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Some aspects of Western religious thought and man's use of land

Creator:: Bryant, Robert Edman
Abstract:: This study examines a limited number of selected themes in Judeo-Christian, or Western, religious thought and their implications for man's use of land, with the objective of discovering the influence of Western religion on attitudes toward nature and land. Five themes are examined: dominion of man; stewardship; contempt for, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Ronald O.'Clarke, Professor of Religious Studies This study

Optimizing map projection selection for world maps and web maps

Creator:: Šavrič, Bojan
Abstract:: The selection process for map projections is a mystery to many mapmakers and GIS users. Map projections ought to be selected based on the map’s geographic extent and the required distortion properties, with the goal of minimizing the distortion of the mapped area. Despite some available selection guidelines, the selection...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my minor professor Dr. Ronald Metoyer, doctoral committee members

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
Full Text:: much of this work. Permission to use materials was provided by Ronald Hussey and Houghton- Mifflin

Historic attempts to cope with level variability of Great Salt Lake, Utah: a case study in social and environmental relationships

Creator:: Richards, Paul C.
Abstract:: The Great Salt Lake is typical of Great Basin and other arid land saline lakes in morphological and chemical characteristics. As with other terminal lakes, the level of Great Salt Lake is determined by the variable weather patterns that are typical of arid and semi-arid regions. Because of it's flat,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . 1988. A grasshopper in every pot. Natural History; 7-89, pp. 22-25. Morrisette, Peter Mahoney. 1987

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:: 5.43 Ronald & Sandra Lamar 1630 SW Allen St., Corvallis 22 23 125 03D 1500 5.18 Lee C. Harman, end

Design criteria for a surface coal mine reclamation plan in northwest Colorado

Creator:: Marston, Richard Alan
Abstract:: The surface mining of coal has accelerated in northwest Colorado to the point where public pressure plus impending state and federal regulations dictate the need for comprehensive reclamation plans. A large coal company operating in Moffat County has solicited recommendations concerning soils, hydrogeology, geomorphology, aesthetics, wildlife, vegetation, microclimatology, and legal...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: type of encouragement which will not cease to help me smile in future days. To Dave and Lynn, Bruce

Resource conflicts and expansion opportunities of ski areas in Oregon and Washington

Creator:: Gilbert, Kirby Wayne
Abstract:: The ski areas of Oregon and Washington are similar in many [respects], especially in that they are predominately local day areas and are located on United States Forest Service lands. The demand for more ski facilities is apparent yet the number of new areas opening has decreased over the years....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ., RONALD M. WALTERS, FRED L. HENLEY, "Winter Soorts Site Base Area Study" U.S.D.A. Forest Service PNW

The effectiveness of the Special Farm Use Assessment Program in Jefferson County, Oregon - a comparative study

Creator:: Hunter, Steven Robert
Abstract:: Oregon's Special Farm Use Assessment program is investigated in this paper for its effectiveness in preserving farmland from urban sprawl. Basic research for this study was conducted in Jefferson County, a rural central Oregon county. Data from a similar study conducted in Washington County, an urbanizing northern Willamette Valley county,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: partners, Jonathan Klein and Lynn Johnson, were in their own ways a driving force in helping me to

The influence of aging dams and geography on the distribution of dam removals in the United States

Creator:: Ashley, Sara
Abstract:: Over 470 dams have been removed in the United States, and a significant increase in dam removals has occurred since the early 1990s. The aging of dams is often cited as the primary factor influencing removals; as dams surpass their functional life span, safety hazards, economic costs, and environmental concerns...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Some aspects of Western religious thought and man's use of land

Optimizing map projection selection for world maps and web maps

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

Historic attempts to cope with level variability of Great Salt Lake, Utah: a case study in social and environmental relationships

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

Design criteria for a surface coal mine reclamation plan in northwest Colorado

Resource conflicts and expansion opportunities of ski areas in Oregon and Washington

The effectiveness of the Special Farm Use Assessment Program in Jefferson County, Oregon - a comparative study

The influence of aging dams and geography on the distribution of dam removals in the United States

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