Rural Sociology faculty, student, and staff publications and presentations (MU)
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Item Population change in the Ozarks Region: 1970-1975(1978) Campbell, Rex R.; Dailey, George H. Jr.; McNamara, Robert L."Changes in demographic processes are occurring in the Ozarks Region. Some metropolitan areas are experiencing a decrease in growth and, in a few, population decline. In conjunction with this, the reversal of non-metropolitan population loss and out-migration is becoming visible in major portions of the region. The level of natural increase, births minus deaths, is dropping in response to lower birth rates in some areas and to a heavy concentration of older persons in others. In order to comprehend these changes in the Ozarks Region it must be understood that the region is made up of five diverse states. (For regional boundary definitions, see Figures 1 and 2.) Within each are a variety of physiographic sub-regions with their individual economic distinctions. In constructing any social profile of the states it would become quite obvious that an array of such profiles would be produced. So also is the case in describing demographic change in the region. While an overview of the region provides a total picture, it tends to obscure variations on a state or sub-regional basis. Thus, an overview for all five states is first provided, followed by a description for each state, which incorporates sub-regional information. In exploring these demographic components of change an examination is made of the emergence of new patterns and the continuation of old ones. In addition, an effort is made to point out some of the factors associated with these processes and to place these factors in a national perspective." --Introduction.Item When Walmart leaves small towns : residents' perception and attitude towards discount store closures in rural Missouri : 2020 community survey report(2020) Prasetyo, YanuBackground: This study addressed the public opinion toward Walmart stores closure in rural America with a close look at the state of Missouri. The debate about pros and cons of Walmart's entry and exit effect still needs to be thoroughly reviewed. This study has provided some valuable data from the micro perspectives of residents. This study was designed to learn and gather the public perceptions and attitudes toward the closure of Walmart stores. The survey results give us primary data and information regarding these issues. The survey was carried out in Southern Missouri, where Walmart closed its discount stores in 2017 permanently.Item Fifteen years after the Bellingham ISSRM : an empirical evaluation of Frederick Buttel's differentiating criteria for environmental and resource sociology. Appendix, Sample studies included in the analysis(2018) Qin, Hua; Bent, Elizabeth; Brock, Caroline; Dguidegue, Yassine; Achuff, Elizabeth; Hatcher, Meghan; Ojewola, OjetundeAbstract of related article: The sociology of natural resources and the environment constitutes a major field of inquiry in the research on human–environmental interactions. A constructive debate and dialogue on the relationships between environmental sociology (ES) and the sociology of natural resources (SNR) began at the 2000 International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) in Bellingham, Washington. Frederick Buttel argued that the two subdisciplines had different subject matters, levels of analysis, spatial focuses, theoretical orientations, policy relevance, and interdisciplinary commitments. These distinctive tendencies have been widely accepted in environmental and natural resource social science but have not been systematically analyzed. The primary objective of this research is to conduct an empirical test of Buttel's differentiating criteria through a systematic review of sample American sociological journal articles published in 2000 and 2014. The multivalue qualitative comparative analysis revealed that there was no clear‐cut divide between the two subfields regarding the combinations of empirical research characteristics, while the general tendencies within both of them became more diverse over time. The overall lack of empirical research evidence for rigid ES–SNR distinctions also indicates that there is more potential than typically realized to build an integrative environmental and resource sociology in the American context and beyond.Item Innovation in research organization: food for the 21st century(1991) Lipner, M. E. (Michele E.)This paper examines the administrative structuring of the Food for the 21st Century program at the University of Missouri and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the cluster model of research.Item Interactive mapping: overlaying local and national data(2010-03) Fulcher, Chris; University of Missouri (System); Missouri Life Sciences Summit (2010: University of Missouri--Kansas City)The Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) at the University of Missouri-Columbia has a long history of integrating Internet accessibility with emerging technologies to assist underserved, under-resourced, and special needs communities, organizations and populations, and decision makers and researchers. Our center's decision support framework requires ongoing monitoring and updating of existing datasets and scanning for additional datasets. These datasets, which include socio-economic, demographic, health, jurisdictional, political, environmental, and infrastructure data, serve as a distinctive foundation for addressing a myriad of public policy issues.