Environment
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jobs, Natural Resources, and Community Resilience: A Survey of Southeast Alaskans about Social and Environmental Change As part of the Community and Environment in Rural America (CERA) project, researchers at the Carsey Institute surveyed 1,541 residents of the ten boroughs and unincorporated census areas in Southeast Alaska to better understand social and environmental change in the… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Economic Development, Environment, Public Opinion |
| Continuity and Change in Coos County Results from the 2010 North Country CERA Survey This brief from Chris Colocousis and Justin Young uses the most recent North Country CERA survey to focus on change and continuity in Coos County between 2007 and 2010, and then makes comparisons of the present conditions across the three study counties. The authors… |
New Hampshire | Community, Economic Development, Environment, New Hampshire, Public Opinion |
| Social Impact of the Gulf Oil Disaster: Diverging Views From Communities in Florida and Louisiana Carsey researchers surveyed over two thousand residents of the Gulf Coast following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in 2010 to analyze their perception of the spill. Nearly one-half of all Gulf Coast residents perceived damage to the environment and… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Environment, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion |
| Environmental, Economic, and Social Changes in Rural America Visible in Survey Data and Satellite Images This brief focuses on the changing landscapes of different types of rural America where social, economic, and ecological changes are occurring over large areas: the Northern Forest, Central Appalachia, and the Pacific Northwest. These three study sites embody varying… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Environment, Forests, Rural |
| Enduring Ties to Community and Nature: Charting an Alternative Future for Southeast Alaska Like much of rural America, Southeast Alaska is confronting the social implications of both population declines and the downturn in natural resource-based industries. Although many residents have chosen to leave Alaska in the last decade, the majority have stayed.… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, Demography | Community, Demography, Environment |
| How Yoopers See the Future of their Communities: Why Residents Leave or Stay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula According to a Community and Environment in Rural America survey, Michigan's Upper Peninsula residents, often called "Yoopers," said that ties to community and the area's natural beauty were significant factors for those who planned on staying in… |
Demography | Community, Demography, Environment, Public Opinion, Rural |
| Ocean Views: Coastal Environmental Problems as Seen by Downeast Maine Residents This brief contends that loss of fishing jobs and income is the top environment-related concern among residents of Maine's Hancock and Washington counties, as well as forestry decline and water pollution. Also of note, across a wide range of environmental issues… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Environment, New England, Public Opinion, Rural |
| Religion, Politics, and the Environment in Rural America Reflecting the heterogeneous nature of rural America, rural Americans are divided primarily along religious lines on their perspectives of environmental conservation and climate change. And as rural voters and environmental issues become key issues in the upcoming… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Environment, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion, Religion, Rural |
| Place Matters Challenges and Opportunities in Four Rural Americas A survey of 7,800 rural Americans in 19 counties across the country has led to the Carsey Institute's first major publication that outlines four distinctly different rural Americas—amenity, decline, chronic poverty, and those communities in decline that are also… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Environment, Housing, Public Opinion, Race |
| Rural America in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the Field (Report to the Rural Assembly) Rural America in the twenty-first century must develop new relationships and new ways of doing things to ensure an economically prosperous, socially just, and environmentally healthy future. Tapping into the resourcefulness and creativity of rural people will be… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Rural |
