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Vacancy Chains And Intra-Urban Migration, Donald C. Rundquist

Department of Geography: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

American society is a very mobile one, with approximately twenty percent of the populace changing its place of residence every year. It has been estimated that over two-thirds of all moves take place within the city. Geographic studies of intra-urban migration generally treat the relocations as either 1) movement from one areal unit to another, such as inter-census tract flows, or as 2) individual-level, unrelated moves between respective origins and destinations. In reality, however, each change of residence is one part of a much longer sequence of changes.

This thesis examines intra-city moves within the framework of their real-world linkage …

A Study Of The Recreational Impact On Nolin Flood Control Reservoir In West Central Kentucky, Afolabi Adedibu

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purposes of this study are: (1) to consider factors that influenced the creation of Nolin Reservoir, and the selection of its recreation sites, (2) to consider the growth and the variations in attendance and participation in activities as a function of quantity and quality of available facilities and accessibility, and (3) to trace the changes that the creation of the reservoir has brought on the surrounding land use, value and ownership. Through the use of questionnaires, interviews and field investigations, the purposes were accomplished.

Nolin Reservoir was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers. After extensive study, the cost …

Historic Structures Survey: Myrtle Avenue Project, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

Compilation of various sites' brief history. Includes parcel number, present owner and summary of previous ownership and establishment, with sources.

From Portland To The Pacific: An Environmental Studies Tour Via The Wilson River Highway, John O. Dart

Occasional Papers in Geography

Occasional Papers in Geography Publication No. 2

This field guide is the outgrowth of several years experience conducting field courses in conservation and environment and the recognition that little has been prepared for this area through which thousands of Oregonians travel each year, particularly during the summer season.

Changing Settlement Patterns In A Dry Land Wheat Farming Region: The Mansfield Washington Area, Helen Jayne

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to trace the change in settlement patterns in an area located in the semiarid plateau region of Eastern Washington and to determine the cause of such a change. Little has been written about the settlement of this area. Therefore, an attempt has been made to learn what changes in settlement have been made and to explain them.

The Class Structure Of A Minority Group In A Valley City, Marcus Asie Williams

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

There is an accepted principle amongst sociologists that all communities have some pattern of stratification. Since the Valley City Negroes, the minority group selected for this research. represent a community structure, some pattern of stratification is present. At the time of this study the specific nature of the class structure tor this community had not been identified.

Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this study (l) to delineate the social class structure of the Negro community of the Valley City metropolitan area in the year 1950~1951; (2) to show the relationships of membership in associations to class …

The Oxford Hills And Other Papers, Charles E. Waterman

Maine Collection

The Oxford Hills and Other Papers

by Charles E. Waterman

Merrill & Webber Co., Auburn, Maine 1929.

Contents: The Oxford Hills / Mansion and Man / Androscoggin Valley Paper-Makers / Gem Stones of the White Mountain Foot Hills / Andrew Cragie

Part 07 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 03 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 10 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 01 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 11 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 02 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 06 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 08 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 09 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 05 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.

Part 04 John Muir Autobiography, John Muir

John Muir Draft Autobiography, 1908

No abstract provided.