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Using normative scenarios in landscape ecology
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-05)
The normative landscape scenario is one of many types of scenario methods that are used by landscape ecologists. We describe how normative landscape scenarios are different from other types and how these differences create ...
Immigration, Welfare Magnets and the Geography of Child Poverty in the United States
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1997-09)
This study presents a detailed look at the immigration and internal migration dynamics of child poverty for US States based on the 1990 US census. It assesses the impact of two policy-relevant factors on the migration of ...
Interstate migration of the US poverty population: Immigration “pushes” and welfare magnet “pulls”
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-07)
This study evaluates the social and demographic structure of poverty migration during the 1985–90 period based on an analysis of recent census data. Particular attention is given to the roles of two policy-relevant factors ...
Immigration and internal migration “flight”: A California case study
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-03)
Recent analyses of 1990 census migration data have pointed up disparities in the way immigration and internal migration contributions affect an area's demographic profile. They show that there is little overlap between ...
Assessing alternative futures for agriculture in Iowa, U.S.A.
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-05)
The contributions of current agricultural practices to environmental degradation and the social problems facing agricultural regions are well known. However, landscape-scale alternatives to current trends have not been ...
Exurban residential subdivision development: Effects on water quality and public perception
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-09)
We investigated how future alternative designs for exurban residential subdivision development in agricultural landscapes might affect aquatic ecosystems and public perceptions, and we asked whether better aquatic ecological ...