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Vent, Herbert James
(University of Oregon, 1942-06)
The main purpose of this study is to ascertain recent changes in the economic and human geography of the Upper Willamette Valley and interpreting these changes in the light of socio-geography. This study is important because ...
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Backes, G. Byron
(University of Oregon, 1959-06)
The Ashland Area, a well-settled agricultural subdistrict, is the
southeastern-most segment of the arable valley lands of the Medford District of Jackson County, Oregon. The city of Ashland and the
Ashland Area function ...
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Erickson, Kenneth Al
(1959-06)
The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain population distribution and movement in the Grants Pass District in light of its geographic setting. Before this is accomplished there are three questions of a general ...
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Selim, Soad Hanem M. Gamal Eldin
(University of Oregon, 1963-06)
The fruit and vegetable canning industry in Eugene, Oregon, is represented in this thesis as a study in economic geography based upon filed methods. The Eugene Fruit Growers’ Association, one of the sizeable establishments ...
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Bechtol, Bruce Emerson
(University of Oregon, 1969)
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King, Larry Lloyd, 1942-
(University of Oregon, 1982-12)
This study will focus on changes that skid row is experiencing.
Following an introductory statement which defines skid row and reviews
the area historically, an examination of skid row evolution on a
national basis is ...
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Keeler, Elizabeth Louise
(University of Oregon, 1985-03)
This thesis describes the river towns along the Willamette River in
Oregon. River conditions, adaptation of the boats to the river, and
steamboat routes shown at ten year intervals illustrate the degree of
accessibility ...
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Welcher, Karin Else
(University of Oregon, 1993-06)
In the stratigraphic record of Camp Creek are episodes
of fluvial scour and fill thousands of years old.
Radiocarbon dates and the Mazama tephra, which serves as a
stratigraphic time line, temporally bracket episodes ...
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Fouty, Suzanne Catherine
(University of Oregon, 2003)
Livestock grazing and beaver trapping alter streams hydrologically and
geomorphically leading to declines in the quality and extent of stream-riparian
ecosystems. The influence of reductions in grazing pressure and ...
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Vogel, Eve, 1964-
(University of Oregon, 2007-12)
This dissertation argues that Columbia River management and politics have been shaped ever since the New Deal by a conception of the Columbia River as the defining feature of the Pacific Northwest region. The study examines ...
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Nurhussein, Safy, 1981-
(University of Oregon, 2008-03)
Somalia has not had a recognized government since 1991, a longer period than any country in modem history, but while the political environment remains uncertain, segments of the economy have grown rapidly, particularly ...
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Briles, Christy Elaine, 1976-
(University of Oregon, 2008-03)
The Holocene vegetation and fire history of the Klamath Mountains (KM), northern California, was reconstructed at three sites based on an analysis of pollen and high-resolution macroscopic charcoal in lake-sediment cores. ...
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Pera, Jennifer Lee, 1977-
(University of Oregon, 2008-06)
This thesis explores a relatively new migration pattern of North Americans to Costa Rica
and the ways in which these migrants are changing landscapes of belonging and
membership in the communities in which they settle. ...
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Goworowska, Justyna, 1981-
(University of Oregon, 2008-06)
This thesis examines the various forces shaping neighborhood change in
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and concludes that the future of the community's Polish ethnic
enclave is in jeopardy. Findings reveal that Greenpoint, a ...
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Fischetti, Diana Michelle, 1976-
(University of Oregon, 2008-09)
Because of the personal, social, economic, and environmental impacts of material
consumption, resistance is afoot. The creation of new places is a tool used by those
resisting the negative aspects of consumer culture. ...
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Tang, Guoping
(University of Oregon, 2008-09)
This dissertation examined a number of general vegetation-modeling issues, and the sensitivity of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP), soil moisture and actual evapotranspiration (ET) to climatic variations in China. ...
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Walsh, Megan Kathleen, 1976-
(University of Oregon, 2008-12)
The debate concerning the role of natural versus anthropogenic burning in shaping the prehistoric vegetation patterns of the Willamette Valley of Oregon and Washington remains highly contentious. To address this, pollen ...
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Dixon, Megan Lori, 1969-
(University of Oregon, 2008-12)
This dissertation focuses on an urban development project outside St. Petersburg, Russia, called the Baltic Pearl. Financed by a consortium of firms based in Shanghai, China, the Baltic Pearl signals several changes in ...
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English, John Thomas, 1980-
(University of Oregon, 2009-03)
This paper examines the capability of LiDAR data to accurately map river water
surface slopes in three reaches of the Sandy River, Oregon, USA. LiDAR data were
compared with field measurements to evaluate accuracies and ...
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Jablonski, Jon R.
(University of Oregon, 2009-06)
The Internet affects many aspects of daily life and economic activity in globalized
economies. The network city thesis posits that the Internet enables disbursed methods of
production and new forms of economic activity. ...
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