paper...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ). 17 pp. Meyers, James A. et al. 1995. "GIS and Neighborhood Planning: A Model for Revitalizing

A survey and evaluation of land resource classification systems in the United States

Creator:: Aldrich, Frank T.
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the methods and criteria developed for rating actual and potential agricultural land in the United States. It is motivated by the apparent increasing competition for quality space created by the expanding population, and by the belief that land rating and classification are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by a number of scholars. According to James, the work of Zim- mermann is the most detailed (21, p

Oregon's port districts as an element of economic development

Creator:: Bell, Allen Livingston
Abstract:: Oregon's twenty-two smaller port districts have the means to undertake a variety of community development goals. The activities of these public bodies extend beyond facilitating maritime commerce and harbor improvement. A primary responsibility, exemplified by a brief look at the evolution and contemporary authority of ports in Oregon, is to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: port administrators. It is a pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to James O'Banion (Port Mana

Geographic information systems : some considerations for use in geographic research and analysis

Creator:: Herstrom, Andrew A.
Abstract:: The major considerations for acquiring and using a geographic information system (G..I.S.) for regional or national geographical research and analysis are examined in this paper. After defining what a G.I.S. is, some of the more practical and useful functions of a G.I.S. in day-to--day geographical work are outlined. Finally, the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , indeed, indispensable tool for the geographer. 36 BIBLIOGRAPHY Carter, James R. 1984. "Computer

Changes in floodplain occupance Portland, Oregon 1957-1986

Creator:: Chaney, Richard Earl
Abstract:: Portland, Oregon Is in the northern end of the Willamette River Basin and Valley. The Willamette River caries the runoff discharge from approximately 12,000 square miles of basin area, and flows northward where it bisects the Portland metropolitan area and enters the confluence with the Columbia River. However, high discharge...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: southern edge of the Riverplace development proper. The area bounded by this same line and S.W. Montgomery

Community planning and adaptation : a case study at Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Eshbaugh, Dorothy L.
Abstract:: Three kkeeyy variables are examined to determine their influence on the process of community planning at Corvallis, Oregon. These are (1) the setting of priorities, (2) organization and (3) external reference. Interactions of goals program participants were recorded as the community responded to comply with Oregon Senate Bill #100's requirement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Do vigorous young forests reduce streamflow? Results from up to 54 years of streamflow records in eight paired-watershed experiments in the H. J. Andrews and South Umpqua Experimental Forests

Creator:: Perry, Timothy D.
Abstract:: This study quantified the magnitude and timing of summer streamflow deficits in paired-watershed experiments in the Cascade Range of Oregon where mature and old-growth conifer forests were subjected to clearcutting, patch cutting, and overstory thinning treatments in the 1960s and 1970s. Hydrologic effects of clearcutting, small-patch cutting, and overstory thinning...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oligocene to early Miocene age are common at below 850 m [Swanson and James, 1975]. Basalt flows are

The effects of large-lot zoning on the single-family housing market

Creator:: Roberts, Rebecca S.
Abstract:: This study investigated the private costs to individual households of large-lot zoning policies. The study asked whether typical zoning ordinances create shortages of small lots or small structures and, if so, what the magnitude of the resultant welfare loss is. The hypotheses were suggested by a theoretical model developed to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Art festivals in Oregon : historic and geographic aspects

Creator:: Tollo, Pia Agneta
Abstract:: The arts and festivals of art have today become a vital economic force in some areas of the country and a way of life for some people. The number and sizes of festivals, as well as audience size, has grown tremendously both nationally and in Oregon, since 1950. Even the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Montgomery, Atlanta's first "Fall Festival of the Arts in the Park" featuring 112 craftsmen with booths

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