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• 81. [Article] Online product presentation and perceived trustworthiness : the moderating role of gender

  E-commerce is growing each year, reaching 130.1 billion in 2008 (Internetretailer.com, 2009b). Retailers have turned their attention to the online channel to discover ways to stay competitive. Yet there ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Online product presentation and perceived trustworthiness : the moderating role of gender Author: Marshall, Kerianne E-commerce is growing each year, reaching 130.1 billion in 2008 (Internetretailer.com, 2009b). Retailers have turned their attention to the online channel to discover ways to stay competitive. Yet there is still limited research on online apparel retailing, especially in online product presentation. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine how the presence of an attractive model’s face influences consumer trustworthiness and to explore how men and women differ on their response to the presence of an attractive model's face in an online apparel shopping context. In addition, relationships between perceived trustworthiness, perceived risk, and purchase intention were examined. This study employed a one factor between-subjects' factorial design: Product presentation (presence of face vs. absence of face) by gender (male vs. female). Eight websites were created to closely resemble the design of "real" websites (two websites for each condition). Self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. The data was collected at Oregon State University in Spring 2009. A convenient sample of 174 undergraduate students was obtained. Using descriptive statistics, linear regression analyses, and univariate analyses of covariance, the present research showed (1) a positive relationship between perceived trustworthiness and purchase intention, (2) a negative relationship between perceived trustworthiness and perceived risk, and (3) a negative relationship between perceived risk and purchase intention. The results also revealed that there was no effect of product presentation on perceived trustworthiness as well as no moderating effect of gender on product presentation and perceived trustworthiness. E-tailers can draw implications from the study to focus on creating perceived trustworthiness in their customers. Relationships showed that perceived trustworthiness is important in reducing perceived risk and increasing purchase intention for consumers. This shows that it is important for e-tailers to find website attributes that invoke trustworthiness in their consumers. Also, researchers can further investigate online product presentation based on the research findings. The present study did not find an effect of the presence or absence of a model's face influence perceived trustworthiness, but there are more model attributes to investigate, including looking at facial attributes, body angles, and model attractiveness. Title: Online product presentation and perceived trustworthiness : the moderating role of gender Author: Marshall, Kerianne E-commerce is growing each year, reaching 130.1 billion in 2008 (Internetretailer.com, 2009b). Retailers have turned their attention to the online channel to discover ways to stay competitive. Yet there is still limited research on online apparel retailing, especially in online product presentation. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine how the presence of an attractive model’s face influences consumer trustworthiness and to explore how men and women differ on their response to the presence of an attractive model's face in an online apparel shopping context. In addition, relationships between perceived trustworthiness, perceived risk, and purchase intention were examined. This study employed a one factor between-subjects' factorial design: Product presentation (presence of face vs. absence of face) by gender (male vs. female). Eight websites were created to closely resemble the design of "real" websites (two websites for each condition). Self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. The data was collected at Oregon State University in Spring 2009. A convenient sample of 174 undergraduate students was obtained. Using descriptive statistics, linear regression analyses, and univariate analyses of covariance, the present research showed (1) a positive relationship between perceived trustworthiness and purchase intention, (2) a negative relationship between perceived trustworthiness and perceived risk, and (3) a negative relationship between perceived risk and purchase intention. The results also revealed that there was no effect of product presentation on perceived trustworthiness as well as no moderating effect of gender on product presentation and perceived trustworthiness. E-tailers can draw implications from the study to focus on creating perceived trustworthiness in their customers. Relationships showed that perceived trustworthiness is important in reducing perceived risk and increasing purchase intention for consumers. This shows that it is important for e-tailers to find website attributes that invoke trustworthiness in their consumers. Also, researchers can further investigate online product presentation based on the research findings. The present study did not find an effect of the presence or absence of a model's face influence perceived trustworthiness, but there are more model attributes to investigate, including looking at facial attributes, body angles, and model attractiveness. Close

• 82. [Article] Surfing the Waves of Globalization: Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of Trilemma

  Using the "trilemma indexes" developed by Aizenman et al. (2008) that measure the extent of achievement in each of the three policy goals in the trilemma—monetary independence, exchange rate stability, ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Surfing the Waves of Globalization: Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of Trilemma Author: Aizenman, Joshua, Chinn, Menzie David, Ito, Hiro Year: 2009 Using the "trilemma indexes" developed by Aizenman et al. (2008) that measure the extent of achievement in each of the three policy goals in the trilemma—monetary independence, exchange rate stability, and financial openness—this paper examines how policy configurations affect macroeconomic performances with focus on the Asian economies. We find that the three policy choices do not matter for per capita economic growth. However, they do matter for output volatility and the medium-term level of inflation. Greater monetary independence is associated with lower output volatility while greater exchange rate stability implies greater output volatility, which can be mitigated if a country holds international reserves (IR) at a higher level than a threshold (about 20% of gross domestic product). Greater monetary autonomy is associated with a higher level of inflation while greater exchange rate stability and greater financial openness could lower the inflation level. We find that trilemma policy configurations and external finances affect output volatility mainly through the investment channel. While a higher degree of exchange rate stability could stabilize the real exchange rate movement, it could also make investment volatile, though the volatility-enhancing effect of exchange rate stability on investment can be cancelled by holding higher levels of IR. Greater financial openness helps reduce real exchange rate volatility. These results indicate that policy makers in a more open economy would prefer pursuing greater exchange rate stability and greater financial openness while holding a massive amount of IR. Asian emerging market economies are found to be equipped with macroeconomic policy configurations that help the economies to dampen the volatilities in both investment and real exchange rate. These economies’ sizeable amount of international reserves holding appears to help enhance the stabilizing effect of the trilemma policy choices, which explains the recent phenomenal buildup of international reserves in the region. Title: Surfing the Waves of Globalization: Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context of Trilemma Author: Aizenman, Joshua, Chinn, Menzie David, Ito, Hiro Year: 2009 Using the "trilemma indexes" developed by Aizenman et al. (2008) that measure the extent of achievement in each of the three policy goals in the trilemma—monetary independence, exchange rate stability, and financial openness—this paper examines how policy configurations affect macroeconomic performances with focus on the Asian economies. We find that the three policy choices do not matter for per capita economic growth. However, they do matter for output volatility and the medium-term level of inflation. Greater monetary independence is associated with lower output volatility while greater exchange rate stability implies greater output volatility, which can be mitigated if a country holds international reserves (IR) at a higher level than a threshold (about 20% of gross domestic product). Greater monetary autonomy is associated with a higher level of inflation while greater exchange rate stability and greater financial openness could lower the inflation level. We find that trilemma policy configurations and external finances affect output volatility mainly through the investment channel. While a higher degree of exchange rate stability could stabilize the real exchange rate movement, it could also make investment volatile, though the volatility-enhancing effect of exchange rate stability on investment can be cancelled by holding higher levels of IR. Greater financial openness helps reduce real exchange rate volatility. These results indicate that policy makers in a more open economy would prefer pursuing greater exchange rate stability and greater financial openness while holding a massive amount of IR. Asian emerging market economies are found to be equipped with macroeconomic policy configurations that help the economies to dampen the volatilities in both investment and real exchange rate. These economies’ sizeable amount of international reserves holding appears to help enhance the stabilizing effect of the trilemma policy choices, which explains the recent phenomenal buildup of international reserves in the region. Close

• 83. [Article] Estimated Impact of the Landing Obligation on Raw Material Supplies

  Suggested Bibliographic Reference: Challenging New Frontiers in the Global Seafood Sector: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Estimated Impact of the Landing Obligation on Raw Material Supplies Author: Iñarra, Bruno, Pérez-Villarreal, Begoña, Larsen, Erling, Viðarsson, Jónas Year: 2016 Suggested Bibliographic Reference: Challenging New Frontiers in the Global Seafood Sector: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, July 11-15, 2016. Compiled by Stefani J. Evers and Ann L. Shriver. International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), Corvallis, 2016. Title: Estimated Impact of the Landing Obligation on Raw Material Supplies Author: Iñarra, Bruno, Pérez-Villarreal, Begoña, Larsen, Erling, Viðarsson, Jónas Year: 2016 Suggested Bibliographic Reference: Challenging New Frontiers in the Global Seafood Sector: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, July 11-15, 2016. Compiled by Stefani J. Evers and Ann L. Shriver. International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), Corvallis, 2016. Close

• 84. [Article] Commercial Fisheries as an Asset for Recreational Demand on the Coastline: Evidence from a Choice Experiment

  Suggested Bibliographic Reference: Challenging New Frontiers in the Global Seafood Sector: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Commercial Fisheries as an Asset for Recreational Demand on the Coastline: Evidence from a Choice Experiment Author: Le Goffe, Philippe, Ropars-Collet, Carole, Leplat, Mélody Year: 2016 Suggested Bibliographic Reference: Challenging New Frontiers in the Global Seafood Sector: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, July 11-15, 2016. Compiled by Stefani J. Evers and Ann L. Shriver. International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), Corvallis, 2016. Title: Commercial Fisheries as an Asset for Recreational Demand on the Coastline: Evidence from a Choice Experiment Author: Le Goffe, Philippe, Ropars-Collet, Carole, Leplat, Mélody Year: 2016 Suggested Bibliographic Reference: Challenging New Frontiers in the Global Seafood Sector: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, July 11-15, 2016. Compiled by Stefani J. Evers and Ann L. Shriver. International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), Corvallis, 2016. Close

• 85. [Article] How Can Aquaculture Contribute to the Poor? Evidence From Brackish-Water Extensive Polyculture in the Philippines

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: How Can Aquaculture Contribute to the Poor? Evidence From Brackish-Water Extensive Polyculture in the Philippines Author: Morales, Jack, Vagneron, Isabelle, Dabbadie, Lionel, Diaz, Amor, Little, David Abstract only. Title: How Can Aquaculture Contribute to the Poor? Evidence From Brackish-Water Extensive Polyculture in the Philippines Author: Morales, Jack, Vagneron, Isabelle, Dabbadie, Lionel, Diaz, Amor, Little, David Abstract only. Close

• 86. [Article] Three essays on international trade and regional productivity

  A firm's productivity is composed of two parts: pure technical change and location-specific (agglomeration) externalities. Regional productivity is thus an aggregation of productivity of firms producing ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Three essays on international trade and regional productivity Author: Moon, Hanpil A firm's productivity is composed of two parts: pure technical change and location-specific (agglomeration) externalities. Regional productivity is thus an aggregation of productivity of firms producing similar goods and located in a given region. International trade can affect both components of regional productivity. First, trade openness in a closed economy may alter its internal economic geography. Some regions which become more attractive to firms than before gain an advantage over others from integration into global markets. Second, as a competition pressure, trade liberalization forces the least productive firms to exit, resulting in the growth of aggregate productivity in the industry. The three essays presented in this dissertation explore the relationship between international trade and regional productivity in the presence of heterogeneous firms. In the first essay, a theoretical framework is introduced in order to describe how the above two channels, through which trade affects regional productivity, shape a country's spatial distribution of productivity. Results show that industries, each having its own cost-minimizing location, can be spatially relocated within a country via heterogeneous trade liberalization across industries. Moreover, trade intensifies localization for each industry since most firms in an industry move to or gather around their industry-specific cost- minimizing location. The consequent clustering of firms generates additional localization economies. More importantly, the intensification of localization economies can slow or delay the selection process, i.e. exit of low productivity firms, following trade liberalization. These findings suggest that trade openness induces significant industrial and spatial dynamics (entry, exit and survival) within an economy. The second and third essays are empirical tests on the second channel through which trade openness affects regional productivity using county-level data from Korea and firm-level data from India, respectively. In addition to trade liberalization, regional infrastructure is considered to be another competition pressure for domestic firms, i.e. improved infrastructure in a region induces a similar selection process among firms. These empirical essays investigate the effect of falling trade costs and improving domestic infrastructure on the regional variation of raw productivity using a common methodology. That is, a spatial econometric procedure is applied to a production function framework to estimate total factor productivity (TFP) by region and industry, while controlling for potential external and spatial effects. The mean and alternative percentiles of the regional raw productivity distribution are then specified as functions of international and domestic competition indicators. International competition is represented by trade costs, which are estimated as frictions in a gravity-type trade model, while road density is considered to capture the level of a region's infrastructure. In both Korea and India, it is found that trade costs reduction significantly shifted to the right, particularly the 10th percentile value of, the regional productivity distribution. However, a change in the level of infrastructure appears to bring about a higher change in regional productivity relative to a change in the international competition level. Therefore, the relative contribution of trade costs and infrastructure to regional productivity should be evaluated with attention to the costs underlying these options for regional development. Title: Three essays on international trade and regional productivity Author: Moon, Hanpil A firm's productivity is composed of two parts: pure technical change and location-specific (agglomeration) externalities. Regional productivity is thus an aggregation of productivity of firms producing similar goods and located in a given region. International trade can affect both components of regional productivity. First, trade openness in a closed economy may alter its internal economic geography. Some regions which become more attractive to firms than before gain an advantage over others from integration into global markets. Second, as a competition pressure, trade liberalization forces the least productive firms to exit, resulting in the growth of aggregate productivity in the industry. The three essays presented in this dissertation explore the relationship between international trade and regional productivity in the presence of heterogeneous firms. In the first essay, a theoretical framework is introduced in order to describe how the above two channels, through which trade affects regional productivity, shape a country's spatial distribution of productivity. Results show that industries, each having its own cost-minimizing location, can be spatially relocated within a country via heterogeneous trade liberalization across industries. Moreover, trade intensifies localization for each industry since most firms in an industry move to or gather around their industry-specific cost- minimizing location. The consequent clustering of firms generates additional localization economies. More importantly, the intensification of localization economies can slow or delay the selection process, i.e. exit of low productivity firms, following trade liberalization. These findings suggest that trade openness induces significant industrial and spatial dynamics (entry, exit and survival) within an economy. The second and third essays are empirical tests on the second channel through which trade openness affects regional productivity using county-level data from Korea and firm-level data from India, respectively. In addition to trade liberalization, regional infrastructure is considered to be another competition pressure for domestic firms, i.e. improved infrastructure in a region induces a similar selection process among firms. These empirical essays investigate the effect of falling trade costs and improving domestic infrastructure on the regional variation of raw productivity using a common methodology. That is, a spatial econometric procedure is applied to a production function framework to estimate total factor productivity (TFP) by region and industry, while controlling for potential external and spatial effects. The mean and alternative percentiles of the regional raw productivity distribution are then specified as functions of international and domestic competition indicators. International competition is represented by trade costs, which are estimated as frictions in a gravity-type trade model, while road density is considered to capture the level of a region's infrastructure. In both Korea and India, it is found that trade costs reduction significantly shifted to the right, particularly the 10th percentile value of, the regional productivity distribution. However, a change in the level of infrastructure appears to bring about a higher change in regional productivity relative to a change in the international competition level. Therefore, the relative contribution of trade costs and infrastructure to regional productivity should be evaluated with attention to the costs underlying these options for regional development. Close

• 87. [Article] American local radio journalism: A public interest channel in crisis

  xiii, 229 p. : ill. A print copy of this title is available from the UO Libraries, under the call number: KNIGHT PN4888.R33 S26 2008

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: American local radio journalism: A public interest channel in crisis Author: Sanders, Tyrone, 1951- Year: 2008 xiii, 229 p. : ill. A print copy of this title is available from the UO Libraries, under the call number: KNIGHT PN4888.R33 S26 2008 Title: American local radio journalism: A public interest channel in crisis Author: Sanders, Tyrone, 1951- Year: 2008 xiii, 229 p. : ill. A print copy of this title is available from the UO Libraries, under the call number: KNIGHT PN4888.R33 S26 2008 Close

• 88. [Article] Evaluation of a prototype NIR system for Douglas-fir wood density estimation

  Forest products companies in the U.S. face vigorous competition from other wood producers around the world and other industries (steel, aluminum, plastics, composites). To be competitive, forest companies ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Evaluation of a prototype NIR system for Douglas-fir wood density estimation Author: Belart Lengerich, Maria Francisca Forest products companies in the U.S. face vigorous competition from other wood producers around the world and other industries (steel, aluminum, plastics, composites). To be competitive, forest companies need to control costs, sort and allocate logs to the most appropriate markets, and recover more value at time of harvest. Interest in log sorting based on internal wood properties is increasing. Wood properties, such as stiffness and density, are now being considered by log buyers. Assessing these properties in-forest and in real-time will be a challenge for log supply managers. The utility of near infrared (NIR) technology for measuring wood density is showing promise in laboratory conditions. The rationale behind this study was to evaluate NIR under conditions that are similar to field harvesting operations to estimate log density. Douglas-fir wood samples (110 disks) were collected from the McDonald-Dunn forest and processed in the OSU Oak Creek laboratories. Processing conditions were organized to simulate a harvester processor environment by using a chainsaw, and then channeling the chips with a chute to concentrate chips to move past an NIR sensor. This apparatus was intended to mimic a sensor system fitted to a harvester head.. A rugged Prospectra D² NIR sensor was used to collect spectral data. The generated spectra were analyzed in two forms, as raw data (without any transformations) and a transformed data (2nd derivative). Then, four types of calibration models were applied to predict log density: (1) models that used tree parameters only as a predictor (the simple model), (2) models that used NIR absorbance data and Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis procedures , (3) models that used NIR absorbance data and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analysis procedures, and (4) models that used a mix of NIR absorbance data and tree parameter data and MLR analysis procedures. The goal of the models was to use the NIR data to predict the density of the log that has been cut. Model results were also obtained for validation (full cross validation) and calibration sets. Data analysis suggests that correlations for calibration sets (R) were high, but when validation was applied there were large drops in R values. The best fit model was the simple model, the model that did not include NIR data as predictors. Our interpretation of why the simple model was the best fit is that there is great variability of wood characteristics across the stem section, that there was morphological problems associated with how we presented the samples, and that we used a narrower spectral range of NIR compared to the range used in earlier studies. Title: Evaluation of a prototype NIR system for Douglas-fir wood density estimation Author: Belart Lengerich, Maria Francisca Forest products companies in the U.S. face vigorous competition from other wood producers around the world and other industries (steel, aluminum, plastics, composites). To be competitive, forest companies need to control costs, sort and allocate logs to the most appropriate markets, and recover more value at time of harvest. Interest in log sorting based on internal wood properties is increasing. Wood properties, such as stiffness and density, are now being considered by log buyers. Assessing these properties in-forest and in real-time will be a challenge for log supply managers. The utility of near infrared (NIR) technology for measuring wood density is showing promise in laboratory conditions. The rationale behind this study was to evaluate NIR under conditions that are similar to field harvesting operations to estimate log density. Douglas-fir wood samples (110 disks) were collected from the McDonald-Dunn forest and processed in the OSU Oak Creek laboratories. Processing conditions were organized to simulate a harvester processor environment by using a chainsaw, and then channeling the chips with a chute to concentrate chips to move past an NIR sensor. This apparatus was intended to mimic a sensor system fitted to a harvester head.. A rugged Prospectra D² NIR sensor was used to collect spectral data. The generated spectra were analyzed in two forms, as raw data (without any transformations) and a transformed data (2nd derivative). Then, four types of calibration models were applied to predict log density: (1) models that used tree parameters only as a predictor (the simple model), (2) models that used NIR absorbance data and Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis procedures , (3) models that used NIR absorbance data and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analysis procedures, and (4) models that used a mix of NIR absorbance data and tree parameter data and MLR analysis procedures. The goal of the models was to use the NIR data to predict the density of the log that has been cut. Model results were also obtained for validation (full cross validation) and calibration sets. Data analysis suggests that correlations for calibration sets (R) were high, but when validation was applied there were large drops in R values. The best fit model was the simple model, the model that did not include NIR data as predictors. Our interpretation of why the simple model was the best fit is that there is great variability of wood characteristics across the stem section, that there was morphological problems associated with how we presented the samples, and that we used a narrower spectral range of NIR compared to the range used in earlier studies. Close

• 89. [Article] Highlights in the changing resource perception and land use of the Willamette River flood plain, Albany-Corvallis area

  Taking advantage of a favorable physical system but also risking the hazards of flooding, man has long occupied flood plain land. He has attempted to adjust rivers to his needs in order to reduce flood ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Highlights in the changing resource perception and land use of the Willamette River flood plain, Albany-Corvallis area Author: Lewis, Anthony J. Taking advantage of a favorable physical system but also risking the hazards of flooding, man has long occupied flood plain land. He has attempted to adjust rivers to his needs in order to reduce flood loss, but the rising cost of flood protection accompanied by an increase in flood damage potential warrants that a course of human adjustment be undertaken on occupied flood plains. The flood plain of the Willamette River between Albany and Corvallis, Oregon provides an opportunity to study the resource use of a flood plain in a relatively youthful stage of economic development, having the physical as sets and limitations of most flood plains. By studying the physical system and changing resource utilization of this flood plain, an evaluation has been made of the present and possible future use of its resource base. Land use has evolved from a primitive stage of hunting, fishing, and gathering to intensive agricultural endeavors with some residential and commercial development. Resource utilization during the same period has changed from a dependence on the flora and fauna for food and clothing to a dependence on the soil and climate, flood protection, markets, labor, and so forth. The change has been towards a more intensive, higher valued use of the land with more sophisticated land management practices. A relatively satisfactory arrangement of land use presently exists on the Albany-Corvallis flood plain; however, present land use practices in the study area reflect a rational use of flood subjected land primarily because the pressures of industrial and commercial development have not yet been heavily felt. Residential expansion, however, has taken place at an alarming rate. Many of the human adjustments suggested by Gilbert White in his flood plain studies at the University of Chicago are applicable to a future course of orderly occupance for the Albany-Corvallis flood plain. One of the more applicable local forms of adjustment is the directing of flood plain use which involves land elevation, land use regulation, structural modifications, flood insurance, relief, and better warning systems. The construction of engineering works for flood abatement represents the traditional form of river adjustment in the Willamette Basin. The building of storage dams upstream of the study area has lowered the height of the flood crest but has also given many flood plain dwellers a feeling of false security. Channel improvements and bank revetments are the main form of river adjustment in the study area, and they help to reduce the danger of crop drowning and to control bank erosion. Title: Highlights in the changing resource perception and land use of the Willamette River flood plain, Albany-Corvallis area Author: Lewis, Anthony J. Taking advantage of a favorable physical system but also risking the hazards of flooding, man has long occupied flood plain land. He has attempted to adjust rivers to his needs in order to reduce flood loss, but the rising cost of flood protection accompanied by an increase in flood damage potential warrants that a course of human adjustment be undertaken on occupied flood plains. The flood plain of the Willamette River between Albany and Corvallis, Oregon provides an opportunity to study the resource use of a flood plain in a relatively youthful stage of economic development, having the physical as sets and limitations of most flood plains. By studying the physical system and changing resource utilization of this flood plain, an evaluation has been made of the present and possible future use of its resource base. Land use has evolved from a primitive stage of hunting, fishing, and gathering to intensive agricultural endeavors with some residential and commercial development. Resource utilization during the same period has changed from a dependence on the flora and fauna for food and clothing to a dependence on the soil and climate, flood protection, markets, labor, and so forth. The change has been towards a more intensive, higher valued use of the land with more sophisticated land management practices. A relatively satisfactory arrangement of land use presently exists on the Albany-Corvallis flood plain; however, present land use practices in the study area reflect a rational use of flood subjected land primarily because the pressures of industrial and commercial development have not yet been heavily felt. Residential expansion, however, has taken place at an alarming rate. Many of the human adjustments suggested by Gilbert White in his flood plain studies at the University of Chicago are applicable to a future course of orderly occupance for the Albany-Corvallis flood plain. One of the more applicable local forms of adjustment is the directing of flood plain use which involves land elevation, land use regulation, structural modifications, flood insurance, relief, and better warning systems. The construction of engineering works for flood abatement represents the traditional form of river adjustment in the Willamette Basin. The building of storage dams upstream of the study area has lowered the height of the flood crest but has also given many flood plain dwellers a feeling of false security. Channel improvements and bank revetments are the main form of river adjustment in the study area, and they help to reduce the danger of crop drowning and to control bank erosion. Close

• 90. [Article] Exiled records and over-the-counterculture: A cultural political economic analysis of the independent record store

  xvi, 436 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Exiled records and over-the-counterculture: A cultural political economic analysis of the independent record store Author: Gracon, David D., 1976- Year: 2011, 2010 xvi, 436 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Title: Exiled records and over-the-counterculture: A cultural political economic analysis of the independent record store Author: Gracon, David D., 1976- Year: 2011, 2010 xvi, 436 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Close