Demography as a Spatial Social Science

Voss, Paul R.

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“…In heutigen Kommentaren (Achen und Shively, 1995;Firebaugh, 2001;King, 1997;Voss, 2007) King (1997) vor allem geographisch und historisch ausgerichtete Forschungszweige; nach Voss (2007) vor allem die am sozialökolo-gischen Paradigma orientierte sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung. Wenn diese nicht mangels Alternativen in der bisherigen Form, aber "under a cloud of great suspicion" (King, 1997:5) weiterarbeiten wollten, standen sie vor der Entscheidungsherausforderung, eine räumlich orientierte, mit Gebietseinheiten operierende und auf die Aggregatdatenanalyse fokussierte Arbeitsweise entweder aufzugeben oder den bisherigen methodischen Status quo mit neuen Mitteln und auf neuen Wegen verteidigen zu müssen.…”

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“…Der Beweis hatte erhebliche wissenschaftspraktische Konsequenzen, darin kommen auf das Problem des ökologischen Schließens konzentrierte Beiträ-ge (Achen und Shively, 1995;Firebaugh, 2001;King, 1997) mit disziplinär orientierten Beiträgen etwa aus der politologischen Wahlforschung (Roth, 2008), der Epidemiologie (Subramanian et al, 2009) oder der Demographie (Voss, 2007) überein. Denn der Beweis legte nahe, zukünftig allein eine mit Survey-bzw.…”

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Fortschritt und Verdrängung – Ökologischer Fehlschluss und quantitative Revolution in der Geographie

Kemper

2018

Geogr. Helv.

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Kurzfassung. The quantitative revolution in the field of geography is commonly recalled as a story of scientific success, overcoming parochial, regionalist and ideographic modes of geography. This paper, however, suggests a different, yet parallel narrative. It reveals that the methodological reorientation towards statistical geography was a coping strategy, adopted by researchers from within and outside the discipline of geography in order to defend the analysis of ecological (i. e., spatially aggregated) data against the powerful critique of producing "ecological fallacies". Through emphasizing how the quantitative revolution was an expression of both modernizing and protective tendencies within the field of geography, the paper contributes to a more concrete understanding of what motivates methodological change in geography.

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Fortschritt und Verdrängung – Ökologischer Fehlschluss und quantitative Revolution in der Geographie

Kemper

2018

Geogr. Helv.

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“…A própria denominação "demografia ambiental" pode ser vista como uma forma de incorporação -ou de subordinação -de parte dos avanços de P-A à disciplina de origem. Outra subdisciplina que pode servir a essa subordinação é a demografia espacial (CASTRO, 2007;VOSS, 2007), a qual pode ser vista como uma via de aproximação das questões de P-A a uma demografia formal, das estatísticas espaciais, que pode facilitar o diálogo com as ciências ambientais, no contexto do big data.…”

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Do mito malthusiano ao das relações recíprocas – a constituição interdisciplinar do campo de População e Ambiente

D’Antona¹

2017

Rev. bras. estud. popul.

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O artigo faz uma revisão sobre a constituição do campo de População e Ambiente (P-A), sobretudo nos anos 1990, por meio da prospecção de artigos em bases internacionais indexadas, da identificação das instâncias estruturantes do campo, essenciais para a sua identidade e validação do conhecimento produzido, e do apontamento da relação do campo com as temáticas de população, desenvolvimento e ambiente presentes nas conferências da ONU. Como resultado, observa-se que a produção científica publicada nas principais revistas e eventos de estudos de população progressivamente se afastou do mito malthusiano, voltando para a busca das relações recíprocas entre população e ambiente, um segundo mito. Constata-se ainda a existência de questões e eixos característicos, identitários, tratados por um conjunto bem definido de cientistas. Entre os dois mitos essenciais, P-A expandiu-se como um campo interdisciplinar sob efeitos dos diálogos com as ciências sociais e as ambientais. Insubordinado a limites disciplinares, enfrenta as dificuldades teórico-epistemológicas e empíricas de um campo ainda em formação, enquanto experimenta as tensões com a demografia, disciplina importante da sua matriz programática.Palavras-chave: População e ambiente. Demografia. Pesquisa. Pesquisadores. Campo.

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“…Within demographic and epidemiological studies, an expanding field of research has focused on spatial aspects at both the micro-level (individual level) and the macro-level (aggregated level) (cf. Voss 2007;Logan 2012). In addition, these analyses are often longitudinal; therefore, they cover longer time periods and follow individuals throughout their life courses.…”

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Importance of the Geocoding Level for Historical Demographic Analyses: A Case Study of Rural Parishes in Sweden, 1850–1914

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Geocoding longitudinal and individual-level historical demographic databases enables novel analyses of how micro-level geographic factors affected demographic outcomes over long periods. However, such detailed geocoding involves high costs. Additionally, the high spatial resolution cannot be properly utilized if inappropriate methods are used to quantify the geographic factors. We assess how different geocoding levels and methods used to define geographic variables affects the outcome of detailed spatial and historical demographic analyses. Using a longitudinal and individual-level demographic database geocoded at the property unit level, we analyse the effects of population density and proximity to wetlands on all-cause mortality for individuals who lived in five Swedish parishes, 1850-1914. We compare the results from analyses on three detailed geocoding levels using two common quantification methods for each geographic variable. Together with the method selected for quantifying the geographic factors, even small differences in positional accuracy (20-50 m) between the property units and slightly coarser geographic levels heavily affected the results of the demographic analyses. The results also show the importance of accounting for geographic changes over time. Finally, proximity to wetlands and population density affected the mortality of women and children, respectively. However, all possible determinants of mortality were not evaluated in the analyses. In conclusion, for rural historical areas, geocoding to property units is likely necessary for fine-scale analyses at distances within a few hundred metres. We must also carefully consider

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Demography as a Spatial Social Science

Abstract: Spatial demography, Spatial analysis, Ecological fallacy, Multilevel modeling,

Cited by 155 publications

References 78 publications

Fortschritt und Verdrängung – Ökologischer Fehlschluss und quantitative Revolution in der Geographie

Fortschritt und Verdrängung – Ökologischer Fehlschluss und quantitative Revolution in der Geographie

Do mito malthusiano ao das relações recíprocas – a constituição interdisciplinar do campo de População e Ambiente

Importance of the Geocoding Level for Historical Demographic Analyses: A Case Study of Rural Parishes in Sweden, 1850–1914

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