D Matarrita-Cascante
Biographic Data
| ID | 30227 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D Matarrita-Cascante |
| GIVEN NAMES | D |
| FAMILY NAME | Matarrita-Cascante |
| SIGNATURE | MATARRITA-CASCANTE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2552-1809 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 180 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
More than a population movement
Amenity migration, the movement of urban populations to rural areas in search of lifestyle, natural, and cultural amenities, has intensified following the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly across rural working lands characterized by farming, ranching, forestry, and resource stewardship. While existing scholarship has examined the drivers and impacts of amenity migration, this phenomenon remains undertheorized as a broader process of social-ecologic…
Examining the competitive advantage of nature-based destinations
This study examines the role of local resources in fostering a competitive advantage for nature-based tourism destinations in the Brazilian Pantanal by using our proposed holistic resource-based theory framework. Data for this study were collected through direct observations and in-dept interviews with 24 tourism and conservation stakeholders associated with a popular nature-based tourism destination in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and…
Amenity migration for land stewardship
Amenity migration is a phenomenon entailing the temporary or permanent movement of urban dwellers to rural areas. • Most of the literature on amenity migration to working lands has focused on farming communities or ranching communities with high scenic beauty. • Our study focuses on amenity migration to ranching communities that are not traditionally considered scenic places; they attract a less affluent segment of amenity migrants and have expan…
Beyond the productivist ideal
Amenity migration is reshaping rural agrifood systems as a growing number of Land Steward Amenity Migrants (LSAMs) acquire ranches primarily for ecological restoration, lifestyle fulfillment, and intergenerational legacy rather than commodity production. Guided by the Rangeland Socio-Ecological Framework (RSEF), we conducted qualitative interviews with 16 LSAMs across Texas to examine the drivers shaping their management decisions. Analysis revea…
Exploring Place Meanings Stakeholders Have About Everglades National Park
By applying the theoretical framework of symbolic interactionism, this study explores the meanings stakeholders hold about Everglades National Park (EVER). Based on our analysis, four themes reflecting what EVER means to participants emerged: (1) A place with unique natural resources and biodiverse ecosystem habitats that should be preserved. (2) A place to see different habitats and enjoy recreation and tourism. (3) An ancestral home to look aft…
Unveiling Perspectives and Insights
Existing literature on the intersection of environmental sociology (ES) and natural resource sociology (NRS) suggests that a better understanding of the diverse perceptions, experiences, and practices of individual researchers in these subfields are informative in understanding the trajectory of environmental and natural resource sociologies including where more convergence might occur. We present the descriptive results of an online survey of me…
Personal and Contextual Variables Predicting College Aspirations Among Latinx High School Students
This study used path analysis to examine personal and contextual variables that hinder or foster college aspirations in Latinx high school students in the framework of social cognitive career theory (Lent et al., 1994). A total of 247 Latinx high school students from an urban high school in Southern California completed a survey that measured self-efficacy, outcome expectations, supports, and barriers to college aspirations. The findings indicate…
Leveraging social science research to advance contemporary rangeland management
Rural mobility and socio-spatial impacts in Japan
Narratives and Self‐Reflective Process of Lifestyle Migrants
This article analyses the self‐reflective process and narratives of 12 lifestyle migrants who settled between 1990 and 2010 in a rural Andean community in southern Chile. The results show that the time of their arrival and the migrants' life stages were relevant in their reflective process regarding belongingness to the local community and other migrants, the search for an ontological sense and a critical perspective into how their migration affe…
Navigating healthcare systems before and after resettlement
The result of this study outlines an account of Bhutanese refugees' experiences and recommendations for improving their community's health based on such past experiences and their current needs. These findings provide a starting point for future research with underserved refugee migrant groups and indicate a need for health programs to be historically and culturally sensitive in order to be more effective. Further, the understanding of refugees' …
Profiling Attached Residents in an Urban Community in the U.S
Community attachment has been studied predominantly in terms of the social dimensions of community life, which explains what makes residents feel connected to a locality. Following a more recent trend within the community attachment literature, this study examined the role of communities’ physical dimensions in fostering sentiments of rootedness and connections to communities. More specifically, the study sought to better understand the role that…
Exporting consumption
Natural amenities-driven migration and tourism entrepreneurship
A holistic framework for participatory conservation approaches
Organizations seeking better methods for conservation have attempted to use participatory processes to fulfill human and ecological/environmental goals. As a result, the academic literature is filled with examples of community-level approaches to conservation. While such case studies are highly valuable, much of this literature has placed a strong emphasis on the institutional conditions surrounding successful participatory practices. Here, we se…
Los Migrantes Por Estilo De Vida Del Valle De Malalcahuello Desde Una Perspectiva Poscolonial, La Araucanía, Chile
El propsito de este artculo es contribuir en la comprensin de la migracin por estilo de vida desde una perspectiva poscolonial. Para ello se exploran los diferentes discursos que migrantes por estilo de vida despliegan durante su etapa postmigratoria en Malalcahuello, regin de La Araucana. El estudio utiliza un diseo metodolgico cualitativo de tipo asociativo de casos por criterio, en donde se analizaron 21 entrevistas. Los resultados permiten di…
Does Diversification Lead to Livelihood Security in Fishing-Farming Communities? Insight from the Senegal River Delta
The Influence of Self-Efficacy Beliefs in the Academic Performance of Latina/o Students in the United States
This review had three aims: (a) examine the relationship between self-efficacy (SE) and academic performance (AP) in Latina/o students, (b) identify the types of measures of SE and AP that have been used, and (c) identify the differences between global and specific measures of SE in predicting academic performance in Latina/o students. Twenty-seven articles were included in the analysis. Major findings included the following: (a) significant and …
Moving the amenity migration literature forward
Can community land trusts slow gentrification
Gentrification has become one of the most widely discussed phenomena in urban affairs due to its prevalence around the world. However, most discussions remain at the theoretical level or are limited to case studies of a few metropolitan cities. Furthermore, there is little research on the relationship between gentrification and community land trusts (CLTs)—to our knowledge, no studies have examined their connection.Our investigation seeks to addr…
Amenity Migration in the New Global Economy
Drawing from a panel session held in June 2013 at the 19th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management in Estes Park, CO, this article offers a review of the current state of research on amenity migration and calls for future research to more comprehensively address critical gaps in the literature. We highlight five promising avenues for future research on amenity migration: international patterns—both domestic outside the Global N…
International amenity migration
Nonprofit Hospitals’ Approach to Community Health Needs Assessment
Objectives. We sought a better understanding of how nonprofit hospitals are fulfilling the community health needs assessment (CHNA) provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to conduct CHNAs and develop CHNA and implementation strategies reports. Methods. Through an Internet search of an estimated 179 nonprofit hospitals in Texas conducted between December 1, 2013, and January 5, 2014, we identified and reviewed 95 CHNA and…
Lakes and Community
Amenity migration to the global south
Amenity migration to the global south
Profiling Participative Residents in Western Communities
Differences between old-timers and newcomers and their effects on community social dimensions have been the object of much research. These studies have shown how extensive in-migration of people with different socioeconomic backgrounds, values, and perspectives contribute to heightened social conflict in some communities. Popular media accounts and some social science research referred to the conflict emerging from these differences as a culture …
Moving the amenity migration literature forward
Can community land trusts slow gentrification
Gentrification has become one of the most widely discussed phenomena in urban affairs due to its prevalence around the world. However, most discussions remain at the theoretical level or are limited to case studies of a few metropolitan cities. Furthermore, there is little research on the relationship between gentrification and community land trusts (CLTs)—to our knowledge, no studies have examined their connection.Our investigation seeks to addr…
Beyond Growth
International amenity migration
Changing Communities, Community Satisfaction, and Quality of Life
Amenity Migration in the New Global Economy
Drawing from a panel session held in June 2013 at the 19th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management in Estes Park, CO, this article offers a review of the current state of research on amenity migration and calls for future research to more comprehensively address critical gaps in the literature. We highlight five promising avenues for future research on amenity migration: international patterns—both domestic outside the Global N…
Wildfire Perception and Community Change
Given increasing political and financial commitments to wildfire preparedness, risk policy demands that risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities are balanced among diverse resident groups. Essential for this is the understanding of residents' perceptions of wildfire risks. This study compares wildfire-risk perceptions of Pennsylvania residents with those of Minnesotans living in natural-amenity-rich communities. Natural-amenity-…
Natural amenities-driven migration and tourism entrepreneurship
Community Resilience in Resource-Dependent Communities
A limited number of studies have been conducted to better understand community resilience in the context of changing resource-dependent communities. This study is intended to start bridging this gap by empirically examining three key factors associated with community resilience: local ownership of resources, residents' organizational capacities, and local institutional capacity to respond to change. Our objective is to deepen the understanding of…
Exporting consumption
Nonprofit Hospitals’ Approach to Community Health Needs Assessment
Objectives. We sought a better understanding of how nonprofit hospitals are fulfilling the community health needs assessment (CHNA) provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to conduct CHNAs and develop CHNA and implementation strategies reports. Methods. Through an Internet search of an estimated 179 nonprofit hospitals in Texas conducted between December 1, 2013, and January 5, 2014, we identified and reviewed 95 CHNA and…
Rural mobility and socio-spatial impacts in Japan
Narratives and Self‐Reflective Process of Lifestyle Migrants
This article analyses the self‐reflective process and narratives of 12 lifestyle migrants who settled between 1990 and 2010 in a rural Andean community in southern Chile. The results show that the time of their arrival and the migrants' life stages were relevant in their reflective process regarding belongingness to the local community and other migrants, the search for an ontological sense and a critical perspective into how their migration affe…
Examining the competitive advantage of nature-based destinations
This study examines the role of local resources in fostering a competitive advantage for nature-based tourism destinations in the Brazilian Pantanal by using our proposed holistic resource-based theory framework. Data for this study were collected through direct observations and in-dept interviews with 24 tourism and conservation stakeholders associated with a popular nature-based tourism destination in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil and…
Lakes and Community
Profiling Participative Residents in Western Communities
Differences between old-timers and newcomers and their effects on community social dimensions have been the object of much research. These studies have shown how extensive in-migration of people with different socioeconomic backgrounds, values, and perspectives contribute to heightened social conflict in some communities. Popular media accounts and some social science research referred to the conflict emerging from these differences as a culture …
Beyond Growth
Wildfire Perception and Community Change
Given increasing political and financial commitments to wildfire preparedness, risk policy demands that risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities are balanced among diverse resident groups. Essential for this is the understanding of residents' perceptions of wildfire risks. This study compares wildfire-risk perceptions of Pennsylvania residents with those of Minnesotans living in natural-amenity-rich communities. Natural-amenity-…
Changing Communities, Community Satisfaction, and Quality of Life
Rurality in Leisure Research
Rurality maintains a significant position in the United States' culture and economic system. A key aspect to enhancing rural areas is appropriate research to inform policy and practice. The purpose of this paper was to systematically review leisure and recreation research and summarize how academics in this field conceptualize rural settings and issues. For our sample, we selected four major leisure journals in the U.S. given their leading roles …
What Do Stakeholders Add to Identification of Conservation Lands
The Highlands Conservation Act of 2004 (H. R. 1964) mandated a comprehensive review of five conservation values throughout Pennsylvania's Highland region. Generally, experts conduct such work and routinely dismiss stakeholder input as unnecessary because the latter lack the level of understanding and knowledge held by those "who really understand the issues." In this article, we compare the lands identified by experts to those identified by stake…
Lakes and Community
Amenity migration to the global south
Community Resilience in Resource-Dependent Communities
A limited number of studies have been conducted to better understand community resilience in the context of changing resource-dependent communities. This study is intended to start bridging this gap by empirically examining three key factors associated with community resilience: local ownership of resources, residents' organizational capacities, and local institutional capacity to respond to change. Our objective is to deepen the understanding of…
Amenity Migration in the New Global Economy
Drawing from a panel session held in June 2013 at the 19th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management in Estes Park, CO, this article offers a review of the current state of research on amenity migration and calls for future research to more comprehensively address critical gaps in the literature. We highlight five promising avenues for future research on amenity migration: international patterns—both domestic outside the Global N…
International amenity migration
Nonprofit Hospitals’ Approach to Community Health Needs Assessment
Objectives. We sought a better understanding of how nonprofit hospitals are fulfilling the community health needs assessment (CHNA) provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to conduct CHNAs and develop CHNA and implementation strategies reports. Methods. Through an Internet search of an estimated 179 nonprofit hospitals in Texas conducted between December 1, 2013, and January 5, 2014, we identified and reviewed 95 CHNA and…
Moving the amenity migration literature forward
Can community land trusts slow gentrification
Gentrification has become one of the most widely discussed phenomena in urban affairs due to its prevalence around the world. However, most discussions remain at the theoretical level or are limited to case studies of a few metropolitan cities. Furthermore, there is little research on the relationship between gentrification and community land trusts (CLTs)—to our knowledge, no studies have examined their connection.Our investigation seeks to addr…
The Influence of Self-Efficacy Beliefs in the Academic Performance of Latina/o Students in the United States
This review had three aims: (a) examine the relationship between self-efficacy (SE) and academic performance (AP) in Latina/o students, (b) identify the types of measures of SE and AP that have been used, and (c) identify the differences between global and specific measures of SE in predicting academic performance in Latina/o students. Twenty-seven articles were included in the analysis. Major findings included the following: (a) significant and …
A holistic framework for participatory conservation approaches
Organizations seeking better methods for conservation have attempted to use participatory processes to fulfill human and ecological/environmental goals. As a result, the academic literature is filled with examples of community-level approaches to conservation. While such case studies are highly valuable, much of this literature has placed a strong emphasis on the institutional conditions surrounding successful participatory practices. Here, we se…
Los Migrantes Por Estilo De Vida Del Valle De Malalcahuello Desde Una Perspectiva Poscolonial, La Araucanía, Chile
El propsito de este artculo es contribuir en la comprensin de la migracin por estilo de vida desde una perspectiva poscolonial. Para ello se exploran los diferentes discursos que migrantes por estilo de vida despliegan durante su etapa postmigratoria en Malalcahuello, regin de La Araucana. El estudio utiliza un diseo metodolgico cualitativo de tipo asociativo de casos por criterio, en donde se analizaron 21 entrevistas. Los resultados permiten di…
Does Diversification Lead to Livelihood Security in Fishing-Farming Communities? Insight from the Senegal River Delta
Exporting consumption
Natural amenities-driven migration and tourism entrepreneurship
Navigating healthcare systems before and after resettlement
The result of this study outlines an account of Bhutanese refugees' experiences and recommendations for improving their community's health based on such past experiences and their current needs. These findings provide a starting point for future research with underserved refugee migrant groups and indicate a need for health programs to be historically and culturally sensitive in order to be more effective. Further, the understanding of refugees' …
Profiling Attached Residents in an Urban Community in the U.S
Community attachment has been studied predominantly in terms of the social dimensions of community life, which explains what makes residents feel connected to a locality. Following a more recent trend within the community attachment literature, this study examined the role of communities’ physical dimensions in fostering sentiments of rootedness and connections to communities. More specifically, the study sought to better understand the role that…
Personal and Contextual Variables Predicting College Aspirations Among Latinx High School Students
This study used path analysis to examine personal and contextual variables that hinder or foster college aspirations in Latinx high school students in the framework of social cognitive career theory (Lent et al., 1994). A total of 247 Latinx high school students from an urban high school in Southern California completed a survey that measured self-efficacy, outcome expectations, supports, and barriers to college aspirations. The findings indicate…
Leveraging social science research to advance contemporary rangeland management
Rural mobility and socio-spatial impacts in Japan
Geography (23 works) · Political science (19 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Economics (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (11 works) · Amenity (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Rural development and sustainability (10 works) · Economic growth (8 works)