David Rain
Biographic Data
| ID | 227681 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Rain |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Rain |
| SIGNATURE | RAIN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Eaters of the Dry Season
"A remarkable blend of geography, demography, sociology, development economics, history, cultural anthropology, ecology, politics, sharia (Muslim religious law), and government policies.... This book dispels many misconceptions and is an education in itself." Choice
Agency, access, and Anopheles
BACKGROUND: Social and environmental factors are increasingly recognized for their ability to influence health outcomes at both individual and neighborhood scales in the developing urban world. Yet issues of spatial heterogeneity in these complex environments may obscure unique elements of neighborhood life that may be protective or harmful to human health. Resident perceptions of neighborhood effects on health may help to fill gaps in our interp…
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
THE LOST ART OF FINDING OUR WAY. By John Edward Huth. 558 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills., index. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2013. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780674072824. Written as a compendium of all aspects of terrestrial and aquatic navigation, John Edward Huth's The Lost Art of Finding Our Way reads like a kind of Dangerous Book for Boys, full of both wisdom and technique for the outdoors-person and a sincere exhortat…
Defining neighborhood boundaries for urban health research in developing countries
The neighborhood has been used as a sampling unit for exploring variations in health outcomes. In a variety of studies census tracts or ZIP codes have been used as proxies for neighborhoods because the boundaries are pre-defined units for which other data are readily available. However these spatial units can be arbitrary and do not account for social-cultural behaviors and identities that are significant to residents. In this study for the city …
Connecting the Dots Between Health, Poverty and Place in Accra, Ghana
West Africa has a rapidly growing population, an increasing fraction of which lives in urban informal settlements characterized by inadequate infrastructure and relatively high health risks. Little is known, however, about the spatial or health characteristics of cities in this region or about the spatial inequalities in health within them. In this article we show how we have been creating a data-rich field laboratory in Accra, Ghana, to connect …
Neighborhoods and Fertility in Accra, Ghana
Fertility levels remain high in most of sub-Saharan Africa, despite recent declines, and even in a large capital city such as Accra, Ghana, women are having children at a pace that is well above replacement level and this will contribute to significant levels of future population growth in the city. Our purpose in this paper is to evaluate the way in which neighborhood context may shape reproductive behavior in Accra. In the process, we introduce…
Damascus
* I was assisted in many ways by individuals whose safety would be compromised were they to be named but who are appreciated nonetheless.1 Dr. Rain is an assistant professor of geography and international affairs at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052.Notes* I was assisted in many ways by individuals whose safety would be compromised were they to be named but who are appreciated nonetheless.1 Dr. Rain is an assistant professor of…
Towards settlement science
Identifying population vulnerable to hydrological hazards in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Measuring population pressure on the landscape
Commuting Directionality, a Functional Measure for Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Standards
The daily journey to work is ubiquitous in American life. Portraying commuting behavior graphically at the subcounty level, however, has been hampered by technical obstacles. With desktop GIS and new analytical tools, the spatial particulars of commuting can be given clarity. This paper explores the use of a spatial statistic, the mean weighted direction of journey-to-work flows, to aggregate and depict commuting at the census tract level for the…
The women of Kano
Eaters of the Dry Season
"A remarkable blend of geography, demography, sociology, development economics, history, cultural anthropology, ecology, politics, sharia (Muslim religious law), and government policies.... This book dispels many misconceptions and is an education in itself." Choice
Neighborhoods and Fertility in Accra, Ghana
Fertility levels remain high in most of sub-Saharan Africa, despite recent declines, and even in a large capital city such as Accra, Ghana, women are having children at a pace that is well above replacement level and this will contribute to significant levels of future population growth in the city. Our purpose in this paper is to evaluate the way in which neighborhood context may shape reproductive behavior in Accra. In the process, we introduce…
Connecting the Dots Between Health, Poverty and Place in Accra, Ghana
West Africa has a rapidly growing population, an increasing fraction of which lives in urban informal settlements characterized by inadequate infrastructure and relatively high health risks. Little is known, however, about the spatial or health characteristics of cities in this region or about the spatial inequalities in health within them. In this article we show how we have been creating a data-rich field laboratory in Accra, Ghana, to connect …
Commuting Directionality, a Functional Measure for Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Standards
The daily journey to work is ubiquitous in American life. Portraying commuting behavior graphically at the subcounty level, however, has been hampered by technical obstacles. With desktop GIS and new analytical tools, the spatial particulars of commuting can be given clarity. This paper explores the use of a spatial statistic, the mean weighted direction of journey-to-work flows, to aggregate and depict commuting at the census tract level for the…
Identifying population vulnerable to hydrological hazards in San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
THE LOST ART OF FINDING OUR WAY. By John Edward Huth. 558 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills., index. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2013. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780674072824. Written as a compendium of all aspects of terrestrial and aquatic navigation, John Edward Huth's The Lost Art of Finding Our Way reads like a kind of Dangerous Book for Boys, full of both wisdom and technique for the outdoors-person and a sincere exhortat…
Towards settlement science
The women of Kano
Commuting Directionality, a Functional Measure for Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Standards
The daily journey to work is ubiquitous in American life. Portraying commuting behavior graphically at the subcounty level, however, has been hampered by technical obstacles. With desktop GIS and new analytical tools, the spatial particulars of commuting can be given clarity. This paper explores the use of a spatial statistic, the mean weighted direction of journey-to-work flows, to aggregate and depict commuting at the census tract level for the…
Towards settlement science
Identifying population vulnerable to hydrological hazards in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Measuring population pressure on the landscape
Damascus
* I was assisted in many ways by individuals whose safety would be compromised were they to be named but who are appreciated nonetheless.1 Dr. Rain is an assistant professor of geography and international affairs at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052.Notes* I was assisted in many ways by individuals whose safety would be compromised were they to be named but who are appreciated nonetheless.1 Dr. Rain is an assistant professor of…
Neighborhoods and Fertility in Accra, Ghana
Fertility levels remain high in most of sub-Saharan Africa, despite recent declines, and even in a large capital city such as Accra, Ghana, women are having children at a pace that is well above replacement level and this will contribute to significant levels of future population growth in the city. Our purpose in this paper is to evaluate the way in which neighborhood context may shape reproductive behavior in Accra. In the process, we introduce…
Connecting the Dots Between Health, Poverty and Place in Accra, Ghana
West Africa has a rapidly growing population, an increasing fraction of which lives in urban informal settlements characterized by inadequate infrastructure and relatively high health risks. Little is known, however, about the spatial or health characteristics of cities in this region or about the spatial inequalities in health within them. In this article we show how we have been creating a data-rich field laboratory in Accra, Ghana, to connect …
Defining neighborhood boundaries for urban health research in developing countries
The neighborhood has been used as a sampling unit for exploring variations in health outcomes. In a variety of studies census tracts or ZIP codes have been used as proxies for neighborhoods because the boundaries are pre-defined units for which other data are readily available. However these spatial units can be arbitrary and do not account for social-cultural behaviors and identities that are significant to residents. In this study for the city …
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
THE LOST ART OF FINDING OUR WAY. By John Edward Huth. 558 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills., index. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2013. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780674072824. Written as a compendium of all aspects of terrestrial and aquatic navigation, John Edward Huth's The Lost Art of Finding Our Way reads like a kind of Dangerous Book for Boys, full of both wisdom and technique for the outdoors-person and a sincere exhortat…
Agency, access, and Anopheles
BACKGROUND: Social and environmental factors are increasingly recognized for their ability to influence health outcomes at both individual and neighborhood scales in the developing urban world. Yet issues of spatial heterogeneity in these complex environments may obscure unique elements of neighborhood life that may be protective or harmful to human health. Resident perceptions of neighborhood effects on health may help to fill gaps in our interp…
Eaters of the Dry Season
"A remarkable blend of geography, demography, sociology, development economics, history, cultural anthropology, ecology, politics, sharia (Muslim religious law), and government policies.... This book dispels many misconceptions and is an education in itself." Choice
Geography (11 works) · Population (8 works) · Socioeconomics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Cartography (6 works) · Regional science (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Census (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)