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Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Creator:: Bennett, Drew E.
Abstract:: The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives on nature to include not only intrinsic value but also the utilitarian value it provides to society. Viewing nature through this lens informs our understanding of how particular ecological processes benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: potential and limitations of PES as a policy mechanism for addressing complex ecosystem service management

Applying economic benefit transfer to improve the transfer of ecological estimates in ecosystem services research & policy

Creator:: Errend, Melissa N.
Abstract:: The goal of this thesis is to advance the methodology and thought regarding the transferability of ecological estimates of ecosystem services. Conceptually and in practice, ecological estimate transfer parallels economic benefit transfer in ecosystem services research and policy, yet the literature for benefit transfer predates ecological estimate transfer by several...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to analyze the transfer of economic ecosystem service values (e.g., benefit transfer), there is no

Three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration through forest management and afforestation

Creator:: Kim, Taeyoung
Abstract:: This dissertation consists of three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration in forests. The first essay examines private landowner response to incentives for carbon sequestration through various combinations of intermediate management practices. The second essay focuses on agricultural landowners' willingness to participate in an incentive program...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Taeyoung Kim A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in

The relationship among income, labor productivity, property taxes and migration, U.S. agriculture, 1957-70

Creator:: Griffin, Wade L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Spatial heterogeneity, meta-analysis and spatial dependence : three essays on environmental valuation and spatial land management decisions

Creator:: Bu, Meidan
Abstract:: This dissertation consists of three essays that collectively address the importance of accounting for spatial heterogeneity and spatial dependence of environmental assets and natural resources in policy making. The first essay examines the value of different wetland ecosystem services using an expanded meta-dataset of valuation studies in North America. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ............................................................................. 15 2.2.3 Economic valuation methods for estimating wetland ecosystem benefits ....... 18 2.3

Contending with risk in the seafood processing industry : a bioeconomic portfolio analysis of the Pacific whiting fishery

Creator:: Tuininga, Chris R
Abstract:: Since harvest levels of many of the world's fisheries are not likely to increase in the foreseeable future, resource managers and seafood processors need to develop improved strategies to maximize the utilization and benefits of current catches. In addition to increasing utilization and benefits, seafood processors are subject to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Privacy along the Pacific Coast of the United States in terms of its ecological and commercial

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

Creator:: Normandin, Kathleen
Abstract:: The contemporary student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive educational benefits to attend college (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, student veterans entering college today have a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq

An analysis of the effects of social security taxes on resource allocation in the U.S. farm sector

Creator:: Schotzko, Ralph T.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in the U.S. Farm Sector by Ralph Thomas Schotzko A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

An economic evaluation and benefit-cost analysis of National Fish Hatchery operations using linear programming and consumer's surplus models and concepts

Creator:: Hussen, Ahmed M.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 1975 (Major Department) (Date) Title: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION AND BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS OF

Changing patterns in the production and consumption of residual fuel oil in the United States, 1940-1972

Creator:: Ottum, Margaret G.
Abstract:: This study examined one refinery product, residual fuel oil, and analyzed changes that have occurred in its production and consumption in the United States through time, with the objective of explaining why the quantities and qualities of residual fuel produced, imported, and used in different times and places have varied....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Applying economic benefit transfer to improve the transfer of ecological estimates in ecosystem services research & policy

Three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration through forest management and afforestation

The relationship among income, labor productivity, property taxes and migration, U.S. agriculture, 1957-70

Spatial heterogeneity, meta-analysis and spatial dependence : three essays on environmental valuation and spatial land management decisions

Contending with risk in the seafood processing industry : a bioeconomic portfolio analysis of the Pacific whiting fishery

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

An analysis of the effects of social security taxes on resource allocation in the U.S. farm sector

An economic evaluation and benefit-cost analysis of National Fish Hatchery operations using linear programming and consumer's surplus models and concepts

Changing patterns in the production and consumption of residual fuel oil in the United States, 1940-1972

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