Publications

The Rural Studies Program focuses research and outreach in four areas: rural economies, rural environments and natural resources, rural policy, and rural society. Below is a complete list of RSP publications, with the most recent listed first. You will also find these publications under the Working Paper or Community Studies sections of the website.  

• Employment, Income and Population Change in Curry County Mallory Rahe, June 2009.
• Economic Impacts on Oregon Counties of the Termination of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: An Update. Bruce Sorte, Paul Lewin and Bruce Weber, Feburary 2009. RSP #09-03.
• Local Government Responses to Fiscal Stress: How do Oregon Counties Compare? Vince Adams, March 2009. RSP # 09-02.
• How Economically Interdependent is the Portland Metro Core with its Rural Periphery? A Comparison across Two Decades. David Holland, Paul Lewin, Bruce Sorte, and Bruce Weber, February 2009. RSP # 09-01.
• Understanding Food Insecurity and "Hunger" in Oregon. Mark Edwards. March, 2009. Fact Sheet #09-01.
• Economic Impacts on Oregon Counties of the Termination of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (P.L. 106-393). Bruce Sorte, Paul Lewin and Bruce Weber, December 2008. RSP #08-05.
• Federal Land Management and County Government: 1908-2008. Vincent Adams and Dawn Marie Gaid, October 2008. RSP #08-04.
• Disintegration of the Industrial Forest Estate and the Future of Small-Scale Forestry in the United States.  John C. Bliss , Erin Clover Kelly, and Jesse Abram, June 2008. RSP # 08-03.
• Disintegration of the Forest Industry Estate Creates Opportunities for New Conservation Tenures.  Erin Clover Kelly and John C. Bliss, June 2008. RSP # 08-02.
• Demographic Trends, the Wildland-Urban Interface, and Wildfire Management. Roger B. Hammer, Susan I. Stewart, and Volker C. Radeloff, February 2008. RSP # 08-01.
• Oregon Agriculture and the Economy. Bruce Sorte and Bruce Weber, February 2008. SR # 1080.
• Assessing Community Capacity in Rural America: Some Lessons from Two Rural Observatories. Alexander Marre, Bruce Weber, August 2007. RSP # 07-02.
• Oregon County Fairs: An Economic Impact Analysis. Bruce Sorte, May 2007
• Rural Studies Program Annual Report, 2005-2006
• Education's Effect on Poverty: the Role of Migration and Labor Markets. Bruce Weber, Alexander Marre, Monica Fisher, Robert Gibbs, John Cromartie, April 2007. RSP # 07-01.
• Homeless Youth Services in Douglas County: From Two Perspectives. Mark Edwards, Melissa Torgerson, Jennifer Sattem, November 2006. RSP # 06-03.
• Non-Metropolitan Hunger and Food Insecurity in the Northwest. Jay Grussing and Mark Edwards, November 2006. RSP # 06-02.
• Policy and Place: Requirements of a Successful Place-Based Policy. Emery Castle and Bruce Weber, June 2006. RSP #06-01.
• Economic Impact Study for Detroit Lake and the Upper North Santiam Canyon. Bruce Sorte and Chris Buerger, May 2006
• Umatilla County’s Economic Structure and the Economic Impacts of Wind Energy Development: An Input-Output Analysis Melissa Torgerson, Bruce Sorte, Tim Nam, March 2006
• Defining Rural Oregon: An Exploration. Mindy Crandall and Bruce Weber, November 2005. RSP #05-03.
• Food Insecurity in Rural Benton County: An Ethnographic Study. Joan Gross and Nancy Rosenberger. November 2005. RSP #05-02.
• An Intellectual Journey: Transgressions of a Neoclassical Economist. Emery N. Castle. October 2005. RSP #05-01.
• Jefferson County's Economic Structure: An Input-Output Analysis. Bruce Sorte and Claudia Campbell, September 2004
• Bull Trout Critical Habitat in the Deschutes River Basin/Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties: A Regional Economic Analysis. Bruce Sorte and Clint Jacks, June 2004
• Crook County's Economic Structure: An Input-Output Analysis. Bruce Sorte, May 2004
• Bull Trout Critical Habitat in the Hells Canyon Complex/Baker County: A Regional Economic Analysis. Bruce Sorte, Jay Carr, John Tanaka, May 2004
• Restricted Opportunities, Unfortunate Personal Choices, Ineffective Policies? What Explains Food Insecurity in Oregon. Stephanie Bernell, Mark Edwards, Bruce Weber, March 2005
• Food Insecurity and Hunger in Oregon: A New Look. Mark Edwards and Bruce Weber. November 2003. AREC 03-104.
• Poverty and Food Assistance in Oregon. Sally Bowman, E. Schuster, Bruce Weber, November 2003
• Farm Neighbors, Land Use Policy and Farmland Conversion: A Dynamic Simulation of Land Use Change in Polk County, Oregon. Benjamin Rashford, Bruce Weber, David Lewis, Rose Evonuk, February 2003
• Economic Interrelationships in a Small Farming Area. Benjamin S. Rashford, David J. Lewis, Rose M. Evonuk, Bruce A. Weber, February 2003
• A Primer on Rural Community Sustainability. Emery N. Castle, November 2002.
• Economic Diversity in Benton County: An Input-Output Analysis. Bruce Weber, January 2002
• Agriculture and the Oregon Economy. Jim Cornelius, David Holland, Edward Waters, Bruce Weber, March 2000
• Some Thoughts on Making Agricultural Land Use Decisions When Two Unique Competing Resources are at Stake. Tim Cross, Dave Ervin, Erik Knoder, and Bruce Weber, December 1993

• Rural Studies Program Brochure
• Sustainable Rural Communities Initiative Proposal
• Demographic and Economic Profile of Oregon
• Oregon: Reduced price school lunch program
• Oregon’s Revised Metropolitan Statistical Areas and New Micropolitan Definition
• Raising Children in Rural Oregon
• Rural America at a Glance
• Rural Oregon, Caught in Strong Economic Currents, see page 4