The Chelan Valley is one of several valleys located on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains contributing to the leadership of Washington in apple production. Since the nature of the activity in the Chelan Valley is typical of all these producing areas,it was selected as a case study of...
The problem of this thesis is the existence of an anomalous manorial landscape in northern Fauquier County, Virginia. The county is about 45 miles southwest of Washington, D. C. The thesis seeks to develop a hypothesis to explain the existence of this landscape so different from surrounding areas in a...
The problem of this thesis is to evaluate small tracts of public
domain land as to their best use in an area where the Bureau of Land
Management desires to terminate managerial responsibilities. The
area chosen is located in the Prineville District, Bureau of Land
Management and is within the...
One of the most serious problems confronting modern America
is the efficient and rational utilization of the recreation resource base,
not only in terms of present demands and needs, but future as well.
The resource manager, in the past, has had few guidelines from
which to determine the type and...
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...
The retirement center is the new pattern of settlement in
Oregon. A few years ago there were no modern living accommodations
in the state especially designed for people in the retired category.
As to July 1966 development organizations have thirteen centers
in operation and over 4,000 people are in residence....
Temporal and spatial patterns of daytime cloudiness in the
Willamette Valley of Oregon were studied by utilizing monthly and
daily sky cover data published by the U. S. Weather Bureau for the
Portland, Salem, and Eugene stations. The 15-year period, 1949
through 1963, was selected as the maximum reliable period...
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...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the problem of the
increasing competition between recreation and irrigation at Wallowa
Lake. Originally Wallowa Lake was an abundant source of fish for
the Indians but the advent of irrigation in the area by the early settlers eliminated the blueback salmon (oncorhynchus...
The impacts of modern limited-access highways on the spatial distribution of non-agricultural development, and their influence in the shaping of occupancy patterns, are far-reaching and should be of eminent concern to all Americans. The location of the Interstate routes, with 80 percent of their 41,000 miles crossing rural localities, renders...
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...
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...
Township 40 South, Range 14 1/2 East, within the Klamath Basin in south central Oregon has been chosen for analysis in reconstructing vegetation. Both the present and the pre-settlement vegetative cover are depicted on maps, and the methods and sources utilized to reconstruct pre-settlement vegetation are reviewed. The term "pre-settlement"...
The Corvallis "urban area" has been selected for the
research problem at hand. Primary concern lies with forecasting
a 1985 arrangement of single-family residences. A model is developed
to simulate the 1968-1985 process of residential expansion outside
of the present city limits. Results of the simulation are summarized
both numerically...
Moisture has long been identified as one of the major
limiting factors in the distribution of agricultural land use practices.
However, the importance of any environmental element can only be
determined by considering how it is affected by its relationship with
other elements of the environment. Thornthwaite's moisture index
attempts...
Recreational resources of the Owyhee Breaks
Recreation Area are almost all of the extensive type such
as sightseeing, hunting, pleasure boating and rockhounding.
However, because of the increasing use both
past and projected, it is imperative that facilities be developed
to make these areas more useable and more enjoyable
to...
This research is an effort to appraise the results of the 1963
legislation, especially in terms of the spatial aspect. Has it achieved
the desired purpose? How many, and what size of farms are involved?
Where are these farms located?
The research field work resulted in a definitive map showing...
Taking advantage of a favorable physical system but also risking the hazards of flooding, man has long occupied flood plain land. He has attempted to adjust rivers to his needs in order to reduce flood loss, but the rising cost of flood protection accompanied by an increase in flood damage...
Re searchers have long tried to correlate weather factors with plant disease occurrences. However, inconclusive results have usually been obtained because most plant diseases have biologic as well as climatic optimums.
In this study, thirty weather variables were correlated, by the stepwise regression method in a computer, to the amount...
Seven one-square-mile areas were selected to test the notion
that there is a general intensification of agriculture as farm land
becomes more valuable. The Tualatin Valley adjacent to a large expanding
population center was selected because the land values in this
valley are increasing faster than are those of average...
An attempt is made to determine whether
or not property value appreciation on land adjacent to an
expanding urban center is related to distance from the
city and to identify the temporal variation in this relationship.
The results of simple linear regression strongly
suggest that property value appreciation and distance...
The relationships between infant mortality
and four socio-economic factors were determined for
the United States using visual comparisons of isopleth
maps and linear regression analysis. The four socioeconomic factors were per capita income, the percent of the population that is Negro, the per cent of the population that has a...
Since the mid-1950's, when Western Kraft Corporation
began operation of a pulp and paper processing plant north of Albany,
Oregon, inhabitants of the Albany area have faced an air pollution
nuisance.
This study is an attempt to add empirical substance to the complaint
that air pollution reduces land values. The...
Few Americans are aware of the tremendous
recreation potentials along the banks of the Intracoastal
Waterway, mainly because they are unaware of
the existence and extent of the toll-free Waterway.
This study attempts to categorize and locate some of
the attractions that can be explored along the two
thousand miles...
The land tenure system in the United States contains a variety
of tenure types. A major characteristic of this tenure system is the
continual change of tenure types within a given region. As these tenure
types change, problems of a cultural, economic, and legal nature
are created and interact with...
Many of the natural resource problems facing man in the present
era are so large and complicated that no one discipline provides an
adequate approach for their solutions. As an example, the relationships
of man to the land resource base can best be understood when
they are considered holistically rather...
Until recently, manufacturing in
the Portland Metropolitan Area was highly
concentrated in the central city, with little
industrial activity in the periphery of the
urban area except for primary processing of
timber and agricultural resources. However,
in recent years, especially within the last
decade, industrial activity has spilled well
beyond...
Lane County, Oregon recognized a needs for the protection of gravel producing land in the county a few years ago. This need for protection was first observed by a few sand and gravel owners and then by the Lane County Board of Commissioners. These two interests met and discussed various...
Coal was discovered in southwestern Washington over
One hundred years ago but until recently was of only minor
local importance. From the peak production year, in which
less than one-third of a million tons of coal were mined,
until the late 1960's, the coal production of the area degenerated
to...
The rapid population growth and related economic
growth of the Willamette Valley has resulted in a significant
reduction in air quality over the past several decades.
Within the Willamette Valley air ventilation is very poor and
therefore the airpo1lutton potential is one of the highest
in the United States. There...
This research paper is an analysis of the electric energy industry
in Mexico since its inception in 1879. The research is based entirely
on library sources plus documents secured from the Federal Electricity
Commission of Mexico. Only minimal documentary evidence is
available in English, consequently the Oregon State University library...
Detailed phytosociological and physical data were gathered from six grass-fern balds in the Oregon Coast Range, Monmouth Peak, Grass Mountain, Prairie Peak, Roman Nose Mountain, Tyee Mountain, and Saddle Mountain. Panchromatic and color infrared air photography guided sampling within individual balds. The resultant floristic data was manipulated by a Braun-Blanquet...
Local property-owning residents maintain high levels of interest
and awareness regarding a neighboring natural resource complex.
Factors, however, such as proximity, personal interests, use patterns
and economic considerations cause local inhabitants to have an
inaccurate perception of the natural resource complex. The nature
of local resident perception can be analyzed...
The Willamette Valley in Oregon produces over
90% of the Highland bentgrass seed produced in the United
States. Approximately two-thirds of this production comes
from a well-defined area on the eastern edge of the Waldo
Hills, east of Salem. This concentration seems to be
related to a set of physical...
The crawfish enterprise of South Louisiana is shown to haveexpanded as much as 18-fold since the 1950's. It is estimated(1973) that there are about 44,000 acres of managed crawfish ponds.Of the 334 ponds identified and mapped in the thesis, 231 are classedas open ponds, 45 as rice field ponds, and...
During the Colonial Period, in Mexico there was no rational
forest development policy and, as a result, forest resources were
squandered and to a considerable extent destroyed. During the
Nineteenth Century, a rational forest policy began to be promoted, but
in the end, it was translated into a policy of...
The period between 1971 and 1992 will mark the transformation
of the region' s hydro based electrical system into one
dependent on a mix of hydro and thermal generation. Through a
review and compilation of current literature it has been determined
that the program ushering in thermal generation is really...
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the
current development of the Willamette River Park and.
Recreation System, and to investigate the opposition to
that development.
The first section deals with a history of the project.
The phases of development are explained in detail. The
second section is an...
Conflict and competition between outdoor recreational activities is increasing in intensity. Thus, management agencies and persons responsible for regulation of outdoor recreation areas have become increasingly concerned and are seeking appropriate means for amelioration of the intensifying problem.
This research was designed to seek better understanding of conflicts and incompatabilities...
A million acre tract of land within the "Big Bend" of the
Columbia River in south-central Washington became the locale for an
important public area planning experiment and geotechnic enterprise
in the late 1930's and early 1940's. The Columbia Basin Project
(CBP) of the Bureau of Reclamation was conceived to...
Aquaculture of oysters has never obtained the economic importance in Oregon as it has in other coastal states. There are at present seven commercial culturists in Oregon. The two oysters cultured are the Crassostrea gigas and the Ostrea lurida.
Since oysters do not naturally spawn in Oregon waters the spat,...
Seven socioeconomic factors common to two Oregon
communities, Beaverton and Corvallis, were examined and
compared for the influences they might have on participation
in recycling programs. Sampling technique involved
the use of a prepared survey questionnaire through which
the data necessary for the appropriate statistical methodology
used in the study...
In selecting the site for a new school, a school
district must consider four basic characteristics of a good
site: size, physical features, location and costs. The size
must be adequate to meet the state minimum standards and
provide for future expansion. The physical features, soil,
relief and slope should...
The main concern of this paper is to study the changes
that have occurred in the structure of the agricultural land base during
the last twenty-two years. Deuel County, Nebraska, was chosen as
the problem area being representative of the national trends. It was
found that the main means of...
Agriculture in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, has undergone continual change since the annual migrations of American pioneer farmers began to arrive in the early 1840's. The comparisons of data from each of the agricultural censuses of Oregon counties taken since 1850 confirms that change has been continual. The data revealed...
Bayocean sand spit lies along the northern Oregon coast
approximately 70 miles south of the Columbia River. Work was
begun on the construction of a large recreational resort on the spit
in the early 1900's. At the outset, the resort appeared to have a
promising future. However, a three-year delay...
The role of weather in influencing tourist-recreation visitation
to the Oregon coast during the six-month summer season of May
through October has been investigated by this research. In addition,
the normal day-to-day fluctuations in coastal visitation has been
determined.
Based upon the normal visitation, the tourist-recreation season
on Oregon's coast...
The original settlement of Santa Rosalia,
Baja California del Sur, Mexico, was due to the exploitation
of the copper resources in the Boleo copper
district of Mexico. Mineral resources have always
been significant in the economy of the town.
Development in Santa Rosalia has been limited by the
non-renewable aspects...
Expansion of the National Flood Insurance Program is
described in the context of a modification of Kates' Systems Model of
Human Adjustments to Natural Hazards for a small central Pennsylvania
town (1970 population=ll,O98) that became eligible for flood insurance
four months after experiencing five million dollars in flood damage
and...
Beef cattle ranches provide a substantial portion of income in
Oregon. Range beef cattle ranches are located on land having relatively
low productivity and value. The ranches of interest for this study were
among the largest and most extensive in the state.
The purpose of the study was to examine...