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  • Age structure, developmental pathways, and fire regime characterization of Douglas-fir/western hemlock forests in the central western Cascades of Oregon

    Creator:
    Tepley, Alan J.
    Abstract:
    Descriptions of the fire regime in the Douglas-fir/western hemlock region of the Pacific Northwest traditionally have emphasized infrequent, predominantly stand-replacement fires and an associated linear pathway of stand development, where all stands proceed along a common pathway until reset by the next fire. Although such a description may apply in...
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    Dissertation
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    , each with a different fire frequency and with differences in the representation of each severity

  • Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

    Creator:
    Bruno, Mark P.
    Abstract:
    This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....
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    Masters Thesis
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    community challenges associated with residential turnover and organizational memory. In the completion of

  • An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

    Creator:
    McFarland, Janine Ruth
    Abstract:
    During the summer of 1986, an archaeological testing project was completed at seven prehistoric campsites primarily located in the upper Deschutes River Basin of central Oregon. Testing was focused on two low-density "lithic scatters", an archaelogical site type which is especially abundant in this obsidian-rich region but which, to date,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , recreational developments, land exchanges, and other improvements. In order to comply with the various laws

  • 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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    earlier pio- neer society formed in this specific locale. They have all, with no excep- tions, been kind

  • Battle of Big Bend

    Creator:
    Applen, Jeffery A.
    Abstract:
    The Battle of Big Bend was the last significant battle of the Rogue River Indian Wars. The battle occurred 27-28 May 1856 in the Oregon Territory. The location of the battle was along the Rogue River at a place known as the Big Bend, approximately eight miles up river from...
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    Masters Thesis
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    own weapons, or in defilade (a position in which the occupant can not be hit by direct fire weapons

  • Oregon man-forest relationships and the 1971 Forest Practices Act

    Creator:
    Sullivan, Michael J.
    Abstract:
    Since the inception of white settlement, Oregon man-forest relationships have progressively matured. The 1971 Forest Practices Act is the culmination to date of increasing societal concern for the protection of the forest environment and the conservation of its resources. The Act has resulted in an increased employment of forest practices...
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    Capstone Project
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    restriction, of private forest interests in the public welfare. For approximately 20 years fire protection

  • The social construction of crisis: Deconstructing the complex pathways linking disaster, conflict, and peace

    Creator:
    Peters, Laura E. R.
    Abstract:
    We are witness to an ever tighter coupling between natural hazard-related disasters ("disasters") and violent social conflict ("conflict"). Previous research has established that disaster has the propensity to lead to conflict, and conflict, in turn, has been found to contribute to disaster vulnerabilities. The field of disaster diplomacy, by contrast,...
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    Dissertation
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    with 32 disaster risk reduction (DRR) experts living and working in 25 disaster- and conflict

  • Invisibility: Environmental Migration Governance in a Changing Climate

    Creator:
    Abel, Kali M.
    Abstract:
    Climate change has the potential to accelerate many forms of human migration and mobility, yet almost all of the key migration outcomes of interest are determined predominantly by governance, or the norms, laws, and institutions involved in the coordination of human society. These outcomes include the decision whether or not...
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    Dissertation
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    relationships within the design elements, policy domains and institutions of the host community. In the case

  • 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...
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    Capstone Project
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    decades, and personal interviews were conducted with 188 spectators at art festivals held in the

  • The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami : tourism impacts and recovery progress in Thailand’s marine national parks

    Creator:
    Meprasert, Somrudee
    Abstract:
    The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami raised concern among marine park managers and hazard mitigation professionals about the significant impact of major coastal hazards on marine park natural resources and ecosystems. The main reason for this concern is the strong linkage of marine parks and their rich assortment of ecosystem services...
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    Dissertation
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    back on its feet; tourism recovery actions associated with natural resources, the business community