This white paper seeks to provide facts about the history of land use planning in Oregon while

This paper explores predictors of support for land-use ballot initiatives in Oregon. Possible predictors include a variety of socioeconomic, spatial, and political variables. Multiple least squares regressions...

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Urban sprawl and the establishment of greenbelts to separate growing cities and

Oregon's land use planning system is often recognized as having been successful in its goals of limiting urban sprawl and protecting resource lands from development. However, it is difficult to quantify the...

Hydrologic processes within mineral flat wetlands, along with their

The passage of Measure 37 in 2004 was met with a great deal of controversy as a number of voters claimed the implications of the Measure did not represent their intentions for supporting the legislation. ...

This dissertation's three essays explore the effects of climate change on land use

It is essential to study the relationship between environmental features and human land-use activities that can provide a better understanding of human-environment interactions. In a response, this dissertation...