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Spatial Demography: Opportunities and Challenges Barbara Entwisle, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Spatial Demography: Opportunities and Challenges Barbara Entwisle, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Spatial Demography: Opportunities and Challenges Barbara Entwisle, PhD Future Directions in Spatial Demography December 12, 2011 US Census 2010 Standard Hierarchy of Census Geographic Entities Boundaries and Mobility Immigration
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US Census 2010 Standard Hierarchy of Census Geographic Entities
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Boundaries and Mobility
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Immigration
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Migration
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Residential mobility
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One year, five years, lifetime
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Life history calendars
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Game-Changer #1: Geographic Information Systems
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Mapping tools – spatial patterning as a source of insight
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Locational data – new approaches to data integration, measurement
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Remote sensing – new approaches to human- environment interactions
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March 30, 2007
Putting People Into Place
Barbara Entwisle
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Standard approach to conceptualization and analysis
- f link between micro and macro: example
Thomas A. Glass and Matthew J. McAtee. 2006. “Behavioral science at the crossroads in public health: Extending horizons, envisioning the future.” Social Science and Medicine 62:1650-1671.
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Challenge: A fully dynamic conceptualization of place
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People in place
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People acting on place
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People choosing place
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Dynamic implications
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Game-Changer #2: Torrents of Data
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Web Search Interest: “big data”
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Types of Data
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Census and survey data
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Registration data
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Administrative data
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Transactional data
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Internet data (Tweets, Searches, Etc.)
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Identifiers and Linkages (rearranging HIPAA)
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Name
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Location
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Contact information
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Record numbers
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Device numbers
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Biometrics/images/etc.
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US Census 2010 Standard Hierarchy of Census Geographic Entities
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Selected Challenges
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Integration of diverse data sources
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Documentation (given dynamic quality)
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Quality assessment
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Privacy/confidentiality
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Data management
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Demographers’ Toolkit
20th Century Mathematics Statistics Survey Methodology 21st Century Mathematics Spatial Science Data Science
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Contributions to Population Change, Diversity, and Distribution
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Mortality
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Fertility
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Migration
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Temporal scale (day, week, month, year, decade, century)
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Sociospatial scale (street, neighborhood, community, state/province, nation, globe)
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Potential New Areas for Exploration (Selected)
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Life course transitions and spatial mobility
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Social mobility and spatial mobility
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Neighborhoods and migration
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Social networks and migration
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Tourism and ecological impact
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