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Planning, Public Policy and Management Capstone and Terminal Projects: Recent submissions

  • Berumen, Daniel (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2012-03)
    The City of East Palo Alto was once viewed as one of the most dangerous cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city has recently been experiencing dramatic changes in demographics as well as economic development which ...
  • Johnson, Sarai; Miller, Marcella; Qiu, Jin; Spencer, Jessica; Stout, Odile (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    The purpose of this research project was to provide an outcomes-based and process evaluation of the effectiveness of The ABC’s of Homebuying, the homeownership education program administered by NEDCO (Neighborhood Economic ...
  • Fracchia, Elena; Hall, Tiffany; Remer, Matthew; Saxe, Karen; Wu, Wei-Ting (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    The United States’ health care sector is increasingly overwhelmed by the high number of uninsured Americans combined with the ever-rising cost of service provision. Over the last thirty years both federal and state budgets ...
  • Green, Carl; Held, Mike; Hui, Yiwei; Kraal, Martin; Stice, Nathanael; Xiong, Yao (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of earnings and employment growth in clustered and non-clustered industries in Washington State for the years 2003 through 2009. Further investigation compares cluster effects ...
  • Landis, Joshua; Moore, Caroline; Mosley, Rachel; Ruderman, Chris; Skinner, Seth (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    The City of Salem operates and maintains a complex and costly network of over 10,500 streetlights. This report examines several challenges within Salem’s current streetlighting system and provides recommendations to ...
  • Reder, Benjamin (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    The coastal zone includes coastal lands and also nearshore marine waters (Kay and Alder 1999). The interaction between terrestrial and marine environments is what makes the coastal zone unique. Thus, coastal management ...
  • Edwards, J. Brook (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2010-06)
    Hometown Associations (HTAs) are migrant organizations in host communities, with members from the same community of origin, which send collective remittances back to their hometown with the intention of benefitting the ...
  • Fertig, Alexandra (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2010-09)
    Since the American West was settled, Americans have sought to preserve a sense of solitude for their experiences on public lands. Many people are fond of recreating in wilderness areas, or just knowing that they exist on ...
  • Vissar, Vanessa (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    The City of Eugene acknowledges the benefits that neighborhood organizations bring to the community (City of Eugene, 1981). Although the City of Eugene’s Neighborhood Organization Policy states that neighborhood organizations ...
  • Otwell, Claire (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    With one‐third of the average downtown dedicated to parking, the issue of how to store the private automobile plays a dominant role in public policy decisions. Several studies indicate that a well thought out on‐street ...
  • McCaffery, Mark (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-08)
    Since the early 1980s, regional councils have partnered with nonprofit organizations in order to provide a range of services to member local governments with less capacity and resources. Although the partnership strategy ...
  • Malone, Erin (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    Small‐scale farmers in the Southern Willamette Valley supply the local food market via different market channels such as food based businesses (restaurants, grocery stores), farmers’ markets, farm stands, and Community ...
  • Lewis, Evan (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    Since the passage of the Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA) of 2000, thousands of local governments in the US have adopted hazard mitigation plans (HMPs) that address natural and manmade hazards, making them eligible for federal ...
  • Gatz, Casey (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    Declines in timber harvest and changing economic opportunities in communities adjacent to National Forest have challenged the traditional socioeconomic fabric of many communities. Paralleling reductions in harvest levels, ...
  • Garcia, Nicolas (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    Vanpooling provides an opportunity to save commuters money and diminish the external costs of an automobile‐dominated transportation system. Vanpooling’s effectiveness in urban and suburban areas has been established, ...
  • Campbell, Derek (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2010-09)
    The implementation of marine protected areas (MPAs) as part of a shift to ecosystem based management within our marine waters is gaining widespread acceptance by scientific and conservation communities. However fisherman ...
  • Bryant, Hannah (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    The City of Eugene has set aggressive goals to lower its greenhouse gas emissions, reduce community fossil fuel use and adapt to a changing climate and increasing fossil fuel prices over the coming decades. Its Climate ...
  • Bond, Christina (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    Every building, if allowed the chance, will one day become old. Some will individually be deemed “historic” for special cultural, historical, or aesthetic qualities. Others may simply add to the general historic backdrop ...
  • Beierle, Heidi (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2011-06)
    At the 2011 Oregon Governor’s Conference on Tourism an entire workshop session focused on Bicycle Tourism. Oregon has long recognized bicycling – in all forms – as one of the state’s great assets. Travel Oregon, the state’s ...
  • Schooley, Sara (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2009-06-12)
    Food system planning has recently emerged as a component of the city planner’s portfolio as the country faces an unprecedented obesity epidemic caused partly by poor access to high quality, affordable, and healthy foods. ...

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