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Relationships Between Environmental Governance and Water Quality in a Growing Metropolitan Area of the Pacific Northwest,...
We investigate relationships between environmental governance and water quality in two adjacent growing metropolitan areas in the western US. While the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington metro areas...
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Assessing State Efforts to Integrate Transportation, Land Use and Climate
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a threat to life on earth. “Continued emission of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and long-lasting changes in all components of the climate system,...
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Managing Activities at Wineries: Building and Sustaining a Place-Based Brand
The Willamette Valley Winery Association, Oregon Winery Association, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, and Oregon Department of Agriculture asked the authors to develop information needed...
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From Transit Stop to Urbanity Node: Field Audit for Measuring Livability at the Transit Stop
This research proposal addresses issues of livability at the transit stop. American transit systems have historically been “shoehorned” into existing street networks designed predominantly for cars and...
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Evaluation of Smart Phone Weight-Mile Tax Truck Data for Supporting Freight Modeling, Performance Measures and Planning
Oregon is one of the few states that currently charge a commercial truck weight-mile tax (WMT). This research serves to evaluate ancillary applications for a system developed by the Oregon Department of...
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Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS
The goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting...
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The Trade-offs between Population Density and Households' Transportation-housing Costs
As metropolitan area governments and others promote density-promoting “smart growth” policies, finer analysis is needed to quantify the impact of such policies on households' transportation and housing...
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Data-Driven Illustrations for Climate Smart Communities Scenarios
Public investment in transit and streetscape improvements can encourage private development, and subsequently increase transit ridership and reduce pollution. Portland, OR’s Metro regional government has...
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Agent-Based Model Simulating Pedestrian Behavioral Response to Environmental Structural Changes
Our research focused on understanding the travel behavior of individuals in complex urban environments. Specifically, we investigated how land use patterns and infrastructure influence how individuals across a...
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Plans and Living Practices for the Green Campus of Portland State University
This study aims to comprehend Portland State University (PSU)’s green campus strategies, and students’ level of knowledge and living practices relating to green campus. PSU’s sustainable campus plan has...
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