Timber-dependent, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest face
dramatic economic, political, and cultural change. New philosophies of
forest management, primarily formulated in urban communities, require
new approaches to the use and extraction of resources. What are the roles
of rural communities that wish to adapt and sustain themselves? Two
rural communities, one from Washington State, and one from Oregon,
serve as case studies for coping with change. These cases build an
ethnographic foundation on which to explore the rural-urban dynamic.
The theories that elaborate the rural-urban relationship are central-place
theory, and hermeneutic theory, which is used to understand the symbols
and meaning of actions and ideas. Adaptive management, with new power
relations, provides one possible solution to expedite the environmental and
cultural sustainability of rural communities. / Graduation date: 1996
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/28353 |
| Date | 16 March 1995 |
| Creators | Six, Amanda |
| Contributors | Smith, Courtland L. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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