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Estuary Development - The Regulatory Process

Creator:: McKay, Janet G.
Abstract:: The purpose of this report is to briefly examine some of the laws and regulatory programs which affect development in Oregon's estuaries and their adjacent wetlands. Development, in this sense, includes dredging, filling, bank stabilization, structures or other physical alterations to an estuary.
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ESTUARY DEVELOPMENT - THE REGULATORY PROCESS by Janet G. McKay

The Oregon State University Diversity Action Plan : A window of opportunity

Creator:: Johnson, Alex T.
Abstract:: Diversity development has achieved higher agenda prominence based on the culmination of historical developments in problem recognition, political events, and university policies that have generated a window of opportunity. Oregon State University is currently at a critical time that will significantly transform the university's commitment inclusiveness and a diverse campus...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Effects of land use policy on urban growth rates in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Davis, Ellen and Davis, Ellen H.
Abstract:: This study seeks to determine the correlation between changes in statewide land use planning policies and the resulting periods of high or low urban growth in the Willamette Valley, Oregon using automated classification methods and freely available satellite imagery. To protect its farms, forests and open spaces, Oregon became the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Impact of Farmers Market Ownership on Conduct and Performance

Creator:: Gantla, Snehalatha
Abstract:: Over the last two decades, farmers markets have gained prominence based on their contributions to local economies, support of small-scale farmers, and ability to reconnect consumers and producers of food. Farmers markets vary substantially both in the goals they set and the outcomes they achieve. This study examines whether and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Snehalatha Gantla presented on June 3 rd , 2014 APPROVED: Larry Lev, representing Applied

Assessing the Implications of the 2016 Oregon Minimum Wage Increase for Direct Market Farmers and Their Employees

Creator:: Trant, Lindsay A.
Abstract:: Oregon is one of several states to implement a new and innovative minimum wage policy. The Oregon policy defines three regions with each having a separate initial minimum wage and a different set of incremental increases over the next seven years. This paper explores how this policy change may impact...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Trant presented May 30th, 2017 APPROVED: Larry Lev, representing Applied

Analysis of growth rates of residential land values on and near the regulated flood plain

Creator:: Warnick, Larry James
Abstract:: Flood plain regulations are one of six major adjustments used to cope with flood hazard in the United States. This adjustment was essentially neglected in the national flood hazard policies until Congress enacted the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The implementation of regulations, as called for in the Act,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: THE REGULATED FLOOD PLAIN by LARRY JAMES WARN ICK A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to THE DEPARTMENT OF

The changing scale of commercial agricultural land base in Deuel County, Nebraska

Creator:: Flohr, Larry G.
Abstract:: The main concern of this paper is to study the changes that have occurred in the structure of the agricultural land base during the last twenty-two years. Deuel County, Nebraska, was chosen as the problem area being representative of the national trends. It was found that the main means of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: DEUEL COUNTY, NEBRASKA by LARRY G, FLOHR A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

An evaluation of the potential for land use management as an air pollution control measure within the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Vinton, Larry Richard
Abstract:: The rapid population growth and related economic growth of the Willamette Valley has resulted in a significant reduction in air quality over the past several decades. Within the Willamette Valley air ventilation is very poor and therefore the airpo1lutton potential is one of the highest in the United States. There...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL NEASURE WITHIN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY by LARRY RICHARD VINTON A RESEARCH

Willamette Valley farm deferral accounts under Oregon Revised Statute 308.370

Creator:: Christensen, Larry Dale
Abstract:: This research is an effort to appraise the results of the 1963 legislation, especially in terms of the spatial aspect. Has it achieved the desired purpose? How many, and what size of farms are involved? Where are these farms located? The research field work resulted in a definitive map showing...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: STATUTE 308. 370 by LARRY DALE CHRISTENSEN A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

Using educational tools and integrative experiences via geovisualizations that incorporate spatial thinking, real world science and ocean literacy standards in the classroom : a case study examined

Creator:: Kinzel, Michelle Rene
Abstract:: The field of geography has been transformed in recent years through the use of spatial tools such as geographic information systems (GIS) satellite and acoustic remote sensing, the global positioning system (GPS), Internet mapping and more. Studying geography and earth science in the digital age now requires a sophisticated and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Estuary Development - The Regulatory Process

The Oregon State University Diversity Action Plan : A window of opportunity

Effects of land use policy on urban growth rates in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

The Impact of Farmers Market Ownership on Conduct and Performance

Assessing the Implications of the 2016 Oregon Minimum Wage Increase for Direct Market Farmers and Their Employees

Analysis of growth rates of residential land values on and near the regulated flood plain

The changing scale of commercial agricultural land base in Deuel County, Nebraska

An evaluation of the potential for land use management as an air pollution control measure within the Willamette Valley

Willamette Valley farm deferral accounts under Oregon Revised Statute 308.370

Using educational tools and integrative experiences via geovisualizations that incorporate spatial thinking, real world science and ocean literacy standards in the classroom : a case study examined

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