William A Schwab
Biographic Data
| ID | 4885177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William A Schwab |
| GIVEN NAMES | William A |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwab |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWAB W A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-2710-8411 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ice Age Apparel—Changing Prey Patterns Towards the Last Glacial Maximum and the Role of Reindeer Fur for Clothing at Kammern-Grubgraben
The site of Kammern-Grubgraben in Lower Austria preserved one of the largest assemblages of stone constructions, lithic and organic artefacts, personal ornaments, and faunal remains of the Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 24–20 ka cal BP) in Europe. Conspicuously, the faunal remains attest to an occupation only during winter and are strongly dominated by reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ), indicating a rather selective and narrow hunting focus despite the c…
Deciphering the City
Right to DREAM
Applying the Principles of Cultural Resource Management to Economic Development through Sustainable Tourism
Barriers to Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is now widely promoted as a holistic concept that aims to integrate social, economic and cultural policies to ensure high-quality growth in the context to which it is applied. During implementation such programs encounter, however, place-specific institutional and cultural barriers that often go unrecognized. This article presents findings from a 10-year collaboration of the University of Arkansas with Yarmouk University, …
Deciphering the City
"Deciphering the City deals with the large and small issues facing cities today. A focus on globalization's impact on the role of cities, an explicit mission to drive home the applied nature of urban studies to students. This text offers an introduction to the history, issues, problems, potential solutions and challenges, facing cities - in the developed and the developing world - for the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
Divergent Perspectives on the Future of Cleveland’S Neighborhoods
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the degree to which three ecological models can predict the direction of neighborhood change. Three models —the life cycle, arbitrage, and composition—are commonly found in the literature on neighborhood change, but each focuses on a different aspect of this process. To date, researchers have evaluated these models individually, but few have compared their predictive ability. Using census tract data from…
Alternative Explanations of Neighborhood Change
The purpose of this paper is to evalute the degree to which three ecological models can predict the direction of neighborhood change. Three models — life-cycle, arbitrage, and composition — are found commonly in the literature on neighborhood change, but each focuses on a different aspect of this process. To date, researchers have evaluated the models individually, but few have compared them. This study uses regression analysis to evaluate the th…
The Predictive Value of Three Ecological Models
The degree to which three ecological models can predict the direction of neighborhood change is evaluated in this article. The life-cycle, arbitrage, and composition models commonly are found in the literature on neighborhood change, but each focuses on a different aspect of this process. To date, researchers have evaluated these models individually, but few have compared their predictive ability. This study uses discriminant analysis to evaluate…
Three Texts in Urban Sociology
An Examination of an Ecological Model of Neighborhood Change, Which Employs a Biased Estimation Technique
The problems created by multicollinearity when estimating a single equation least squares model are well-known. This problem is particularly troublesome in ecological research because of the heavy reliance of this field on census data and other secondary data sources. This paper explores one solution to the problem of multicollinearity in ecological research-ridge regression. Using census-tract data from Cleveland, Ohio for the years 1960-1970, a…
Urban Neighborhood Revitalization
The overall goal of this paper is to place the gentrification and reinvestment process in the context of broader metropolitan growth and change. In the first section, the gentrification and reinvestment processes are examined within the broader contexts of several general models of urban morphology. In general, these processes are viewed as normal responses of a residential area to changing economic and ecological forces in the city. In the secon…
Social Interaction in a Heterogeneous Apartment
This paper examines the relationship of propinquity (spatial proximity) to social interaction in a heterogeneous apartment, specifically, whether spatial propinquity or social homogeneity is the better explanation for resident interaction. We also examine the effects of other characteristics of the apartment design upon interaction patterns among apartment residents. Data are derived from in-depth structured personal interviews with residents of …
The Tipping-Point Model
The tipping-point model of neighborhood change is tested for the years 1940-1970. The model posits that once a white area reaches a certain percentage of Negro residents the area will become completely Negro. Recent work by Steinnes (1977), who used a regression analysis of a sample of Chicago census tracts, supports the tipping-point concept. The present replication with Cleveland, Ohio, data differs from the earlier work in three ways: (1) cont…
Spatial and Temporal Aspects of the Density-Distance Relationship
Numerous studies of the relationship between urban population density and distance from the city's center have shown that: (1) Cross-sectionally, the relationship between density and distance is negative, such that density crests in the interior of the city and declines toward the periphery. (2) Longitudinally, the slope of the density-distance relationship becomes flatter as central densities decline as neighborhoods age and thin and as fringe a…
The Problem of the Advanced Student in American English
Some Structural Problems for Tagalog Students in English
Is Freshman English Obsolete
The Tipping-Point Model
The tipping-point model of neighborhood change is tested for the years 1940-1970. The model posits that once a white area reaches a certain percentage of Negro residents the area will become completely Negro. Recent work by Steinnes (1977), who used a regression analysis of a sample of Chicago census tracts, supports the tipping-point concept. The present replication with Cleveland, Ohio, data differs from the earlier work in three ways: (1) cont…
Barriers to Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is now widely promoted as a holistic concept that aims to integrate social, economic and cultural policies to ensure high-quality growth in the context to which it is applied. During implementation such programs encounter, however, place-specific institutional and cultural barriers that often go unrecognized. This article presents findings from a 10-year collaboration of the University of Arkansas with Yarmouk University, …
Spatial and Temporal Aspects of the Density-Distance Relationship
Numerous studies of the relationship between urban population density and distance from the city's center have shown that: (1) Cross-sectionally, the relationship between density and distance is negative, such that density crests in the interior of the city and declines toward the periphery. (2) Longitudinally, the slope of the density-distance relationship becomes flatter as central densities decline as neighborhoods age and thin and as fringe a…
Alternative Explanations of Neighborhood Change
The purpose of this paper is to evalute the degree to which three ecological models can predict the direction of neighborhood change. Three models — life-cycle, arbitrage, and composition — are found commonly in the literature on neighborhood change, but each focuses on a different aspect of this process. To date, researchers have evaluated the models individually, but few have compared them. This study uses regression analysis to evaluate the th…
Social Interaction in a Heterogeneous Apartment
This paper examines the relationship of propinquity (spatial proximity) to social interaction in a heterogeneous apartment, specifically, whether spatial propinquity or social homogeneity is the better explanation for resident interaction. We also examine the effects of other characteristics of the apartment design upon interaction patterns among apartment residents. Data are derived from in-depth structured personal interviews with residents of …
Is Freshman English Obsolete
Some Structural Problems for Tagalog Students in English
The Problem of the Advanced Student in American English
Spatial and Temporal Aspects of the Density-Distance Relationship
Numerous studies of the relationship between urban population density and distance from the city's center have shown that: (1) Cross-sectionally, the relationship between density and distance is negative, such that density crests in the interior of the city and declines toward the periphery. (2) Longitudinally, the slope of the density-distance relationship becomes flatter as central densities decline as neighborhoods age and thin and as fringe a…
The Tipping-Point Model
The tipping-point model of neighborhood change is tested for the years 1940-1970. The model posits that once a white area reaches a certain percentage of Negro residents the area will become completely Negro. Recent work by Steinnes (1977), who used a regression analysis of a sample of Chicago census tracts, supports the tipping-point concept. The present replication with Cleveland, Ohio, data differs from the earlier work in three ways: (1) cont…
Urban Neighborhood Revitalization
The overall goal of this paper is to place the gentrification and reinvestment process in the context of broader metropolitan growth and change. In the first section, the gentrification and reinvestment processes are examined within the broader contexts of several general models of urban morphology. In general, these processes are viewed as normal responses of a residential area to changing economic and ecological forces in the city. In the secon…
Social Interaction in a Heterogeneous Apartment
This paper examines the relationship of propinquity (spatial proximity) to social interaction in a heterogeneous apartment, specifically, whether spatial propinquity or social homogeneity is the better explanation for resident interaction. We also examine the effects of other characteristics of the apartment design upon interaction patterns among apartment residents. Data are derived from in-depth structured personal interviews with residents of …
Three Texts in Urban Sociology
An Examination of an Ecological Model of Neighborhood Change, Which Employs a Biased Estimation Technique
The problems created by multicollinearity when estimating a single equation least squares model are well-known. This problem is particularly troublesome in ecological research because of the heavy reliance of this field on census data and other secondary data sources. This paper explores one solution to the problem of multicollinearity in ecological research-ridge regression. Using census-tract data from Cleveland, Ohio for the years 1960-1970, a…
The Predictive Value of Three Ecological Models
The degree to which three ecological models can predict the direction of neighborhood change is evaluated in this article. The life-cycle, arbitrage, and composition models commonly are found in the literature on neighborhood change, but each focuses on a different aspect of this process. To date, researchers have evaluated these models individually, but few have compared their predictive ability. This study uses discriminant analysis to evaluate…
Alternative Explanations of Neighborhood Change
The purpose of this paper is to evalute the degree to which three ecological models can predict the direction of neighborhood change. Three models — life-cycle, arbitrage, and composition — are found commonly in the literature on neighborhood change, but each focuses on a different aspect of this process. To date, researchers have evaluated the models individually, but few have compared them. This study uses regression analysis to evaluate the th…
Divergent Perspectives on the Future of Cleveland’S Neighborhoods
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the degree to which three ecological models can predict the direction of neighborhood change. Three models —the life cycle, arbitrage, and composition—are commonly found in the literature on neighborhood change, but each focuses on a different aspect of this process. To date, researchers have evaluated these models individually, but few have compared their predictive ability. Using census tract data from…
Deciphering the City
"Deciphering the City deals with the large and small issues facing cities today. A focus on globalization's impact on the role of cities, an explicit mission to drive home the applied nature of urban studies to students. This text offers an introduction to the history, issues, problems, potential solutions and challenges, facing cities - in the developed and the developing world - for the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
Applying the Principles of Cultural Resource Management to Economic Development through Sustainable Tourism
Barriers to Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is now widely promoted as a holistic concept that aims to integrate social, economic and cultural policies to ensure high-quality growth in the context to which it is applied. During implementation such programs encounter, however, place-specific institutional and cultural barriers that often go unrecognized. This article presents findings from a 10-year collaboration of the University of Arkansas with Yarmouk University, …
Right to DREAM
Deciphering the City
Ice Age Apparel—Changing Prey Patterns Towards the Last Glacial Maximum and the Role of Reindeer Fur for Clothing at Kammern-Grubgraben
The site of Kammern-Grubgraben in Lower Austria preserved one of the largest assemblages of stone constructions, lithic and organic artefacts, personal ornaments, and faunal remains of the Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 24–20 ka cal BP) in Europe. Conspicuously, the faunal remains attest to an occupation only during winter and are strongly dominated by reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ), indicating a rather selective and narrow hunting focus despite the c…
Sociology (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Statistics (4 works)