A method for analyzing growth of an urban area is
developed. Albany, Oregon, from 1936 to 1975 was used as a test
case. The method employs the use of remotely sense imagery
combined with an analysis of selected physical characteristics
of the land being urbanized. The study consists of an...
Many of the natural resource problems facing man in the present
era are so large and complicated that no one discipline provides an
adequate approach for their solutions. As an example, the relationships
of man to the land resource base can best be understood when
they are considered holistically rather...
The Upper Kiamath Valley and Klamath Marsh areas of
south-central Oregon comprise the summer range for a modern
system of transhumance agriculture. Approximately 72,000
head of cattle are annually trucked from these relatively
small Kiamath pastures to winter pastures scattered throughout
the Sacramento Valley. Field research indicates that
the development...
Agricultural field burning in Oregon's Willamette Valley
has been an accepted farming practice for sanitizing fields and removing
stubble and residues left on fields after harvest since the
early 1940s. Unfortunately, the smoke and debris created by the
burning in combination with other pollutants have been causing health
and environmental...
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...
An attempt is made to identify any significant
impact of the Salem urban growth boundary implementation on
rural residential development and land value outside of the
boundary. Studies done in 1972 examine possible boundary
impacts, but definite conclusions were not made because
county rural development policy had not been finalized....
Marion County had a 1976 cash receipt from all farm products
amounting to $110,429,000. Much of this farm value was produced on the
county's 410,350 acres of class I through IV soils. These soils, regardless
of productivity, also have potential for a variety of other
non-farm uses. It is this...