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The Columbia Basin project, Washington : concept and reality, lessons for public policy

Creator:: Weinkauf, Ronald A. (Ronald Albert), 1936-2007
Abstract:: A million acre tract of land within the "Big Bend" of the Columbia River in south-central Washington became the locale for an important public area planning experiment and geotechnic enterprise in the late 1930's and early 1940's. The Columbia Basin Project (CBP) of the Bureau of Reclamation was conceived to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A geographical appraisal of the Taiwan tea industy

Creator:: Chiang, Tao-chang
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The impact of National Interstate Route 5 on adjacent non-agricultural land uses in the Willamette Valley, from Salem to Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Preston, John Phillip
Abstract:: The impacts of modern limited-access highways on the spatial distribution of non-agricultural development, and their influence in the shaping of occupancy patterns, are far-reaching and should be of eminent concern to all Americans. The location of the Interstate routes, with 80 percent of their 41,000 miles crossing rural localities, renders...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The agricultural geography of the pear industry in Jackson County, Oregon

Creator:: Goodman, Duane William
Abstract:: Jackson County, Oregon is noted for the production of high quality pears. It is the fourth leading pear producing county in the United States and is the number one producer of winter pears. This thesis analyzes in detail the many aspects of the pear industry in the county. Climate, soils,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Highlights in the changing resource perception and land use of the Willamette River flood plain, Albany-Corvallis area

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

Oregon's port districts as an element of economic development

Creator:: Bell, Allen Livingston
Abstract:: Oregon's twenty-two smaller port districts have the means to undertake a variety of community development goals. The activities of these public bodies extend beyond facilitating maritime commerce and harbor improvement. A primary responsibility, exemplified by a brief look at the evolution and contemporary authority of ports in Oregon, is to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: wish to express sincere gratitude to Dr. Richard H. Highsmith, Jr., my major professor, for his

An evaluation of minimum lot area parcels in Clackamas and Yamhill County farm use zones

Creator:: De Tar, John G.
Abstract:: Retaining agricultural land was a significant concern of Oregon legislatures throughout the l960s and 1970s. Willamette Valley counties primarily use a minimum lot area standard to retain land for agricultural use. Lot area standards used in portions of Yamhill and Clackamas Counties play a conservative force in each county's land...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Directed by Dr. Richard M. Highsmith, Jr. . TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES

Site and community needs of industrial firms considering location in Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Sjogren, Gray Peterson
Abstract:: The siting of a new industrial plant generally results from the favorable match of the needs of an industrial firm arid the assets of a community. Citizens of Oregon have taken a very active role in planning and decision making at the local level due to legislation in the past...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Directed by Dr. Richard M. Highsmith TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction The Problem 1 II. Citizen

Factors affecting rural land value

Creator:: Rich, Stanley Arthur
Abstract:: The value per-acre and annual amortization of rural land varies dynamically by parcel size. There are several adjustment factors or independent variables spatial, productive and development potential which affect the market value of all rural land. The evaluation of these must be accomplished by parcel size to be realistically equated....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: degree of MASTER OP SCINC March 1979 Dirctd by Dr. Richard M. Highsmith Jr. TABLE O CONTENTS

The effect of selected weather variables on the amount of stem rust damage to wheat in Nebraska

Creator:: Jacobson, Lawrence Marvin
Abstract:: Re searchers have long tried to correlate weather factors with plant disease occurrences. However, inconclusive results have usually been obtained because most plant diseases have biologic as well as climatic optimums. In this study, thirty weather variables were correlated, by the stepwise regression method in a computer, to the amount...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: people who have helped me to prepare this research paper. Especially, do I wish to thank Dr. Richard M

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The Columbia Basin project, Washington : concept and reality, lessons for public policy

A geographical appraisal of the Taiwan tea industy

The impact of National Interstate Route 5 on adjacent non-agricultural land uses in the Willamette Valley, from Salem to Portland, Oregon

The agricultural geography of the pear industry in Jackson County, Oregon

Highlights in the changing resource perception and land use of the Willamette River flood plain, Albany-Corvallis area

Oregon's port districts as an element of economic development

An evaluation of minimum lot area parcels in Clackamas and Yamhill County farm use zones

Site and community needs of industrial firms considering location in Corvallis, Oregon

Factors affecting rural land value

The effect of selected weather variables on the amount of stem rust damage to wheat in Nebraska

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