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  • Municipal sewerage system resilience : disturbances and management strategies in Cook County, IL

    Creator:
    Oravec, Timothy J.
    Abstract:
    Sewerage infrastructure, including wastewater treatment facilities and conveyance pipes, is reaching the end of its useful life throughout the United States. Aging infrastructure may be more susceptible to fracturing and collapses due to deterioration. Further, sewerage infrastructure is usually designed to discharge untreated wastewater or stormwater into nearby waterways during...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , economic, and environmental dimensions. Important disturbances and management strategies affecting

  • Estimating a juniper biomass supply from private rangelands : the impact of distance and biotic factors on costs

    Creator:
    McCaulou, Jeff C.
    Abstract:
    Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a biomass industry based on a locally fixed source of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) feedstock. This study identifies a supply of juniper from private lands to determine how much of the available juniper is economically supplied at alternative prices...
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    Masters Thesis
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    supply curve for juniper as a biofuel source will shift in response to policy and economic factors

  • What are your forages worth?

    Creator:
    Downing, Troy (Troy Woerner), Chamberlain, Anna-Marie, Gamroth, Michael J., Peters, Amy, and Oregon State University. Extension Service
    Abstract:
    Designed to help dairy farmers calculate the costs of homegrown forages and compare them to the costs of purchasing forages. Presents typical per-acre costs of establishing, producing, and harvesting alfalfa or grass for silage to help farmers estimate costs. Explains how to compare forage production costs to alternatives by assigning...
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    Technical Report
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    quality forages can have a positive impact on the production level of livestock operations. In dairy

  • Essays on nursery labor, sales contracts, and price discovery

    Creator:
    Li, Cheng
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    Oregon's nursery and greenhouse industry has ranked the first in the State's agricultural for 18 years. The majority of nursery sales from the Pacific Northwest come from Oregon. Due to data limitations, empirical study of the Oregon nursery industry is rare. The present dissertation consists of three essays that analyze...
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    Dissertation
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    .............................................................................................. 148 4.4. Parameter Estimates of the Structural Model: Plant Supply

  • Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

    Creator:
    Galipeau, Brendan A.
    Abstract:
    This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    specific economic strategies. Next, interview results are analyzed to show how agricultural

  • Three essays on constrained markets

    Creator:
    Siegel, Ryan
    Abstract:
    The three essays in this dissertation progressively answer the following questions: (a) How important are constraints? (b) Who benefits from removing constraints? (c) When does a constraint for a single market predominantly affect closely related markets? These questions are applied in the context of time, weather, and minimum wage constraints,...
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    Dissertation
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    economic outcomes, (b) if one constraint is lifted, those individuals alternately-constrained are left

  • Economics of oilseed crops and their biodiesel potential in Oregon's Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Jaeger, William K. and Siegel, Ryan
    Abstract:
    This study assesses the economic potential of biodiesel production in the Willamette Valley for six oilseeds as potential feedstocks: canola, flax, camelina, yellow mustard, sunflower, and safflower. We evaluate costs and returns from feedstock production, oilseed crushing, and biodiesel processing. Our analysis is based on the best available information on...
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    Technical Report
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    assesses the economic potential of biodiesel production in the Willamette Valley for six oilseeds as

  • Political economy and trade effects of invasive species regulation : the case of noxious weeds

    Creator:
    Min, He
    Abstract:
    Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
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    Dissertation
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    likely to cause, economic or environmental harm or harm to human health,” (ERS, USDA, 2003). The Plant

  • Economic and social impacts of restoration : a case study of the Great Basin Region

    Creator:
    Satyal, Vijayanand H.
    Abstract:
    The last five decades of research in arid land ecology cites Invasive species as a source of imbalances in biodiversity through habitat destruction and reductions of native species through ecosystem alterations in favor of non-native species. Invasive species are known to damage not only the surrounding ecosystem but also cause...
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    Dissertation
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    Philosophy in Environmental Sciences presented on June 14, 2006. Title: Economic and Social Impacts of

  • The economic effects of ozone on U.S. agriculture : a sector modeling approach

    Creator:
    Hamilton, Scott A.
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    Tropospheric ozone is a pollutant which has detrimental effects on crop yields. The level of ambient ozone can be reduced by environmental policy changes and enforcement. The purpose of this study was to estimate the welfare effects of such changes in ambient ozone using recently available plant response data and...
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    Dissertation
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    Economic Effects .of Ozone on U.S. Agriculture: A Sector &de1ing Approach Abstract approved: Bruce A