David López‐carr

Biographic Data

ID	3584451
NAME	David López‐carr
GIVEN NAMES	David
FAMILY NAME	López‐carr
SIGNATURE	CARR D L
AFFILIATIONS	University of California, Santa Barbara
ORCID	0000-0002-7593-214X
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	33
TOTAL CITATIONS	123
AUTHOR COUNT	33
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	5

Rice–fish co-culturing reduces schistosomiasis risk and increases yields and incomes
Open AccessEmily K Selland, Nicolas Jouanard et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2026
The impact of organic native crops on the socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability of small-scale farmers in Jujuy, Argentina
Open AccessDavid Lopez-Carr, David López‐carr et al.ARTICLEHUMAN GEOGRAPHIES – Journal of…2026
Increased demand in Europe, North America, and Japan has created a market for exotic native South American food crops such as Açai, Yacon, and Camu Camu. Consumers increasingly seek out these products to promote fair trade and sustainable development. However, to date, no research has critically examined whether these native crops achieve their purported objectives for sustainable development and human health. Jujuy, a remote northern region of A…
Nexus of Land for Food and Urbanisation
Open AccessNarges Siamian, Hossein Azadi et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2025
Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) are regarded as serious environmental problems globally. LULC assessment is a process that leads to a beneficial understanding of how people and the environment interact. The objective of the current study was to quantify LULC change and to determine its primary causes in the metropolis of Tehran in Iran over a 30‐year period (1990–2020) using the DPSIR framework, which includes drivers, pressures, state,…
Land suitability analysis for food logistic providers
Open AccessMahdad Pour, Thomas Dogot et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2024
Land suitability analysis is a process to specify the suitability of a particular area according to its inherent characteristics. Inefficient land suitability leads to inefficient exploitation of natural resources, destruction of land resources, poverty, and even social harm. In this regard, land suitability assessment is important to support transportation planning and demand for construction. This study aimed to systematically review the mutual…
Identification of irregular extension features and fragmented spatial governance within urban fringe areas
Open AccessLiang Zhou, Le Wei et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2024
Conservation policy and forest transition in Zagros forests
Open AccessHadi Beygi Heidarlou, Asma Karamat Mirshekarlou et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2024Cited by: 3References: 6
A critical role of the capital green belt in constraining urban sprawl and its fragmentation measurement
Open AccessLiang Zhou, Y Gong et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2024Cited by: 2References: 60
Urban green belts (UGBs), an important green infrastructure of cities, have the functions of constraining urban sprawl, which are of great significance to urban green, resilient and sustainable development. However, it remains unclear how to quantify the constraining effect of UGBs on urban sprawl and the degree of fragmentation after UGBs constrain urban sprawl. Here, we proposed a UGBs extraction method to explore the spatial evolution of UGBs …
Prevalence of Sars-CoV-2 infection and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in avocado farmworkers from Mexico
Open AccessCynthia Armendáriz-Arnez, Marcela Tamayo‐Ortiz et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected farmworkers in the United States and Europe, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. However, little is known about the specific impact of the pandemic on agriculture and food production workers in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and assess the mental health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandem…
Operationalizing an integrative socio‐ecological framework in support of global monitoring of land degradation
Open AccessNarcisa G Pricope, Gabriel A Daldegan et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2023
Despite sustained global efforts to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation, estimates of land degradation nationally and regionally vary considerably. Land degradation reduces agricultural productivity, impacts the provision of vital ecosystem services, and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, through Sustainable Development Goal 15.3, sets out to achieve land degradation neutrality …
Social sustainability of residential squares
Open AccessMousa Pazhuhan, H Azadi et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2023References: 37
Human-Induced Resource Scarcity in the Colorado River Basin and Its Implications for Water Supply and the Environment in the Mexicali Valley Transboundary Aquifer
Javier Rubio-Velázquez, Hugo A Loaiciga et al.ARTICLEAnnals of the American…2023References: 23
The Colorado River delta is a sedimentary alluvial formation that embodies the Lower Colorado River transboundary aquifer. The Mexicali Valley overlies the Mexican part of the aquifer, and the Imperial Valley the aquifer's portion north of the Mexico-U.S. border. Mexico receives an annual water allocation from the Colorado River stipulated by an international treaty between Mexico and the United States. The Colorado River water allocation to Mexi…
Extreme Heat and Covid-19
Open AccessDavid López‐carr, Jennifer Vanos et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022
Currently, there is an extensive literature examining heat impacts on labor productivity and health, as well as a recent surge in research around COVID-19. However, to our knowledge, no research to date examines the dual burden of COVID-19 and extreme heat on labor productivity and laborers' health and livelihoods. To close this research gap and shed light on a critical health and livelihood issue affecting a vulnerable population, we urge resear…
Identifying, defining and exploring angling as urban subsistence
Open AccessB Quimby, Stephen E S Crook et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2020
Examining the relationship between migration and forest cover change in Mexico from 2001 to 2010
Open AccessDaniel Ervin, David Lopez-Carr et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020References: 40
Evaluating links between dynamic urban landscapes and under-five child mortality in Accra, Ghana
Open AccessSory Toure, John R Weeks et al.ARTICLEDemographic Research2020References: 23
The primary objectives of this study are to examine intra-urban spatial variation in the rates of under-five-years-old child mortality (5q0) in Accra in 2000 and 2010, as well as between those two dates, and to evaluate potential connections between the ph
What is marine justice
Open AccessJennifer A Martins, Summer Gray et al.ARTICLEJournal of Environmental Studies…2019Cited by: 3References: 28
Fertility and urban context
Open AccessMagdalena Benza, John R Weeks et al.ARTICLEPopulation Space and Place2017References: 13
Sub‐Saharan Africa has the highest levels of fertility in the world, despite rapid urban growth in most nations of the region. While there are many reasons for the fact that fertility decline is slow in Africa, we hypothesize that the relationship between fertility and urbanization is obscured by the fact that urbanization takes place along a gradient. In the most urban places (e.g., neighborhoods of the largest cities), fertility is apt to be ve…
Blessed be the Ties
Open AccessDaniel Ervin, E R Hamilton et al.ARTICLEInternational Migration2017
The study of migrant health provides a window into understanding themes related to the human condition.As outsiders and movers, migrants reveal what is normally taken for granted in the places where they settle: the social systems and institutions that replicate and control the social orderand the limits of those systems for the operation of a fair, humane, and healthy society.At the same time, migrants reveal the resilience of social actors navi…
Land use as a mediating factor of fertility in the Amazon
Open AccessWilliam Pan, David López‐carrARTICLEPopulation and Environment2016Cited by: 3References: 17
Una visión geográfica de los parques urbanos de la ciudad de Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia
Open AccessJorge Ruiz, Edgar Parra et al.ARTICLEPerspectiva geográfica2016Cited by: 1References: 1
Las ciudades latinoamericanas crecen y la calidad y el área per cápita de sus parques se reducen, respecto al estudio de esta situación, insumo fundamental para el diseño de políticas públicas urbanas, existen vacíos. La hipótesis nula para este trabajo es que en Tunja los parques urbanos no presentan una adecuada ni homogénea oferta y dotación. En el 2010 se llevó a cabo un inventario de parques en la ciudad, para cada parque se levantó un políg…
Socio-cultural dimensions of climate change
Open AccessJames J Mccarthy, Chery Chen et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2014Cited by: 8References: 28
A framework to assess the vulnerability of California commercial sea urchin fishermen to the impact of MPAs under climate change
Open AccessCheryl Chen, David López‐carr et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2014Cited by: 1References: 9
Migration, remittances and smallholder decision-making
Open AccessJason Davis, David Lopez-Carr et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2014Cited by: 18References: 53
What factors influence participation in payment for ecosystem services programs? An evaluation of Ecuador's SocioPáramo program
Open AccessLeah L Bremer, Kathleen A Farley et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2014Cited by: 18References: 57
A spatial analysis of population dynamics and climate change in Africa
Open AccessDavid Lopez-Carr, David López‐carr et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Environment2014Cited by: 5References: 48

Social identity, perception and motivation in adaptation to climate risk in the coffee sector of Chiapas, Mexico
Open AccessElisa Frank, Hallie Eakin et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2010Cited by: 36References: 17
Most investigation into climate adaptation to date has focused on specific technological interventions and socio-economic aspects of adaptive capacity. New perspectives posit that socio-cognitive factors may be as or more important in motivating individuals to take adaptive actions. Recent research indicates that incorporating insights from motivation theory can enhance theorization of adaptive capacity. Yet unexplored, and what we propose here, …
The effects of migrant remittances on population–environment dynamics in migrant origin areas
Open AccessJason Davis, David Lopez-Carr et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Environment2010Cited by: 11References: 44
International migration impacts origin regions in many ways. As examples, remittances from distant migrants may alter consumption patterns within sending communities, while exposure to different cultural norms may alter other behaviors. This paper combines these insights to offer a unique lens on migration's environmental impact. From an environmental perspective, we ask the following question: is the likely rise in consumption brought about by r…
Mixed methods in land change research
Open AccessSo-Min Cheong, So‐Min Cheong et al.ARTICLETransactions of the Institute of…2011Cited by: 5References: 16
Peer Reviewed
Agro-ecological drivers of rural out-migration to the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
Open AccessDavid Lopez-Carr, David López‐carrARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2012
Migration necessarily precedes environmental change in the form of deforestation and soil degradation in tropical agricultural frontiers. But what environmental factors may contribute to these migration streams in the first place? Identifying environmental characteristics related to this process is crucial for understanding how environmental change and migration may form recurrent feedback loops. Further understanding this process could be useful…
Deforestation and Reforestation of L atin A merica and the C aribbean (2001–2010)
Open AccessT Mitchell Aide, M L Clark et al.ARTICLEBiotropica2013
Forest cover change directly affects biodiversity, the global carbon budget, and ecosystem function. Within Latin American and the Caribbean region ( LAC ), many studies have documented extensive deforestation, but there are also many local studies reporting forest recovery. These contrasting dynamics have been largely attributed to demographic and socio‐economic change. For example, local population change due to migration can stimulate forest r…
The climate-population nexus in the East African Horn
Open AccessNarcisa G Pricope, Gregory Husak et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2013Cited by: 5References: 7
Water Scarcity in the Andes
Open AccessFelipe Murtinho, C Tague et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2013Cited by: 4References: 61
Socio-cultural dimensions of climate change
Open AccessJames J Mccarthy, Chery Chen et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2014Cited by: 8References: 28
A framework to assess the vulnerability of California commercial sea urchin fishermen to the impact of MPAs under climate change
Open AccessCheryl Chen, David López‐carr et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2014Cited by: 1References: 9
Migration, remittances and smallholder decision-making
Open AccessJason Davis, David Lopez-Carr et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2014Cited by: 18References: 53
What factors influence participation in payment for ecosystem services programs? An evaluation of Ecuador's SocioPáramo program
Open AccessLeah L Bremer, Kathleen A Farley et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2014Cited by: 18References: 57
A spatial analysis of population dynamics and climate change in Africa
Open AccessDavid Lopez-Carr, David López‐carr et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Environment2014Cited by: 5References: 48
Environment and Food' or Population, Health, Environment, and Food
Open AccessAnna López‐carr, Anna Carla Lopez-Carr et al.ARTICLESociologia Ruralis2014References: 10
Land use as a mediating factor of fertility in the Amazon
Open AccessWilliam Pan, David López‐carrARTICLEPopulation and Environment2016Cited by: 3References: 17
Una visión geográfica de los parques urbanos de la ciudad de Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia
Open AccessJorge Ruiz, Edgar Parra et al.ARTICLEPerspectiva geográfica2016Cited by: 1References: 1
Las ciudades latinoamericanas crecen y la calidad y el área per cápita de sus parques se reducen, respecto al estudio de esta situación, insumo fundamental para el diseño de políticas públicas urbanas, existen vacíos. La hipótesis nula para este trabajo es que en Tunja los parques urbanos no presentan una adecuada ni homogénea oferta y dotación. En el 2010 se llevó a cabo un inventario de parques en la ciudad, para cada parque se levantó un políg…
Fertility and urban context
Open AccessMagdalena Benza, John R Weeks et al.ARTICLEPopulation Space and Place2017References: 13
Sub‐Saharan Africa has the highest levels of fertility in the world, despite rapid urban growth in most nations of the region. While there are many reasons for the fact that fertility decline is slow in Africa, we hypothesize that the relationship between fertility and urbanization is obscured by the fact that urbanization takes place along a gradient. In the most urban places (e.g., neighborhoods of the largest cities), fertility is apt to be ve…
Blessed be the Ties
Open AccessDaniel Ervin, E R Hamilton et al.ARTICLEInternational Migration2017
The study of migrant health provides a window into understanding themes related to the human condition.As outsiders and movers, migrants reveal what is normally taken for granted in the places where they settle: the social systems and institutions that replicate and control the social orderand the limits of those systems for the operation of a fair, humane, and healthy society.At the same time, migrants reveal the resilience of social actors navi…
What is marine justice
Open AccessJennifer A Martins, Summer Gray et al.ARTICLEJournal of Environmental Studies…2019Cited by: 3References: 28
Identifying, defining and exploring angling as urban subsistence
Open AccessB Quimby, Stephen E S Crook et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2020
Examining the relationship between migration and forest cover change in Mexico from 2001 to 2010
Open AccessDaniel Ervin, David Lopez-Carr et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020References: 40
Evaluating links between dynamic urban landscapes and under-five child mortality in Accra, Ghana
Open AccessSory Toure, John R Weeks et al.ARTICLEDemographic Research2020References: 23
The primary objectives of this study are to examine intra-urban spatial variation in the rates of under-five-years-old child mortality (5q0) in Accra in 2000 and 2010, as well as between those two dates, and to evaluate potential connections between the ph
Extreme Heat and Covid-19
Open AccessDavid López‐carr, Jennifer Vanos et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022
Currently, there is an extensive literature examining heat impacts on labor productivity and health, as well as a recent surge in research around COVID-19. However, to our knowledge, no research to date examines the dual burden of COVID-19 and extreme heat on labor productivity and laborers' health and livelihoods. To close this research gap and shed light on a critical health and livelihood issue affecting a vulnerable population, we urge resear…
Prevalence of Sars-CoV-2 infection and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in avocado farmworkers from Mexico
Open AccessCynthia Armendáriz-Arnez, Marcela Tamayo‐Ortiz et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected farmworkers in the United States and Europe, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. However, little is known about the specific impact of the pandemic on agriculture and food production workers in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and assess the mental health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandem…
Operationalizing an integrative socio‐ecological framework in support of global monitoring of land degradation
Open AccessNarcisa G Pricope, Gabriel A Daldegan et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2023
Despite sustained global efforts to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation, estimates of land degradation nationally and regionally vary considerably. Land degradation reduces agricultural productivity, impacts the provision of vital ecosystem services, and disproportionately affects vulnerable populations. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, through Sustainable Development Goal 15.3, sets out to achieve land degradation neutrality …
Social sustainability of residential squares
Open AccessMousa Pazhuhan, H Azadi et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2023References: 37