Recapturing Space: New Middle-Range Theory in Spatial Demography

With a unique focus on middle-range theory, this book details the application of spatial analysis to demographic research as a way of integrating and better understanding the different transitional components of the overall demographic transition. This book first details key concepts and measures in...

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Other Authors: Howell, Frank M. (Editor), Porter, Jeremy R. (Editor), Matthews, Stephen A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Spatial Demography Book Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 8. Bringing Together Spatial Demography and Political Science: Reexamining The Big Sort: David Darmofal and Ryan Strickler
  • Part III. Middle Range Theory in Application: Chapter 9. Demography and Democracy: Exploring the linkage between age and voter turnout in Italy with geospatial analysis: Michael Shin and John Agnew
  • Chapter 10. A Spatial Decomposition of County Population Growth in the United States: Population Redistribution in the Rural-to-Urban Continuum, 1980-2010: Jeremy R. Porter and Frank M. Howell
  • Chapter 11. Socio-spatial holes in the advocacy umbrella: The spatial diffusion of risk and network response among environmental organizations in the Marcellus hydro-fracturing region: Michael Irwin and Erin Pischke
  • Chapter 12. American Civic Community over Space and Time: Charles Tolbert, F. Carson Menken, Troy Blanchard and Jing Li
  • Introduction: Chapter 1. Recapturing Spatial Approaches to Social Science Problems: Frank M. Howell, Jeremy R. Porter and Stephen Mathews
  • Part I. Theory, Concept, and Measures: Chapter 2. Challenges of Spatial Thinking: John R. Logan, Brown University
  • Chapter 3. Extending the Boundaries of Place: Carlos Siordia and Stephen A. Matthews
  • Chapter 4. Using Place-and Person-Based Interventions to Measure Neighborhood Effects: Noli Brazil
  • Chapter 5. From aspatial to spatial, from global to local and individual: Are we on the right track to spatialize segregation measures?: David W. Wong
  • Chapter 6. Demography Is an Inherently Spatial Science: John R. Weeks
  • Part II. Research Practice in Spatial Demography: Chapter 7. Modeling 'Dependence of Relevant Alternatives' in Consumer Choice: A Synthesis From Disparate Literatures: Lee Rivers Mobley and Gloria Bazzoli
  • Chapter 13. Revisiting the Rural Paradox in US Counties with Spatial Durbin Modeling: Tse-Chuan Yang, Aggie J. Noah and Carla Shoff
  • Chapter 14. Race, place, and space: Ecosocial theory and spatiotemporal patternsof pregnancy outcomes: Michael R. Kramer
  • Chapter 15. Using Nighttime lights Data as a Proxy in Social Scientific Research: Xi Chen
  • Chapter 16. Human Migration and Spatial Synchrony: Spatial Patterns in Temporal Trends: Daniel M. Parker
  • Part IV. Instruction in Spatial Demography and Concluding Remarks: Chapter 17. Instruction in Spatial Demography: Stephen A. Mathews
  • Chapter 18. Concluding Remarks: Developing Spatial Demography: Frank M. Howell, Jeremy R. Porter and Stephen A. Mathews
  • Bibliography