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Creator:: Wales, Robert W. (Robert Ware), 1937-
Abstract:: One of the most explosive social forces of modern-day society is the phenomenon of urban intrusion into predominantly rural areas. The recentness of this "explosion" has not yet allowed for a crystallization of conceptual clearity as to just where this sector or zone, which has come to be known as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: The Corvallis, Oregon rural-urban fringe

Creator:: Lewis, Anthony J.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Bauer, Webb Sterling
Abstract:: The Willamette River Greenway Program was created by an act of the Oregon Legislature in 1968 and modified by a second act in 1973. The purpose of the program was to protect the natural environment of the river from approximately the foot of the Cascade Range near Eugene, north to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Honey, William D.
Abstract:: The Willamette River Basin, Oregon, viewed in terms of a cultural-ecological system, has been subject to three phases of cultural development: hunting and gathering, agrarian, and industrial-urban. Each population base has employed a technology to exploit the environment to the extent that its patterns of culture would allow. This technology...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Meade, James Montgomery
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Corvallis, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY MEADE for the MASTER OF SCIENCE (Degree

Creator:: Zhou, Yanfen
Abstract:: An intersection, due to its vehicle and pedestrian conflict movements, experiences complex traffic situations that might contribute to crashes. In the city of Corvallis, OR, historically more than 80% of the total crashes have occurred within an intersection or have been designated as intersection-related. It is important to develop a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1 : Corvallis Metropolitan Planning Area, Oregon (Source: Corvallis Area Metropolitan Planning

Creator:: Knoder, Erik
Abstract:: Public open spaces provide many benefits to individuals and society. Many of the services they provide; such as recreation, enjoyment of nature, and improving water quality; are non-exclusive and nonrival in consumption. The "public good" nature of open space services inhibits the formation of a market for open space areas....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Comprehensive planning in Oregon relies mainly on zoning to meet plan goals. Zoning private property is not a

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