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- Focuses on middle-range theory in the context of spatial analysis
- Illustrates the theoretical development of concepts central to spatial demography
- Illustrates the application of results, and testing of middle-range theory in spatial demography
Part of the book series: Spatial Demography Book Series (SPDE, volume 1)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theory, Concepts, and Measures
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Front Matter
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Research Practice in Spatial Demography
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Front Matter
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Middle Range Theory in Application
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About this book
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 modern spatial demography and shows how they can be applied to middle-range theory to better understand people, places, communities and relationships throughout the world. Next, it shows middle-range theory in practice, from using spatial data as a proxy for social science statistics to examining the effect of "fracking” in Pennsylvania on the formation of new coalitions among environmental advocacy organizations. The book also traces future developments and offers some potential solutions to promoting and facilitating instruction in spatial demography.
This volume is an ideal resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in courses involving spatial analyses in the social sciences, from sociology and political science to economics and educational research. In addition, scholars and others interested in the role that geographic context plays in relation to their research will find this book a helpful guide in further developing their work.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University, Ridgeland, USA
Frank M. Howell
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Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, Brooklyn, USA
Jeremy R. Porter
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Department of Sociology & Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
Stephen A. Matthews
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Recapturing Space: New Middle-Range Theory in Spatial Demography
Editors: Frank M. Howell, Jeremy R. Porter, Stephen A. Matthews
Series Title: Spatial Demography Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22810-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22809-9Published: 13 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37124-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22810-5Published: 04 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2730-5570
Series E-ISSN: 2730-5589
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 379
Topics: Demography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Human Geography