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The extent and implications of specified resource site protection in Oregon

Creator:: Giampaoli, Peter Paul
Abstract:: The protection of sensitive resources is an integral part of forest practices regulations in many states, affecting non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners. In Oregon, forest operations on private lands which will conflict with sensitive areas designated "specified resource sites" must meet spatial and temporal requirements to protect those sites. These...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An estimation of public preferences for land use in Eugene, Oregon

Creator:: Teichert, Kurt
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: particular importance In Oregon vdiere land use planning is not just a service provided by local

An analysis of alternative methods of nonmarket valuation : applications to whitewater recreation

Creator:: Bregenzer, Neil S.
Abstract:: This study analyzes and compares alternative methods of valuing nonmarket goods. Using a 1985 study of Rogue River non-commercial whitewater recreationists, benefit estimates of recreational use for this lottery-rationed river are derived using the zonal travel cost method (TCM) and the contingent valuation method (CVM). Two different techniques of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of two fuel reduction treatments on chaparral communities in southwest Oregon

Creator:: Sikes, Kendra G.
Abstract:: Fuel reduction treatments are being applied to public lands, affecting significant acreage at considerable expense. This study compares the short term effects on a chaparral plant community of two different fuel reduction methods, brush mastication and "hand piling and burning" (HPB). Ceanothus cuneatus dominated the southwestern Oregon study sites where...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Determining relative benefits to communities from urban and agricultural land use change in Napa County, California

Creator:: Bernard, Mark A.
Abstract:: Urban sprawl and the establishment of greenbelts to separate growing cities and towns has become a popular topic of conversation among land use professionals. Economists focus on urban growth in terms of land rents and have sought market solutions such as transfers and purchases of development rights to slow this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Urban and Agricultural Land Use Change in Napa County, California by Mark A. Bernard

Choosing efficient land allocations and forest management regimes for biodiversity

Creator:: Shunk, Neal J.
Abstract:: Increasing rates of species imperilment and the loss of biological diversity in naturally functioning ecosystems can be directly linked to accelerated urban development and the conversion of natural habitats to satisfy the needs of man. In combating this loss of biodiversity, scientists and policy makers alike recognize the relevance of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Inefficiencies in Land Use Planning

Valuing urban wetlands : a property pricing approach

Creator:: Mahan, Brent L
Abstract:: Wetlands play an important role in our social and economic well being. Many services wetlands provide, such as wildlife habitat, recreation, and aesthetics, are collective goods. Because these services are not represented in a market, an over supply of wetlands converted to other uses and an under supply of protected...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: County, Oregon 39 Explanatory Variable Definitions 42 Market Segment Variables. The Reference Location

Development of a legend and key for ecological resource analysis in the 15-mile administrative unit, Malheur County, Oregon

Creator:: Martin, Niels L.
Abstract:: The project of which this research was a part is designed to provide an improved system of ecological resource analysis. Specific objectives of this study were: (1) classification of plant communities on the fringes of the sagebrush steppes and the salt desert of southeastern Oregon, (2) development of symbolic and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: all land use objectives as well as for land use planning and zoning. Plants segregate themselves

The effects of alternative future development scenarios on ecological processes and social-ecological resilience in Central Oregon

Creator:: Duncan, James A.
Abstract:: This research sought to explore the implications of different tenure regimes for both landscape-level ecological processes and the overall resilience of a social-ecological system in Central Oregon. The purchase by an investor of former industrial timberlands known as the Bull Springs tract raised the specter of dispersed residential development on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ...........................................................................................14 3. Temporal and spatial scales of land use planning

Development of a land evaluation and site assessment (LESA) model for forestry in Lane County, Oregon

Creator:: Pepi, Joseph A.
Abstract:: A Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) Model was developed for the forested soils of Lane County, in western Oregon, based on soil potential ratings and indexes of parcel size and adjacent and surrounding land use conflict. Lane County's economy is heavily dependent on resource production uses of land for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon Land Use Planning Program created the statewide planning goal dealing with forestlands. A

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The extent and implications of specified resource site protection in Oregon

An estimation of public preferences for land use in Eugene, Oregon

An analysis of alternative methods of nonmarket valuation : applications to whitewater recreation

The effects of two fuel reduction treatments on chaparral communities in southwest Oregon

Determining relative benefits to communities from urban and agricultural land use change in Napa County, California

Choosing efficient land allocations and forest management regimes for biodiversity

Valuing urban wetlands : a property pricing approach

Development of a legend and key for ecological resource analysis in the 15-mile administrative unit, Malheur County, Oregon

The effects of alternative future development scenarios on ecological processes and social-ecological resilience in Central Oregon

Development of a land evaluation and site assessment (LESA) model for forestry in Lane County, Oregon

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