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Effects of socioeconomics on European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) abundance in Baltimore, Maryland
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study predicted avian species using the social area analysis approach, and census tract block group variables. By using European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) as a focal species, I wished to determine what socioeconomic variables best predicted...
A model for assessing the risk of human trafficking on a local level
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
factors. Businesses, indicated by the literature, were weighted based on the presence of characteristics that increase the likelihood of trafficking in persons. The mean risk was calculated by census tract to reveal the multiplicity of risk levels in both...
The effect of social service agencies on crime rates in Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-13)
This thesis examines whether social service agencies mediate the effects of social
disorganization and subculture on crime in Kansas City, Missouri. Variables from social
disorganization and subculture theory are combined ...
The impact of crime on birth weight: exploring the definition of residential environment
(2013)
in low birth weight. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of reported crime on birth weight across two different definitions maternal proximate residential environments (PREs). Specifically, a comparison between the standard, census...
Three essays on the impact of public policies on the health and educational outcomes of young adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Young adulthood is a critical time in the life course when access to resources and opportunities help determine later in life outcomes. To contribute to the research on young adults, this dissertation uses restricted health ...
Sociogeographic Voter Turnout Disparities and Public Health in Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
. Is it possible that political participation has an effect on the socioeconomic status or wellbeing of a community? Using voter turnout data from the Kansas City Election Board in all 37 elections in Kansas City, Missouri since 2000 and Census data, we can...
Understanding rural poverty clusters : the intersection of agriculture, economic structure and locality under postindustrialism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Analysis seeks to understand rural poverty within the context of agricultural and postindustrial economic structure. Detailed socioeconomic data are analyzed for 4,610 non-metropolitan census tracts in the north central United States. Statistical...
Distance and disparity: social disadvantage and the distribution of hazardous waste in America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Since the original studies of environmental discrimination were completed in the early 1980s, many scholars have measured disproportionate proximity to hazardous waste by poor...
Topics in objective bayesian methodology and spatio-temporal models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Three distinct but related topics contribute my work in objective Bayesian methodology and spatio-temporal models. This dissertation starts with the study of a class...
The Production of Space, Place, and Food: The Ecology of Money and the Emergence of Transformative Circuits of Money Capital
(2015-08-04)
This dissertation argues that Henri Lefebvre’s (1991) The Production of Space
expresses a theoretical blueprint for the construction of an interdisciplinary approach to
social science that integrates political economy, ...
Permanent visitors: the impact of permanent migration to traditional tourist areas in the Lake Regions of rural Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
the Census and real estate listings, this study will investigate the changing spatial patterns of socio-economic status and housing values in the increasing permanent populations of two similar tourism regions, the Lake of the Ozarks and Branson, Missouri...
Racial residential segregation in the Kansas City area: a comparative study between Blacks and Hispanics
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-01)
There is considerable literature on racial residential segregation but there are few
examples that examine similarities and differences between two ethnic groups within an
urban area. Racial residential segregation among ...
The Laboring Irish: Developing Community and Industry in Early Kansas City
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
By 1880, the Kansas City community had experienced phenomenal growth. Since
1820, the new city had evolved from a fur trading post, an outfitting center for western trails,
a trading center for Native Americans, a ...
Influence of economic restructuring on rural Missouri high school dropout rates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
This research has argued that large scale social forces can influence individual level decisions, such as the decision to leave high school before graduating. The influence of Globalization, via economic restructuring, as ...
An assessment of the impact of gentrification in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-14)
The term gentrification can have many different meanings. One person
may think it stands for cleaning up a derelict part of a city while another may
expand the term to cover everything from rehabilitated structures to ...
The veering path of progress : politics, race, and consensus in the north St. Louis Mark Twain Expressway fight, 1950-1956
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis examines how a complicated mix of factors converged to influence the planning, proposal, protest, and final route of the Mark Twain Expressway through St. Louis's North Side in the 1950s. To proponents, the ...
The Green Impact Zone of Missouri: An Analysis of Place Based Investment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The Green Impact Zone of Missouri operated in Kansas City, Missouri from 2009
until 2014 as a national model for place-based investment. Missouri Congressman Emanuel
Cleaver II is credited with pioneering the initiative, ...
Hymns ancient and modern, and the music editorship of Willian Henry Monk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Hymns Ancient and Modern--a product of Tractarian efforts for the development of Catholic ecclesiological expression in the Church of England--established numerous melodies...
Four decades of change in an old-growth beech-maple forest in Indiana
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Hoot Woods is a 6.6 ha old-growth beech-maple forest. Fully censused every decade since 1965, the forest is one of the most intensively monitored permanent plot stands in the eastern deciduous forest. Although it is set in a highly fragmented...
Linking ecological and social dimensions of Missouri landscapes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
A recent study by the Brookings Institution concluded that patterns of growth in Missouri are eroding the quality of life and rural heritage, and threatening the environment. Reversing these trends will require better understanding the relationship...