INTEGRATING SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WITHIN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

Donald R. Field1, Paul Voss2, Tracy Kuczenski1, Robin Blakely2
1Department of Forestry and Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1630
Linden Dr. Room A143, Madison, WI  53706, 2Applied Population Lab, 1450
Linden Dr. Room 350, Madison, WI  53706

Watersheds and constructed landscapes have been a preferred unit of spatial
analysis for biological and physical scientists for sometime.  Recently, however,
social scientist in general and social demographers in particular are applying their
science to such areas to understand the social system, human behavior and social
change that overlays the biophysical systems.  The purpose of the paper is to
briefly review the landscape scale research conducted by social demographers,
examine the contemporary conceptual approaches of constructed landscapes
guiding such research and to outline how such research can be applied to the
Mississippi River Corridor.

Keywords:  Constructed landscapes, Social demography, Community capacity,
Keystone properties, Co-influence

Donald R. Field
Department of Forestry
1630 Linden Dr. Rm. A143
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI  53706
263-0853 (phone)
262-9922 (fax)

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