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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"natural amenities"”.
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Engaging with nature and work: associations among the outdoor environment and employee outcomes
… type of outdoor environment (i.e., urbanity and natural amenities) and experiences of time spent outside (i.e., amount of time outside, enjoyment of time outside, outdoor activities), influence employee engagement and creativity. Participants included Amazon's Mechanical Turk workers and working …
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Three essays on the role of amenities as an economic development strategy
… governments have difficulty optimally supplying amenities. This dissertation tries to find relationships between an amenity and economic growth. Three empirical papers comprise the original research in this dissertation. The findings of the meta-analysis in the first essay suggest little …
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Three papers in urban and regional economic and development
… studies how expected labor demand shifter and natural amenities impact the local market. Traditionally, the local labor market literature focuses on price signals (wage and housing rent) and operates under a spatial equilibrium assumption, while the local economic development literature focuses …
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National forests are (not) parks : managing amenity migration to America's national forests
U.S. National Forests are natural amenities that create a pull factor for in-migration in adjacent counties. People are drawn to the scenic beauty, clean air, open space, and recreational access. Since the 1970s, researchers have described the phenomenon of amenity migration -- the movement of …
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The economic consequences of private lands conservation using conservation easements in Colorado
… been used across the United States to preserve natural amenities and compensate landowners for the public goods they provide. From the Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program to the Grassland Reserve Program, Colorado conserves 2.4 million acres of land (Colorado Natural Heritage Program and the …
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Planning Gone Hog Wild: Mega-Hog Farm in a Mountain West County
Lacking the natural amenities “New West" counties, some rural communities have attempted to attract land use activities that are normally seen as undesirable. One example of these undesirable industries is the hog concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO. While a number of studies have …
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Industrial structure and employment growth in the 1990s in Appalachian counties
… and other factors, such as labor mobility, natural amenities, and market size. Spatial exploratory data analysis of the competitive employment growth (CEG) in Appalachian region shows that strong spillover effect of CEG exists among 410 counties. Counties with higher employment growth rates …
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The Determinants of Rural Outmigration in the United States: 2010-2014
… the poverty rate, the unemployment rate, a natural amenity index, the prevalence of primary healthcare providers and social associations. Findings suggest that higher expected returns in urban compared to rural areas contribute to releasing people out of rural areas in the United States. A …
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Residential Satisfaction with Home Location: Examination of the Relationship Between Location-Embedded Benefits and Risk Perception
… their awareness of flood risk and water-related natural amenities. The findings of this research can help to improve understanding of floodplain residents' attitudes toward their home locations, to develop more effective programs to manage the development in floodplains, and to provide needed …
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Three essays in regional economics: migration, regional portfolio theory, resilience, and agglomeration economies
… and external forces. Some locations are rich in natural amenities, others are powerhouses of manufacturing or provide a rich level of services and quality of life to their citizens. Each location maintains a unique set of characteristics that makes it appealing to a given slice of the population …
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Multilevel Analysis of Physical Activity Among US Adults Across US Census Regions: The Role of Environmental Contexts
… whether environmental conditions inclusive of natural amenity, built environment, urbanization, crime, and social economic neighborhood are associated with physical activity and whether these associations are modified by geographic region. The study also investigates whether the influences of …
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VALUING CHANGES IN THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC GOOD: EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ECONOMICS
… market. Chapter 2 investigates the role of natural amenities, in the form of Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs), in the Southwest United States (US). IRAs are defined as Public Forest or Grasslands exceeding 5,000 acres that are undeveloped areas with little or no timber harvest and no human …