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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2013-06)Every day millions of Americans enjoy clean safe drinking water from public water systems. Yet, human activity and development in sensitive watersheds pose significant threats to drinking water sources. This problem is ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2007-06)I. Introduction The City of Eugene initiated the West 11th Corridor Study after the failure of the West Eugene Parkway (WEP), a planned 5.8 mile, four-lane arterial road connecting two state highways between Eugene and ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2012-06)Background: The Solar Photovoltaic (PV) industry has been developing rapidly worldwide, generating clean energy and offsetting carbon emissions. In 2007, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) launched its current solar ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2014-01)Fecal bacteria are one of the most common pollutants of urban waterways, and cause illness in humans and animals. Laboratory tests such as microbial source tracking (MST) are increasingly used to determine the sources of ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2012-06)Background Losses from disasters can devastate communities and nations. Natural and human—caused disasters worldwide have resulted in financial losses that have risen steadily from 1980 to 2009. The decadal annual average ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2015-06)In the past 10 years, craft fermented beverage businesses – breweries, urban wineries, cideries, meaderies, and distilleries – have proliferated in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood. This study documents the changes that ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2008-03)The financial decisions of individual citizens impact our nation's economic health. Therefore, the knowledge and competence of individuals as it relates to personal financial decisions is important. The rate of personal ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2008-06)Despite spending the most money per capita on health care, the United States is plagued with lack of access to quality health care issues. Over 16% of Americans are uninsured and the problem continues to worsen. The ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 2019)As the risks facing communities rapidly change, the need for assessing community-level resilience increases. Resilience is the ability to mitigate, prepare for, adapt to, recover, or avoid disruptive events (Cutter, 2016). ...
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(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 ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2015-06)Quality short-‐term bike parking has a number of benefits including promoting bicycling as a means of transportation and creating an organized and predictable public streetscape which are both beneficial to businesses. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2006-06)This terminal project examines natural hazard disclosure in residential real estate transactions.
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2015-06)Many studies have focused on the relationship between Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs) and home prices. This study explores challenges to the production of affordable housing (for owners and ren ...
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(2005-09-02)The purpose of this project is three-fold: 1) to evaluate neighborhood walkability near middle schools in terms of infrastructure amenities that enhance pedestrian safety; 2) to evaluate walkability using streetscape ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2007-05)This paper focuses on proposing economic development strategies for mid-sized rural communities dealing with rapidly increasing tourism as a result of their wine industries. These development strategies are aimed at ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2016-06)This paper serves as a guide to citizens who want to get involved in transportation funding decisions in California and Oregon. First, the transportation funding process is described. Second, public participation is ...
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(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 ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2012-06)An increase in the perceived numbers of homeless campers outstaying the 14-day limit on camping in Oregon's Willamette National Forest has led the U.S. Forest Service to consider its role in what is traditionally considered ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 2018)This research looks at how new and renovated public spaces, specifically in downtown areas, have been developed in the last decade to represent the shifting needs of the people using it, and to serve the needs of those in ...
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(Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 2016-08)Bicycling, as a form of transportation, has been on the rise in the past few decades in North America as cities begin to realize the multiple benefits to the environment and physical health. Though there has been an ...
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