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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822030703321

Autore

Wunderlich Gooloo S.

Titolo

Rationalizing rural area classifications for the economic research service : a workshop summary / / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) ; Gooloo S. Wunderlich, rapporteur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-309-38059-6

0-309-38057-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

333.760973

Soggetti

Rural conditions - Economic aspects - United States

United States Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter; Reviewers; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Official U.S. Rural Area Classification Systems; 3 Other Rural Area Classification Systems Used in the United States and Internationally; 4 Changes in Society and Economy and Their Impact on Rural Area Classifications; 5 Different Ways to Conceptualize Rural Areas in Metropolitan Society; 6 Uses of Current Rural Classification Systems; 7 Changes in Social Science Data and Methods; 8 Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Rural Area Classifications; 9 Closing Remarks; Bibliography

Appendix A: ERS Goals for Workshop on Rural ClassificationsAppendix B: Historical Development of ERS Rural-Urban Classification Systems--John Cromartie; Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants; Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members; Committee on National Statistics