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Local resilience, canola cropping, and biodiesel production

Creator:: Bates, Christopher Allen
Abstract:: New technology may have negative, as well as positive, effects on a sociocultural system. Biodiesel is growing in popularity as a fuel alternative that addresses global warming and reduces dependency on petroleum. The biodiesel innovation fits well into the existing behavioral infrastructure of Linn and Benton Counties, Oregon. The introduction...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: because it did not make economic sense for them to do so. Research by a graduate student from Oregon

Exploring Income, Housing Space, and Cultural Perceptions in Relationship to Food Security in Full-time RV Households

Creator:: McGonagall, Odhran Mason
Abstract:: This thesis explores the relationships that income and housing space limitations have with regard to food security in full-time recreational vehicle (RV) households. This research used a scaled survey tool and a subset questionnaire to gather information on RV dwellers' housing and kitchen spaces along with participants' food shopping, storage,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Level is based on median income levels in Oregon. An important aspect of RV age and type is that

Improving community profiles for Oregon fisheries and coastal communities through collaboration

Creator:: Package, Christina
Abstract:: In an effort to supplement the recently completed NOAA fishing community profiles, three coastal Oregon communities were chosen as sites for a collaborative project designed to produce long-form profiles. In order to provide a representation of the coast Newport, Port Orford, and Garibali, Oregon were included based on community size,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 2009. Title: Improving Community Profiles for Oregon Fisheries and Coastal Communities through

Public perceptions of wave energy on the Oregon coast

Creator:: Hunter, Daniel A.
Abstract:: Oregon’s coastal communities grew from the booming logging and fishing industries of the 19th century, but in recent decades have faced not only major declines in both timber and fish resources but also an increasing reliance on tourists and retirees and the resultant glut of seasonal service-sector jobs. As a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ensure that wave energy contributes to the continued economic development of the Oregon coast

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Creator:: Stanton, Michael
Abstract:: This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: are the Environmental, Economic, and Social Barriers To Achieving Agricultural Sustainability in The

Environment, symbolism, and changing gender roles in Oregon's Santiam Canyon

Creator:: Gilden, Jennifer
Abstract:: In the early 1990s, a cutback in harvestable timber led to economic stress among the families and communities of Oregon's Santiam Canyon. This ethnographic study uses symbolic anthropology and cultural ecology to examine the changing relationships among the timber industry, timber communities, and gender roles. Timber-dependent economies have always struggled...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A Practical, Ethical Critique of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Shale Gas Extraction Process

Creator:: Bullock, Claude George, III
Abstract:: This thesis analyzes the emerging technology of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas extraction process through a pluralistic philosophical approach. Rather than defending traditional values in nature, such as intrinsic value, I defend a metaphilosophical pragmatism centered on policy implications. I argue that different philosophical positions will, most of the time,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: range of environmental, economic, and social effects associated with major industry operating in rural

"It was on the tip of everyone's tongue, Tyler and I just gave it a name" : Fight Club's representation of consumer culture

Creator:: Wicks, James Anthony
Abstract:: This thesis examines the representation of consumer culture in Fight Club within the context of Frederic Jameson's theory of postmodernism. I propose that the film represents consumer culture as a totalizing system. This representation is evident in the setting of the film and in the Narrator's attempt to escape from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Anthony Wicks A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements

Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

Creator:: Brown, Nicole A.
Abstract:: This thesis examines perceptions of cooperation among small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in western Oregon's forest products industry. Recent changes in the industry, such as corporate consolidation, global marketing, and government regulations have created an environment in which many SMEs find it difficult to stay competitive. Cooperation among SMEs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Enterprises in Oregon's Forest Product Industry by Nicole A. Brown A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

Beliefs concerning Oregon State University home economics courses for potential secondary home economics teachers

Creator:: Lea, Sonya Ann
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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ScholarsArchive@OSU

Local resilience, canola cropping, and biodiesel production

Exploring Income, Housing Space, and Cultural Perceptions in Relationship to Food Security in Full-time RV Households

Improving community profiles for Oregon fisheries and coastal communities through collaboration

Public perceptions of wave energy on the Oregon coast

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Environment, symbolism, and changing gender roles in Oregon's Santiam Canyon

A Practical, Ethical Critique of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Shale Gas Extraction Process

"It was on the tip of everyone's tongue, Tyler and I just gave it a name" : Fight Club's representation of consumer culture

Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

Beliefs concerning Oregon State University home economics courses for potential secondary home economics teachers

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