Amy L Nelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4264423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy L Nelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy L |
| FAMILY NAME | Nelson |
| SIGNATURE | NELSON A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1932 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Examining the Significance of Housing Enclaves in the Metropolitan United States of America
A significant number of Americans now live in housing that is marked by walls and in many instances by gates. While an increasing amount is written on these enclaves, relatively little research has been done on the developments themselves, the Home Owner Associations (HOAs) that run them, or their residents. This paper draws on the American Housing Survey and the Phoenix Area Social Survey to present demographic information on the housing and to …
Bonding and Bridging
This study investigates the relationship between social connections and collective civic action. Measuring social capital in eight Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhoods allowed the authors to determine that individuals with strong social bonding (i.e., association and trust among neighbors) are more likely to take civic action. However, while social capital lessens the relationship between an individual’s social status and the likelihood of taking acti…
Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity
Spatial variation in plant diversity has been attributed to heterogeneity in resource availability for many ecosystems. However, urbanization has resulted in entire landscapes that are now occupied by plant communities wholly created by humans, in which diversity may reflect social, economic, and cultural influences in addition to those recognized by traditional ecological theory. Here we use data from a probability-based survey to explore the va…
The Ecology of Technological Risk in a Sunbelt City
In this paper we examine the spatial distributions of four types of technological hazards in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area. The focus is on the locations of hazardous industrial and toxic waste sites in relation to the demographic composition of adjacent neighborhoods. Our interest is to determine whether hazardous sites, including industrial facilities in the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, Large Quantity Generators of hazardous wastes,…
Perceptions of Risk Amongst Minority Groups
The Effect of Economic Restructuring on Family Poverty in the Industrial Heartland, 1970–1990
This study examines changes in family poverty in Ohio cities, suburbs and nonmetropolitan counties at the hands of economic restructuring for the periods 1970–1980 and 1980–1990. The restructuring process involves both a loss of manufacturing jobs and an increasing reliance on the service industry for employment. As such, restructuring is conceptualized as a major transformation that is disruptive to the social system, at least in the short run. …
Social and Economic Distress in Large Cities, 1970-1990
J. John Palen, The Suburbs . New York
"J. John Palen, The Suburbs. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. 236 Pages." Sociological Focus, 28(4), pp. 417–418
Modeling urbanism
The South Sandwich Islands
in the form of chapters written while the author was in the field. Besides telling in detail of his journeys on the great glaciers, the author throws many revealing side lights on life and nature in Kashmir, Ladakh, and the high Himalayan valleys. The volume is fully illustrated with splendid photographs but lacks map or index. A more condensed narrative of the Alpine part of the expedition, with a map, will be found in the Geographical Journal, …
Bonding and Bridging
This study investigates the relationship between social connections and collective civic action. Measuring social capital in eight Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhoods allowed the authors to determine that individuals with strong social bonding (i.e., association and trust among neighbors) are more likely to take civic action. However, while social capital lessens the relationship between an individual’s social status and the likelihood of taking acti…
The Ecology of Technological Risk in a Sunbelt City
In this paper we examine the spatial distributions of four types of technological hazards in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area. The focus is on the locations of hazardous industrial and toxic waste sites in relation to the demographic composition of adjacent neighborhoods. Our interest is to determine whether hazardous sites, including industrial facilities in the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, Large Quantity Generators of hazardous wastes,…
Examining the Significance of Housing Enclaves in the Metropolitan United States of America
A significant number of Americans now live in housing that is marked by walls and in many instances by gates. While an increasing amount is written on these enclaves, relatively little research has been done on the developments themselves, the Home Owner Associations (HOAs) that run them, or their residents. This paper draws on the American Housing Survey and the Phoenix Area Social Survey to present demographic information on the housing and to …
Modeling urbanism
Social and Economic Distress in Large Cities, 1970-1990
Perceptions of Risk Amongst Minority Groups
The Effect of Economic Restructuring on Family Poverty in the Industrial Heartland, 1970–1990
This study examines changes in family poverty in Ohio cities, suburbs and nonmetropolitan counties at the hands of economic restructuring for the periods 1970–1980 and 1980–1990. The restructuring process involves both a loss of manufacturing jobs and an increasing reliance on the service industry for employment. As such, restructuring is conceptualized as a major transformation that is disruptive to the social system, at least in the short run. …
The South Sandwich Islands
in the form of chapters written while the author was in the field. Besides telling in detail of his journeys on the great glaciers, the author throws many revealing side lights on life and nature in Kashmir, Ladakh, and the high Himalayan valleys. The volume is fully illustrated with splendid photographs but lacks map or index. A more condensed narrative of the Alpine part of the expedition, with a map, will be found in the Geographical Journal, …
J. John Palen, The Suburbs . New York
"J. John Palen, The Suburbs. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. 236 Pages." Sociological Focus, 28(4), pp. 417–418
Modeling urbanism
The Effect of Economic Restructuring on Family Poverty in the Industrial Heartland, 1970–1990
This study examines changes in family poverty in Ohio cities, suburbs and nonmetropolitan counties at the hands of economic restructuring for the periods 1970–1980 and 1980–1990. The restructuring process involves both a loss of manufacturing jobs and an increasing reliance on the service industry for employment. As such, restructuring is conceptualized as a major transformation that is disruptive to the social system, at least in the short run. …
Social and Economic Distress in Large Cities, 1970-1990
Perceptions of Risk Amongst Minority Groups
The Ecology of Technological Risk in a Sunbelt City
In this paper we examine the spatial distributions of four types of technological hazards in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area. The focus is on the locations of hazardous industrial and toxic waste sites in relation to the demographic composition of adjacent neighborhoods. Our interest is to determine whether hazardous sites, including industrial facilities in the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, Large Quantity Generators of hazardous wastes,…
Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity
Spatial variation in plant diversity has been attributed to heterogeneity in resource availability for many ecosystems. However, urbanization has resulted in entire landscapes that are now occupied by plant communities wholly created by humans, in which diversity may reflect social, economic, and cultural influences in addition to those recognized by traditional ecological theory. Here we use data from a probability-based survey to explore the va…
Bonding and Bridging
This study investigates the relationship between social connections and collective civic action. Measuring social capital in eight Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhoods allowed the authors to determine that individuals with strong social bonding (i.e., association and trust among neighbors) are more likely to take civic action. However, while social capital lessens the relationship between an individual’s social status and the likelihood of taking acti…
Examining the Significance of Housing Enclaves in the Metropolitan United States of America
A significant number of Americans now live in housing that is marked by walls and in many instances by gates. While an increasing amount is written on these enclaves, relatively little research has been done on the developments themselves, the Home Owner Associations (HOAs) that run them, or their residents. This paper draws on the American Housing Survey and the Phoenix Area Social Survey to present demographic information on the housing and to …
Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Metropolitan area (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Phoenix (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)