The role of awareness space in urban residential preferences: A case study of Venezuelan youth

Jones, Richard C.; Zannaras, Georgia

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“…Despite such early work, little further research has advanced this theme in Third World countries (Potter, 1985a). Exceptions are provided by studies of Papua New Guinea (Weinand & Ward, 1979), Venezuela (Jones, 1978;Jones & Zannaras, 1978), Barbados (Potter, 1984), and Trinidad (Potter, 1983b). But the present authors are not aware of any research set in the developing world which has sought to examine how national space preferences and perception surfaces develop among young people.…”

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Indigenous Environmental Learning in a Small Developing Country: Adolescents in Barbados, West Indies

Potter

Wilson²

1990

Singap J Trop Geogr

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Indigenous Environmental Learning in a Small Developing Country: Adolescents in Barbados, West Indies

Potter

Wilson²

1990

Singap J Trop Geogr

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“…Past research has shown that individual awareness spaces are significantly affected by socioeconomic characteristics (White 1980). Aggregate awareness spaces have been shown to be highly correlated with migration streams to large urban areas (Jones and Zannaras 1978, White 1977, February 1981.…”

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Return Migration to Eastern Kentucky and the Stem Family Concept

White

1987

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This research provides a conceptual framework-based on the stem family concept-with which to explore the cyclical nature of return migration to Eastern Kentucky. A generalized six-phase migration model is developed within a stem familyldiffusion context to explain how the socioeconomic characteristics of return migrants have varied in response to economic changes outside Appalachia. The role of awareness space on channeling migration flows is also examined.Responses from 119 households in Laurel, Pike, and Powell counties, Kentucky, are used to test hypotheses associated with the general model. The survey results support the continued existence of extreme stem family forces within Eastern Kentucky. Most inmigrants are return migrants. Return migration motives continue to be more related to sociocultural factors than they are jobrelated decisions. Most returnees are well below retirement age, and even the younger and more educated among these have a strong preference for remaining in Eastern Kentucky, although their historical tendency has been to move away when economic pulls are strong enough. Maps of return migrants' awareness spaces closely conform with past outmigration patterns. As awareness spaces have been shown to correspond with migrants' destination choices, the maps suggest that future outmigrants from Eastern Kentucky will continue to bias their destination choices more toward the North than the South. ETURN MIGRATION SIGNIFICANTLY influences the demo-R graphic structure of Eastern Kentucky. Return migrants are far more numerous than non-return migrants and a majority of the returnees are repeaters. This paper summarizes the historical fluctuations of migration streams to and from Eastern Kentucky with special emphasis on the characteristics of the return migrant. A six-phase return migration model is offered to explain the cyclical nature of return migration. The model isStephen E . White i s professor and head of the geography department at Kansas State University. He wishes to thank the Kansas State University Bureau of General Research for funding the survey and Bryan Tucker for producing the figures.

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“…Action spaces have been used to describe an individual's total interaction with his/her environment and they contain all locations about which an individual is aware of or has some knowledge [108,109]. Action space has also been referred to as "awareness space" in the literature [110,111]. Jakle et al [112] have divided the concept of action space into two meaningful components: movement and communication.…”

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Measures of Transport-Related Social Exclusion: A Critical Review of the Literature

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Quantitative measures of transport disadvantage are reviewed in this paper from the perspective of their effectiveness to investigate social exclusion. The effectiveness is assessed using criteria derived through a review of the concepts of transport disadvantage and social exclusion and their operationalisation. The specified criteria are related to issues of spatial (e.g., urban accessibility, and public transport accessibility), temporal (e.g., public transport availability, and facility opening hours), and social attributes of travel and activity participation (e.g., personal mobility, and disability). Four groups of transport disadvantage measures are identified and evaluated. These include deprivation-based measures, mobility-based measures, accessibility-based measures, and activity-based measures. The review suggests that although the first three categories of measures have traditionally been used to identify transport disadvantage, they do not satisfy issues surrounding activity participation-the key outcome of social exclusion. The activity space concept is a way in which these issues can be incorporated, as it is a measure of the outcomes of activity participation and their associated travel to that activity. Participation in an activity means that an individual has overcome the spatial, temporal and social barriers of travel for that activity. The research using the activity space concept has, however, inadequately identified individual travel and activity participation. This has been due to a separate application of a range of different indicators to assess activity space size. These indicators are by their nature multidimensional-e.g., area visited, distance travelled, and number of activity sites visited. Although each indicator represents a specific qualitative/quantitative aspect of travel and activity participation, researchers have treated these indicators in an isolated manner to identify transport disadvantage and consequently transport-related social exclusion. This paper identifies the weaknesses and strengths associated with these measures; and methods are directed to overcome the limitations.

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The role of awareness space in urban residential preferences: A case study of Venezuelan youth

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Indigenous Environmental Learning in a Small Developing Country: Adolescents in Barbados, West Indies

Indigenous Environmental Learning in a Small Developing Country: Adolescents in Barbados, West Indies

Return Migration to Eastern Kentucky and the Stem Family Concept

Measures of Transport-Related Social Exclusion: A Critical Review of the Literature

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