Thesis
Developing a community indicators project in the Applegate Watershed
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2000
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/40
Abstract
The purpose of the project is to investigate how the Applegate community, a rural community located in the Applegate River Watershed of Southwest Oregon, might develop a community indicator project (CIP). The Applegate community and the federal agencies, which manage seventy percent of the land in the watershed, have expressed interest in developing social, ecological, and economic indicators that can help them track important issues and progress toward visions for the local community, ecosystem, and economy. This thesis provides background information on indicators and community indicator projects, and explores a process that the Applegate watershed, and other communities that share its characteristics, can use to create a CIP. It investigates the principles of community health, total community wealth, quality of life, and sustainability that are used to develop a CIP. The thesis then provides an example indicator project comprised of issues and indicators identified in the literature about the Applegate community. The primary literature sources include weekly Applegate Partnership meeting minutes, agency descriptions of watershed conditions, and researchers' reports of community perceptions and concerns.
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Details
- Title
- Developing a community indicators project in the Applegate Watershed
- Creators
- Christina Lee Hannum-Buffington
- Contributors
- Edward P. Weber (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Environment, School of the (CAHNRS)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525056701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis