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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.
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.
The discipline of Sociology has a rich history of including spatial
context in the analysis of social issues. Much of this history has
revolved around the development and application of spatial theory
aimed at understanding the geographic distribution of social
problems, the organization of communities, and the relationship
between society and the environment. More recently, the social
sciences have seen a large number of technological innovations that
now make it possible to place social behaviour in spatial context.
Consequently, because of the historical disjuncture in the
development of spatial theory and the recent development of
relevant methodological tools, the relationship between materials
describing both the methodological approaches and their theoretical
importance a scattered throughout various books and articles.
Geographical Sociology consolidates these materials into a single
accessible source in which spatial concepts such as containment,
proximity, adjacency, and others are examined in relation to such
methodological tools as hierarchical linear models, point pattern
analysis, and spatial regression. As these methods continue to
increase in popularity among social scientists the ability to more
generally understand societies relationship to geographic space
will continue to increase in it importance in the field. This book
represents a starting point to linking these concepts to practice
and is presented in an accessible form in which students,
researchers, and educators can all learn, and in turn, contribute
to its development.
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