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  • Essays on the economics of land use regulation

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    Lai, Jiayin
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper reviews numerous past literatures on how land-use regulation, agricultural subsidies, and use-value assessment method affect land values. The second paper uses a theoretical model to analyze how imposing minimum-lot-size zoning and different designs of minimum-lot-size...
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    approved: _____________________________________________ Andrew Plantinga This dissertation consists

  • Three essays on the effectiveness of Oregon's land-use planning system : economic analysis with quasi-experimental methods

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    Dempsey, Judith
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    Oregon's land use planning system is often recognized as having been successful in its goals of limiting urban sprawl and protecting resource lands from development. However, it is difficult to quantify the impact of these regulations, because we cannot observe what would have happened in the absence of land use...
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    Andrew J. Plantinga Oregon’s land use planning system is often recognized as having been successful

  • How Do Population Growth, Land-use Regulations, and Precipitation Patterns Affect Water Use? A Fine-scale Empirical Analysis of Landscape Change

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    Bigelow, Daniel P.
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    A growing body of literature exists on how human population growth and changes in climatic factors influence the availability of water (Elliot et al. 2014, Prudhomme et al. 2014). These studies typically conclude that climate change is expected to have negative consequences on water availability, an effect that is magnified...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Andrew J. Plantinga A growing body of literature exists on how human population

  • Three essays on the economics of climate change, land use and carbon sequestration

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    Haim, David
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    This dissertation's three essays explore the effects of climate change on land use changes in the U.S., how future land areas in all major land uses change by projecting land use at the regional scale under two IPCC climate change scenarios. Investigate how and what role should carbon sequestration plays...
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    : ____________________________________________________ Andrew J. Plantinga This dissertation’s three essays explore the effects of climate change

  • The economics of forest-dependent regions

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    Biswas, Smita
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    This dissertation explores two economic phenomena involving forest-dependent areas: wage distribution and migration pattern of individuals. Are forest-dependent rural areas less desirable for workers from the standpoint of labor market returns? Are different skills (e.g. education, experience) rewarded differently in these areas? If there are interregional wage differences, would that...
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    Abstract approved: ____________________________________________________ Andrew J. Plantinga This

  • Managing the spatial configuration of land : the economics of land use and habitat fragmentation

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    Lewis, David James
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    Habitat fragmentation has been widely studied in the biological literature and is considered a primary threat to biodiversity. However, there has been little research on land-use policies to reduce fragmentation. This dissertation focuses on two major research issues related to fragmentation policies. First, I develop an analytical model to analyze...
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    school. I would like to thank Andrew Plantinga for his enthusiasm and helpful guidance throughout the

  • Advances in Modeling Natural Resource Management under Uncertainty : Forest Mortality, Policy Design, and the Value of Information

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    Sloggy, Matthew R.
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    Advancing the understanding of natural resource management is an important step in mitigating the effects of human activity on the environment, and ensuring efficient outcomes for many sectors of the economy. As humanity’s role in the natural world becomes better understood, the importance of interdisciplinary modeling has grown in leaps...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Andrew J. Plantinga

  • Land use policy and property value

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    Grout, Cyrus A.
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    A plethora of land use policies are implemented at the local, state, and federal levels to influence the manner in which land is utilized. The distribution of the costs and benefits associated with implementing such land use policies always has been, and will continue to be, a source of contention....
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    Andrew J. Plantinga William K. Jaeger A plethora of land use policies are implemented at the

  • Essays on land-use change, carbon sequestration and emissions in China

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    Li, Man
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    China has experienced rapid economic growth in the last twenty years, accompanied by large-scale land conversion, severe environmental degradation, and rising carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. Designing policies for sustainable development requires a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between economic growth, land-use change, carbon sequestration and emissions in China. This dissertation...
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    . Jeffrey J. Reimer, Dr. Andrew J. Plantinga, Dr. Lan Xue, and Dr. Russell E. Ingham, for their invaluable

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

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    Kim, Taeyoung
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    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...
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    future. My appreciation goes to Andrew Plantinga, Claire Montgomery, and John Antle for offering