SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: W1001 : Population Change in Rural Communities
- Period Covered: 10/01/2002 to 09/01/2003
- Date of Report: 12/09/2003
- Annual Meeting Dates: 09/26/2003 to 09/27/2003
Participants
Berry, Eddy (eberry@hass.usu.edu) - Utah State University; Brown, David (dlb17@cornell.edu) - Cornell University; Cramer, Jim (jcramer@ucdavis.edu) - University of California, Davis; Cromartie, John (jbc@ers.usda.gov) - Economic Research Service, USDA; Fuguitt, Glenn (fuguitt@ssc.wisc.edu) - University of Wisconsin, Madison; Glasgow, Nina (ng14@cornell.edu) - Cornell University; Hammer, Roger (rhammer@facstaff.wisc.edu) - University of Wisconsin, Madison; Hipple, Patricia (phipple@csrees.usda.gov) - CSREES, USDA; Kandel, William (wkandel@ers.usda.gov) - Economic Research Service, USDA; Kirschner, Anabel (kirschner@wsu.edu) - Washington State University; Lee, Marlene (malee@facstaff.wisc.edu) - University of Wisconsin, Madison; Nelson, Peter (pbnelson@middlebury.edu) - Middlebury College; Rudzitis, Gundars (gundars@uidaho.edu) - University of Idaho; Singelman, Joachim (joachim@lsu.edu) - Lousiana State University; Vias, Alexander (Alexander.vias@uconn.edu) - University of Connecticut; von Reichert, Christiane (reichert@selway.umt.edu) - University of Montana;
A resolution was passed to honor Jim Copp, long-time committee member and distinguished rural sociologist who died last year, by dedicating the forthcoming book to him. David Brown, Glenn Fuguitt, and others recalled several stories about their friend and highlighted Jims many contributions to the committee and the discipline.
Members took turns giving brief descriptions of on-going research, starting with new members.
Miles Rademan, Director of Public Affairs and Commmunication for Park City, welcomed W1001 members and presented a lively history of the area.
The committee participated in a conference call with their administrative advisor, Linda Fox, who outlined the procedures for official W1001 project membership using the online NIMS system. For applicants not at land grant institutions, Linda recommended submitting an Appendix E with a signature from the applicants own (non land-grant) institution, then checking with the States experiment station director for possible funding.
Pat Hipple, CSREES, discussed changes in the National Research Initiatives competitive grants program. W1001 needs to consider taking advantage of new opportunites for multi-disciplinary research in the area of agricultural restructuring and its effects on rural areas.
David Brown and William Kandel led a discussion of W1001s forthcoming monograph and upcoming conference. David is working toward a formal acceptance from a publisher before the book is written. Contributing members need to complete their chapters by March 1, 2004. ERS has funded a conference, to be held January 29-30, 2004, for members to present their findings to a policy-oriented audience.
Committee members decided that next years meeting would be held in Grand Forks, North Dakota and made plans to solicit Richard Rathge to take charge of local arrangements. Pat Hipple agreed to assist.
The committee made the following appointments:
Nina Glasgow, Chair
Marlene Lee, Vice-chair
John Cromartie, Secretary
The annual meeting concluded with a detailed discussion of objectives and goals. W1001 appears to be ahead of schedule. The forthcoming book will set the stage for future work by helping identify issues that can be tackled as a group. Possible issues include: mobility and the restructuring of rural space; natural resources and migration; changing livelihoods for working-class rural residents; and changing concepts of rural. To further facilitate the identification of future research, members were asked to produce a 1-page issues brief by January 5, 2004. In addition, subcommittees were assigned the task of developing synthesis papers by September 2004.
A resolution of appreciation to Eddy Berry was passed, for chairing the previous committee for several years and especially for overseeing the W1001 proposal process.
Members took turns giving brief descriptions of on-going research, starting with new members.
Miles Rademan, Director of Public Affairs and Commmunication for Park City, welcomed W1001 members and presented a lively history of the area.
The committee participated in a conference call with their administrative advisor, Linda Fox, who outlined the procedures for official W1001 project membership using the online NIMS system. For applicants not at land grant institutions, Linda recommended submitting an Appendix E with a signature from the applicants own (non land-grant) institution, then checking with the States experiment station director for possible funding.
Pat Hipple, CSREES, discussed changes in the National Research Initiatives competitive grants program. W1001 needs to consider taking advantage of new opportunites for multi-disciplinary research in the area of agricultural restructuring and its effects on rural areas.
David Brown and William Kandel led a discussion of W1001s forthcoming monograph and upcoming conference. David is working toward a formal acceptance from a publisher before the book is written. Contributing members need to complete their chapters by March 1, 2004. ERS has funded a conference, to be held January 29-30, 2004, for members to present their findings to a policy-oriented audience.
Committee members decided that next years meeting would be held in Grand Forks, North Dakota and made plans to solicit Richard Rathge to take charge of local arrangements. Pat Hipple agreed to assist.
The committee made the following appointments:
Nina Glasgow, Chair
Marlene Lee, Vice-chair
John Cromartie, Secretary
The annual meeting concluded with a detailed discussion of objectives and goals. W1001 appears to be ahead of schedule. The forthcoming book will set the stage for future work by helping identify issues that can be tackled as a group. Possible issues include: mobility and the restructuring of rural space; natural resources and migration; changing livelihoods for working-class rural residents; and changing concepts of rural. To further facilitate the identification of future research, members were asked to produce a 1-page issues brief by January 5, 2004. In addition, subcommittees were assigned the task of developing synthesis papers by September 2004.
A resolution of appreciation to Eddy Berry was passed, for chairing the previous committee for several years and especially for overseeing the W1001 proposal process.
Accomplishments
In its first year, W1001 members undertook analyses of growth and change of rural populations at the national and regional levels, using newly-released Census 2000 data in combination with previous information. Arrangements were made for the publication of a book-length monograph based on these analyses, which is expected to come out in 2004. This initial work is designed to frame future rural development policy debates by identifying the main directions of change and their implications for the well being of rural people and communities. To present our findings and engage stakeholders in the process early on, the committee planned a two-day conference for January 2004, to be hosted by the Economic Research Service in Washington, DC.
By providing a structure for more targeted, issue-specific studies, the research conducted in the first year and the resulting book will serve as a starting point for meeting the remaining milestones in later years. At the annual meeting in September, the committee identified prospective topics that might be tackled as a group and selected subcommittees to produce synthesis papers on each topic by the following September. Possible topics include: mobility and the restructuring of rural space; natural resources and migration; changing livelihoods for working-class rural residents; and changing concepts of rural.
W1001 members evaluated the Census Bureau‘s new metro-nonmetro classification system relative to previous systems and uniformly adopted the most appropriate schema for the initial set of analyses. Completion of this milestone accompanied the development of a shared database from the Census 2000 SF3 files.
By providing a structure for more targeted, issue-specific studies, the research conducted in the first year and the resulting book will serve as a starting point for meeting the remaining milestones in later years. At the annual meeting in September, the committee identified prospective topics that might be tackled as a group and selected subcommittees to produce synthesis papers on each topic by the following September. Possible topics include: mobility and the restructuring of rural space; natural resources and migration; changing livelihoods for working-class rural residents; and changing concepts of rural.
W1001 members evaluated the Census Bureau‘s new metro-nonmetro classification system relative to previous systems and uniformly adopted the most appropriate schema for the initial set of analyses. Completion of this milestone accompanied the development of a shared database from the Census 2000 SF3 files.
Impacts
- W1001 is just entering its second year and has no impact statements developed at this time.
Publications
Berry, E. Helen and Annabel Kirschner. The Changing Face of the American West: The Burgeoning Latino Population. Western Regional Development Center White Paper Policy Series, 2002.
Brown, David and Kai Schafft. 2003. Social Exclusion in Rural Areas of east-Central Europe. Eastern European Countryside. Vol. 9.
Fuguitt, Glenn V., Calvin L. Beale and Stephen L. Tordella. 2002.
"Recent Trends in Older Population Change and Migration for
Nonmetro Areas, 1970-2000." Rural America 17:11-19.
Glasgow, Nina and Alan Barton. 2003. Older Workers and Retirement in Rural Contexts. In William Falk, Michael Schulman, and Ann Tickamyer (eds.)Communities of Work. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Johnson, Ken. "Racial/Ethnic Diversification in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Population Change in the United States; Implications for Health Care Provision in Rural America." With S.H. Murdock, M. N. Hoque and M.A. McGehee. Journal of Rural Health 19(4): 425-432. 2003.
Johnson, Ken. "Nonmetro Recreation Counties: Their Identification and Rapid Growth." With C.L. Beale. Rural America.17(4):12-19. 2002.
Kirschner, Annabel. 2002. Washingtons Changing Age Structure. Washington Counts in the 21st Century. WSU Cooperative Extension Bulletin 1944E. December 2002. http://www.crs.wsu.edu/outreach/outreach.html.
Kirschner, Annabel. 2002. Washingtons Changing Age Structure. Washington Counts in the 21st Century. WSU Cooperative Extension Bulletin 1944E. December 2002.
Nelson, Peter, and Adam Sewall. 2003. "Regional Comparisons of Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Migration in the 1970s and 1980s: Age and Place Implications." The Professional Geographer 55: 83-99.
Rudzitis, Gundars. Environmental Visions and Effective Decisionmaking, in G. Kenins King (editor), Arm in Arm: Development and Socio-economic Change,(translated into Latvian), Business Partners Press, Riga: Latvia, 2002, pp.172-187.
Vias, A. C., Mulligan, G. F. and Molin, A. 2002. Economic Structure and Socioeconomic Change in Americas Micropolitan Areas, 1970-1997. Social Science Journal 32: 399-417.
von Reichert, Christiane. Returning and New Montana Migrants: Socioeconomic and Motivational Differences. Growth and Change. Vol 33 Winter 2002, pp 133-151.
Brown, David and Kai Schafft. 2003. Social Exclusion in Rural Areas of east-Central Europe. Eastern European Countryside. Vol. 9.
Fuguitt, Glenn V., Calvin L. Beale and Stephen L. Tordella. 2002.
"Recent Trends in Older Population Change and Migration for
Nonmetro Areas, 1970-2000." Rural America 17:11-19.
Glasgow, Nina and Alan Barton. 2003. Older Workers and Retirement in Rural Contexts. In William Falk, Michael Schulman, and Ann Tickamyer (eds.)Communities of Work. Athens: Ohio University Press.
Johnson, Ken. "Racial/Ethnic Diversification in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Population Change in the United States; Implications for Health Care Provision in Rural America." With S.H. Murdock, M. N. Hoque and M.A. McGehee. Journal of Rural Health 19(4): 425-432. 2003.
Johnson, Ken. "Nonmetro Recreation Counties: Their Identification and Rapid Growth." With C.L. Beale. Rural America.17(4):12-19. 2002.
Kirschner, Annabel. 2002. Washingtons Changing Age Structure. Washington Counts in the 21st Century. WSU Cooperative Extension Bulletin 1944E. December 2002. http://www.crs.wsu.edu/outreach/outreach.html.
Kirschner, Annabel. 2002. Washingtons Changing Age Structure. Washington Counts in the 21st Century. WSU Cooperative Extension Bulletin 1944E. December 2002.
Nelson, Peter, and Adam Sewall. 2003. "Regional Comparisons of Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Migration in the 1970s and 1980s: Age and Place Implications." The Professional Geographer 55: 83-99.
Rudzitis, Gundars. Environmental Visions and Effective Decisionmaking, in G. Kenins King (editor), Arm in Arm: Development and Socio-economic Change,(translated into Latvian), Business Partners Press, Riga: Latvia, 2002, pp.172-187.
Vias, A. C., Mulligan, G. F. and Molin, A. 2002. Economic Structure and Socioeconomic Change in Americas Micropolitan Areas, 1970-1997. Social Science Journal 32: 399-417.
von Reichert, Christiane. Returning and New Montana Migrants: Socioeconomic and Motivational Differences. Growth and Change. Vol 33 Winter 2002, pp 133-151.