Lori M Hunter
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 81355 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Lori M Hunter |
| PRENOMES | Lori M |
| SOBRENOME | Hunter |
| ASSINATURA | HUNTER L M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3450-9791 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 68 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 987 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 68 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 16 |
Inherited inequalities
Socio-cultural divisions of roles, tasks, and expectations reinforce societal norms surrounding gender. In many contexts, individuals enact and execute gendered scripts (consciously or not) in ways that create and maintain a social order that favors men and masculinity over women and femininity. This order serves to reinforce historical gender inequalities and divisions. As with other gender norms, gender ideologies surrounding migration decision…
Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience
Resilience and Coping Strategies in Rural South Africa during the Covid-19 Lockdown
Considerable attention has been given to the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily focusing on urban settings, while little research has examined the effects on rural communities. This study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on livelihoods and food security in the rural area of Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. We utilized a panel data set comprising 454 households from the Sustainability in Com…
Livelihood Transitions and Determinants in Rural South Africa
Relationships between rural migration and perceptions of environmental change
A framework for ageing and health vulnerabilities in a changing climate
Patterns and trends in household food security in rural Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
This study examines patterns and trends in household food security in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, from 2010 to 2019. We use data from a household panel nested in the Agincourt Health and Socio- Demographic Surveillance System. Findings indicate that there have been improvements in household food security in this rural setting over the last decade. By polychoric principal component analysis, an aggregate food security index w…
Rural migration under climate and land systems change
Spatial poverty dynamics and social mobility in rural America
Rural America is often depicted as a distressed and left‐behind place, with limited opportunities for the children growing up there. This paper addresses this topic by examining the dynamics of rural places over the past four decades and how these changes impact the economic mobility of children raised in poor rural households. Employing a place‐based framework, we utilise sequence analysis to identify dominant trajectories of change for more tha…
Place-level urban–rural indices for the United States from 1930 to 2018
Family, community, and the rural social mobility advantage
Time to Mainstream the Environment into Migration Theory
As with all social processes, human migration is a dynamic process that requires regular theoretical reflection. This article offers such reflection as related to the role of the natural environment in contemporary migration research and theory. A growing body of evidence suggests that environmental contexts, as shifting social and ecological realities, are consequential to migration theory. In this article, we review some of this evidence, provi…
Scales and sensitivities in climate vulnerability, displacement, and health
Working toward effective anonymization for surveillance data
Change in U.S. Small Town Community Capitals, 1980–2010
Rural Population Health and Aging
The unique health and aging challenges of rural populations often go unnoticed. In fact, the rural United States is home to disproportionate shares of older and sicker people, there are large and growing rural–urban and within-rural mortality disparities, many rural communities are in population decline, and rural racial/ethnic diversity is increasing. Yet rural communities are not monolithic, and although some rural places are characterized by d…
Hardin’s oversimplification of population growth
Social capital is subordinate to natural capital in buffering rural livelihoods from negative shocks
Climate Migration at the Height and End of the Great Mexican Emigration Era
dry climate, or out of places with lower vulnerability. Our comparisons across periods suggest that climate migration is affected by conditions in the U.S. in a similar or slightly weaker manner as other forms of migration are. Altogether, our findings suggest that rural Mexico is unlikely to push large numbers of international "climate refugees" and that climate migration is indeed sensitive to conditions in sending and destination areas
Internal and International Mobility as Adaptation to Climatic Variability in Contemporary Mexico
Migration provides a strategy for rural Mexican households to cope with, or adapt to, weather events and climatic variability. Yet prior studies on "environmental migration" in this context have not examined the differences between choices of internal (domestic) or international movement. In addition, much of the prior work relied on very coarse spatial scales to operationalize the environmental variables such as rainfall patterns. To overcome th…
Might climate change the “healthy migrant” effect
Variation by Geographic Scale in the Migration-Environment Association
Scholarly understanding of human migration’s environmental dimensions has greatly advanced in the past several years, motivated in large part by public and policy dialogue around “climate migrants”. The research presented here advances current demographic scholarship both through its substantive interpretations and conclusions, as well as its methodological approach. We examine temporary rural South African outmigration as related to household-le…
Domestic and International Climate Migration from Rural Mexico
Undocumented migration in response to climate change
In the face of climate change-induced economic uncertainties, households may em-ploy migration as an adaptation strategy to diversify their livelihood portfolio through remit-tances. However, it is unclear whether such climate-related migration will be documented or undocumented. In this study we combined detailed migration histories with daily temperature and precipitation information from 214 weather stations to investigate whether climate chan…
Climate change as a migration driver from rural and urban Mexico
Studies investigating migration as a response to climate variability have largely focused on rural locations to the exclusion of urban areas. This lack of urban focus is unfortunate given the sheer numbers of urban residents and continuing high levels of urbanization. To begin filling this empirical gap, this study investigates climate change impacts on U.S.-bound migration from rural and urban Mexico, 1986-1999. We employ geostatistical interpol…
Environmental Dimensions of Migration
Research on the environmental dimensions of human migration has made important strides in recent years. However, findings have been spread across multiple disciplines with wide-ranging methodologies and limited theoretical development. This article reviews key findings of the field and identifies future directions for sociological research. We contend that the field has moved beyond linear environmental 'push' theories toward a greater integratio…
Rural household demographics, livelihoods and the environment
Growth, Decline, Stability, and Disruption
During the 1970s and 1980s, social scientists focused considerable attention on patterns of community change in boomtowns affected by large-scale energy resource development in the western United States. The resulting literature has provided inconsistent and relatively inconclusive evidence about the extent of various forms of social disruption caused by the rapid economic and demographic changes associated with such developments. In particular, …
Migration and Environmental Hazards
Cross‐National Gender Variation in Environmental Behaviors
Objective. This article presents a cross‐national examination of gender variations in environmental behaviors. Research on environmental concern reveals modest distinctions between men and women, with women typically displaying higher levels of environmental concern and behavioral adjustments relative to men. Additionally, some prior research suggests that women appear more engaged in household‐oriented (private) pro‐environment behaviors (e.g., …
Cohort Change, Diffusion, and Support for Environmental Spending in the United States
The long-standing and sometimes heated debates over the direction and size of the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on environmental concern contrast post-materialist and affluence arguments, suggesting a positive relationship in high-income nations, with counter arguments for a negative or near zero relationship. A diffusion-of-innovations approach adapts parts of both arguments by predicting that high SES groups first adopt pro-environmental…
Migration in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
Migration is one of the variety of ways by which human populations adapt to environmental changes. The study of migration in the context of anthropogenic climate change is often approached using the concept of vulnerability and its key functional elements: exposure, system sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. This article explores the interaction of climate change and vulnerability through review of case studies of dry-season migration in the West…
The Association Between Natural Amenities, Rural Population Growth, and Long-Term Residents' Economic Weil-Being
Population growth in rural areas characterized by high levels of natural amenities has recently received substantial research attention. A noted concern with amenity-driven rural population growth is its potential to raise local costs-of-living while yielding only low-wage service sector employment for long-term residents. The work presented here empirically models long-term rural residents' economic well-being, making use of longitudinal data fr…
Measuring the environmental dimensions of human migration
Rainfall Patterns and U.S. Migration from Rural Mexico
In many rural regions of developing countries, natural resource dependency means changes in climate patterns hold tremendous potential to impact livelihoods. When environmentally-based livelihood options are constrained, migration can become an important adaptive strategy. Using data from the Mexican Migration Project, we model U.S. emigration from rural communities as related to community, household and climate factors. The results suggest that …
Rural Migration, Rapid Growth, and Fear of Crime
Although much research on rural 'boomtowns' explores differences between rapid-growth communities and more stable communities, it is logical to consider that residents within rural boomtowns experience community transitions in different ways. We examine a specific outcome, fear of crime, across three categories of community residents with different migration histories: lifetime residents, migrants who joined the boomtown community during its peri…
Do Rainfall Deficits Predict U.S.-Bound Migration from Rural Mexico? Evidence from the Mexican Census
Religion and attitudes toward the environment
Religion has been shown to influence attitudes toward an array of social issues. This manuscript focuses specifically on environmental issues, with empirical examination of the distinctiveness of contemporary Mormon environmental perspectives as contrasted with the general U.S. population. A belief in the importance of dominion over the environment is noted, by some, to be reflected in anti-environmental stance characterizing Mormon Culture Regio…
The Association Between Environmental Risk and Internal Migration Flows
Amplification or suppression
Native Americans
While the last two decades have seen important theoretical, empirical, and policy advancements in environmental justice generally, much remains to be done regarding Native Americans. Unique political and cultural dynamics shape the study and pursuit of environmental justice (EJ) in Native American communities. This review summarizes Native American EJ issues based on a cross-disciplinary search of over 60 publications. In so doing, we discuss the…
Rural Outmigration, Natural Capital, and Livelihoods in South Africa
Rural households across the globe engage in both migration and natural resource use as components of livelihood strategies designed to meet household needs. Yet, migration scholars have only recently begun to regularly integrate environmental factors into empirical modelling efforts. To examine the migration‐environment association in rural South Africa, we use vegetation measures derived from satellite imagery combined with detailed demographic …
Social capital is subordinate to natural capital in buffering rural livelihoods from negative shocks
Climate Migration at the Height and End of the Great Mexican Emigration Era
dry climate, or out of places with lower vulnerability. Our comparisons across periods suggest that climate migration is affected by conditions in the U.S. in a similar or slightly weaker manner as other forms of migration are. Altogether, our findings suggest that rural Mexico is unlikely to push large numbers of international "climate refugees" and that climate migration is indeed sensitive to conditions in sending and destination areas
Time to Mainstream the Environment into Migration Theory
As with all social processes, human migration is a dynamic process that requires regular theoretical reflection. This article offers such reflection as related to the role of the natural environment in contemporary migration research and theory. A growing body of evidence suggests that environmental contexts, as shifting social and ecological realities, are consequential to migration theory. In this article, we review some of this evidence, provi…
Wildfire-Migration Dynamics
The number of people living in wildfire prone wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities is on the rise. Yet, no prior study has investigated wildfire-induced residential relocation from WUI areas after a major fire event. To provide insight into the association between socio-demographic and socio-psychological characteristics and wildfire related intention to move, we use data from a survey of WUI residents in Boulder and Larimer Counties, Color…
The Spatial Association between U.S. Immigrant Residential Concentration and Environmental Hazards
Several studies undertaken over the past decade suggest that minority and lower-income communities are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards relative to the rest of the U.S. population, resulting in an issue of “environmental equity.” This research examines the equity issue in relation to the foreign born in the United States, making use of a county-level, nationwide, dataset reflecting sociodemographic characteristics and the prese…
Population Growth in High‐Amenity Rural Areas
Objective. A widely noted concern with amenity‐driven rural population growth is its potential to yield only low‐wage service‐sector employment for long‐term residents, while raising local costs of living. This research examines change in socioeconomic status during the 1990s for long‐term residents of high‐amenity, high‐growth rural counties in the United States. Methods. Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, in combin…
Environmental Hazards, Migration, and Race
The Spatial Association between U.S. Immigrant Residential Concentration and Environmental Hazards
The Association Between Environmental Risk and Internal Migration Flows
People and Pixels
This volume is concerned with the use of remote sensing in social science research. It offers some guidance for researchers and research sponsors in the form of reports of promising research information on the state of the technology and reflections on the challenges of linking social science and remotely sensed data. Chapters are included on land use and population dynamics modeling urban attributes famine early warning and health applications. …
A comparison of the environmental attitudes, concern, and behaviors of native-born and foreign-born U.S. Residents
The Spatial Association between U.S. Immigrant Residential Concentration and Environmental Hazards
Several studies undertaken over the past decade suggest that minority and lower-income communities are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards relative to the rest of the U.S. population, resulting in an issue of “environmental equity.” This research examines the equity issue in relation to the foreign born in the United States, making use of a county-level, nationwide, dataset reflecting sociodemographic characteristics and the prese…
The Spatial Association between U.S. Immigrant Residential Concentration and Environmental Hazards
Growth, Decline, Stability, and Disruption
During the 1970s and 1980s, social scientists focused considerable attention on patterns of community change in boomtowns affected by large-scale energy resource development in the western United States. The resulting literature has provided inconsistent and relatively inconclusive evidence about the extent of various forms of social disruption caused by the rapid economic and demographic changes associated with such developments. In particular, …
Rural Migration, Rapid Growth, and Fear of Crime
Although much research on rural 'boomtowns' explores differences between rapid-growth communities and more stable communities, it is logical to consider that residents within rural boomtowns experience community transitions in different ways. We examine a specific outcome, fear of crime, across three categories of community residents with different migration histories: lifetime residents, migrants who joined the boomtown community during its peri…
Integrating Demographic and GAP Analysis Biodiversity Data
Given that humans are a dominant force in habitat change, consideration of relative levels of anthropogenic threat to the landscape may allow for better informed conservation policy decisions. This paper outlines a project designed to incorporate demographic data into an existing conservation management tool, the aim being to better reflect development pressures upon natural habitat. Spatially explicit secondary data reflecting housing density fr…
Regional cultures, persistence and change
There are at least two gaps in the literature on culture regions: (1) little research on regions other than the South, and (2) a lack of examination of regional distinctiveness across time. In addition, existing research provides contradictory conclusions regarding the perpetuation of culture regions; some results suggest modernization forces are obliterating regional distinctiveness, while other studies point to the endurance of differences. Mak…
Environmental Hazards, Migration, and Race
Population and land use change in the California Mojave
Brief Comment
The Association Between Environmental Perspective and Knowledge and Concern With Species Diversity
As communities continue to engage in debate surrounding land use and preservation, insight into stakeholder knowledge and concern with local species becomes increasingly important. This project explores the association between individual knowledge/concern with species diversity as related to environmental perspective, measured through the New Ecological Paradigm scale. We aim to understand whether concern with local species diversity is associate…
Religion and attitudes toward the environment
Religion has been shown to influence attitudes toward an array of social issues. This manuscript focuses specifically on environmental issues, with empirical examination of the distinctiveness of contemporary Mormon environmental perspectives as contrasted with the general U.S. population. A belief in the importance of dominion over the environment is noted, by some, to be reflected in anti-environmental stance characterizing Mormon Culture Regio…
Cross‐National Gender Variation in Environmental Behaviors
Objective. This article presents a cross‐national examination of gender variations in environmental behaviors. Research on environmental concern reveals modest distinctions between men and women, with women typically displaying higher levels of environmental concern and behavioral adjustments relative to men. Additionally, some prior research suggests that women appear more engaged in household‐oriented (private) pro‐environment behaviors (e.g., …
Examining the Association between Hazardous Waste Facilities and Rural 'Brain Drain
Rural communities are increasingly being faced with the prospect of accepting facilities characterized as 'opportunity-threat,' such as facilities that generate, treat, store, or otherwise dispose of hazardous wastes. Such facilities may offer economic gains through jobs and tax revenue, although they may also act as environmental 'disamenities.' This analysis examines the possibility that the presence of such facilities equates with lower loss o…
Migration and Environmental Hazards
The Association Between Natural Amenities, Rural Population Growth, and Long-Term Residents' Economic Weil-Being
Population growth in rural areas characterized by high levels of natural amenities has recently received substantial research attention. A noted concern with amenity-driven rural population growth is its potential to raise local costs-of-living while yielding only low-wage service sector employment for long-term residents. The work presented here empirically models long-term rural residents' economic well-being, making use of longitudinal data fr…
Household strategies in the face of resource scarcity in coastal Ghana
Household strategies in the face of resource scarcity in coastal Ghana
Rural household demographics, livelihoods and the environment
The Bush is No More”
The past decade has brought substantial transition to South Africa. The introduction of democracy in 1994 has yielded important political and socioeconomic transformations affecting millions of people. Here, we explore the impact of institutional and structural changes on the availability and management of fuelwood, a key natural resource in rural South Africa. As in other developing regions, many households depend on natural resources for both s…
Population Growth in High‐Amenity Rural Areas
Objective. A widely noted concern with amenity‐driven rural population growth is its potential to yield only low‐wage service‐sector employment for long‐term residents, while raising local costs of living. This research examines change in socioeconomic status during the 1990s for long‐term residents of high‐amenity, high‐growth rural counties in the United States. Methods. Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, in combin…
The environmental dimensions of the HIV/Aids pandemic
Public Perception of Environmental Issues in a Developing Setting
Objective. Balancing environmental quality with economic growth in less developed settings is clearly a challenge. Still, surprisingly little empirical evidence has been brought to bear on the relative priority given environmental and socioeconomic issues among the residents themselves of such settings. This research explores such perceptions. Methods. We undertake survey research with 2,500 residents of coastal Ghana on policy issues, focusing o…
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