Browsing by Author "Lake, Adam"

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    Jewish Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union: The Formation of New Social Networks, Integration, and Activity Spaces
    (University of Oregon, 2012) Lake, Adam; Lake, Adam; Hardwick, Susan
    From 1976 to 2000, an estimated three quarters of a million Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union immigrated to the United States. These refugees were welcomed by both volunteers and professional aid workers from the American Jewish community who provided food, shelter, and a helping hand in establishing a new life in a new place. Social capital accumulated through membership in a global Jewish identity, both for Soviet and American Jews, provided the foundation for this aid. The shift in identity from #8220;American#8221; or #8220;Russian#8221; to #8220;Jewish & rdquol that provided the initial transnational social capital was largely the result of the efforts of the Soviet Jewish Freedom Movement, centered in Cleveland and New York City. Additionally, the descendants of Soviet Jewish refugees appear to be assimilating with native-born populations. Through interviews with Soviet Jewish refugees and other key participants, this dissertation examines the role of place in the shifting identities of Soviet Jewish refugees living in Cleveland. From the evidence gathered through this case study and building on the work of Bourdieu and Lefebvre, this dissertation culminates in the development of a new model of Scalar Assimilation that allows for identity shifts and assimilation processes to simultaneously operate at multiple scales with a variety of outcomes.
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    Klickitat County Shoreline Master Plan Analysis
    (University of Oregon, 2005-07) University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop; Lake, Adam; Neff, Jessica; Rasmussen, Kitty; Sanghavi, Swati; Ackerson, Kristopher; Parker, Robert
    This report presents a descriptive analysis of the relationship between shoreline development trends and the Klickitat County Shoreline Management Program.
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    Klickitat County shoreline master plan analysis
    (Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington, 2005-07) University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop; Lake, Adam; Neff, Jessica; Rasmussen, Kitty; Sanghavi, Swati; Ackerson, Kristopher; Parker, Robert
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    Long term trends in contracting and the impact of the National Fire Plan in Northern California
    (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2003) Moseley, Cassandra; Balaev, Mikhail, 1976-; Lake, Adam
    This report (1) documents changes in Forest Service procurement contracting between the early 1990s and the early 2000s and (2) evaluates whether the authority to consider local benefit when awarding the National Fire Plan (NFP) funded contracts has impacted contracting opportunities in Northern California. In sum, the Forest Service’s forest management contracting and the number of contractors working on national forests in Northern California declined over the last decade. Contractors are located closer to national forests than they once were, but this has not translated to more opportunities for rural communities. Instead, contractors from rural communities have seen their share of the contracting dollars decline, while contractors from Redding and mid-size towns have seen their share of the contracting increase. Despite the decrease in money being spent on forest management contracting, the average contract size increased. The increase in average contract size may partially explain the decline in rural contract capture because we might expect rural contractors to be smaller than those based in mid-sized towns or urban areas. The decline in labor-intensive work may be reducing the demand for mobile crews from California’s Central Valley and Oregon’s Willamette Valley. In sum, the National Fire Plan authority does appear to have created opportunities for businesses closer to national forests than was the case for regularly funded contracts, and that this translated to additional opportunities for nearby rural communities as well. However, because of the small number of contracts involved, this analysis is not conclusive. Regardless, National Fire Plan funding has not come close to replacing the amount of money that was being spent on forest management contracting in the early 1990s.