International Organization and Poverty Alleviation

A review of: The World Trade Organization and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Edited by Sarah Joseph, David Kinley & Jeff Waincymer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 2009. and Global Poverty, Ethics and Human Rights. By Desmond McNeill & Asunción St. Clair. New York, NY: Routledge. 2009. and Hypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform. By Catherine Weaver. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2008

The New Urban Revival in the United States

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68657/2/10.1080_00420989320081901.pd

Spatial theory and human behavior

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Grand Forks Kept the Faith

This study examined Census data to determine the long-term effects of the devastating 1997 Red River flood on the population of Grand Forks, North Dakota. I selected Census variables and developed hypotheses based both on existing disaster literature and fifteen in-depth interviews with Grand Forks residents. Analysis occurred through the construction of crosstabs that compared Grand Forks to Fargo and North Dakota in the years 1990, 2000 and 2010, in order to evaluate the percentage change in each Census variable relative to an analogous city and its home state. The crosstabs also included each of the City of Grand Forks\u27 twelve Census tracts in order to assess how regions of the city differed in their demographic development following the flood. Results indicated that although Grand Forks did exhibit variations from Fargo and North Dakota in many of the crosstab variables, by 2010 most of Grand Forks\u27 data had achieved equivalent rates of growth or decline to Fargo and North Dakota. A few variables were suggestive of long-term flood impacts however, specifically the percentage of individuals below the poverty line. Additionally, Census tract analysis revealed that tract proximity to the Red River appeared correlated with either increases or decreases with many variables. Overall, the study promoted both the case-study approach to disaster research and simultaneously advocated for considering natural catastrophes in a broader social and historical context

The Recent Revival of Widespread Population Growth in Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States

Population growth was widespread in nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) areas of the United States during the early 1990s. More than 64 percent of the 2,277 nonmetro counties gained population between 1990 and 1992, compared with only 45 percent in the 1980s. The nonmetro population still grew at a slower pace than did the metropolitan population, but the gap was much narrower than during the 1980s. Net migration gains accounted for 43 percent of the total estimated nonmetro population increase of 879,000 between 1990 and 1992. These findings suggest it is premature to conclude that the renewed population growth in nonmetro areas first noted in the 1970s has ended

Small Communities in the Northwestern United States Also Declining

Small communities in North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho experienced population trends very similar to those in Saskatchewan. Metro counties grew faster than nonmetro, except during the rural turnaround of the 1970's. Nonmetro counties containing larger communities grew during all four decades, 1950-90, while counties containing smaller communities lost population except during the turnaround