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Importance of country-of-origin at point of purchase in women's decisions to purchase sweaters

Creator:

Gipson, Kay

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The present study examined the influence of country-of- origin on the apparel purchase decision. One-hundred and eighty-one adult female sweater purchasers were surveyed directly following the purchase of a sweater for personal use in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. The sample consisted of 138 department store shoppers and 43 discount...

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following the purchase of a sweater for personal use in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. The
Managing our urban forest : what do officials and managers think and need? A case study from the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area

Creator:

Driscoll, Abbey N.

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Urban forests are fundamental to the health and sustainability of urban communities. In 2012, the U.S. Forest Service launched the Vibrant Cities, Urban Forests: A National Call to Action initiative which posed a variety of recommendations to advance urban forest management and programs throughout the country. In response to that...

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Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area is a metropolitan region spanning the states of Oregon and
Stream channel stability and sensitivity to landscape history and land use changes in Kelley Creek, Portland, Oregon

Creator:

Murphy, Yarrow M.

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This study examines stream channel erosion processes in a small urbanizing watershed influenced by deposits of the Columbia Basin catastrophic floods: Kelley Creek, a 12-km² tributary of Johnson Creek, located just east of Portland, Oregon. Information on landscape history, stream channels, and sediment dynamics was compiled. The effects of future...

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Landscape History and Land Use Changes in Kelley Creek, Portland, Oregon. Abstract approved