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Title: Gender and Media Studies.
Creator: Cunningham, Kelley Suzette, English
Abstract/Description: From Dolly Parton to Taylor Swift, country music encompasses a wide range of artists with a variety of unique traits. Public persona plays a large role in the marketing of country music, affecting how audiences respond and relate to artists. Through the citation and analysis of recent news articles, I interpreted the media's response to current country artists relating to their public personas and social media presences. My process consisted of collecting articles from LexisNexis as well as...
Show moreFrom Dolly Parton to Taylor Swift, country music encompasses a wide range of artists with a variety of unique traits. Public persona plays a large role in the marketing of country music, affecting how audiences respond and relate to artists. Through the citation and analysis of recent news articles, I interpreted the media's response to current country artists relating to their public personas and social media presences. My process consisted of collecting articles from LexisNexis as well as the websites of popular online news sources. The articles, ranging from 2013 to early 2015, were centered around Dolly Parton and her over 60-year-long career, as well as newer country artists such as Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, and Florida-Georgia Line. The majority of articles focused on each artist's specific persona, and how these personas manifest on the internet, television, and live performance. However, each recent article in the database featuring the artists was considered, and I was able to identify a variety of contemporary music industry topics, many of which emerged throughout research process. For example, the internet's effect on the music industry was a subject that kept appearing. Not only does the internet offer streaming services that make music more accessible than ever, but it alters the entire artist-audience dynamic by making once-distant stars more relatable. The internet has also encouraged blending with other genres such as pop and hip-hop,creating new sub-genres and transforming artists into completely unique celebrity personalities.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_undergradsymposium2015-0004
Format: Citation

Title: Coastal Resilience and Climate Adaptation Planning.
Creator: Cannon, Dale S., Urban and Regional Planning
Abstract/Description: For people all over the planet, sea level rise is accelerating and is impacting Floridians directly. Due to the accelerated melting of ice as well as the warming of the ocean, sea level is estimated to rise to significantly damaging levels by the year 2100. Cities such as Miami already suffer from flooding after a mere 6-inch tidal rise. Consequently, local communities must plan alternative strategies and policies to mitigate damage from sea level rise. The U.S. federal government has the...
Show moreFor people all over the planet, sea level rise is accelerating and is impacting Floridians directly. Due to the accelerated melting of ice as well as the warming of the ocean, sea level is estimated to rise to significantly damaging levels by the year 2100. Cities such as Miami already suffer from flooding after a mere 6-inch tidal rise. Consequently, local communities must plan alternative strategies and policies to mitigate damage from sea level rise. The U.S. federal government has the financial ability to respond but not the jurisdictional ability to develop on or regulate state-owned or private land. The White House has produced documents like the Presidentâ βâ¬™s Climate Action Plan, and other agencies have produced climate change adaptation plans. These encourage local governments to carry out adaptations but do not provide specific strategies. The impacts of climate change will be felt at local levels and many adaptation strategies depend on effective land use and infrastructure management, which are activities undertaken by local governments. Local communities have responded with various climate adaptations and documents, including vulnerability assessments, comprehensive plans, and land use regulations. Through these, Dr. Butler and I are exploring how communities in Florida are responding to the effects of climate change through climate adaptation strategies.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_undergradsymposium2015-0008
Format: Citation

Title: Affirmative Action and Diversity: Implications for Arts Management.
Creator: Cuyler, Antonio C. (Antonio Christopher)
Abstract/Description: Affirmative action and diversity can serve as a powerful framework for helping arts management educators address the challenge of diversity in the arts. This article encourages arts management educators to use affirmative action and diversity to proactively recruit diverse students into academic degree programs.
Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_arted_faculty_publications-0001, 10.1080/10632921.2013.786009
Format: Citation

Title: Green Infrastructure and Public Health in the Florida Communities Trust Public Land Acquisition Program.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher
Abstract/Description: The Florida Communities Trust (FCT) program provides grants to local governments to preserve open space. In doing so, this program plays an important role in supporting public health. A total of 617 FCT applications submitted between 2001-2006 were examined to determine in what ways the FCT is supporting public health. Results revealed that the FCT is supporting health most notably through the provision of park and greenway settings for physical activity and the protection of water quality....
Show moreThe Florida Communities Trust (FCT) program provides grants to local governments to preserve open space. In doing so, this program plays an important role in supporting public health. A total of 617 FCT applications submitted between 2001-2006 were examined to determine in what ways the FCT is supporting public health. Results revealed that the FCT is supporting health most notably through the provision of park and greenway settings for physical activity and the protection of water quality. These findings are important because they reveal that programs such as the FCT have a latent ability to support public health. Making the important social benefit of public health more explicit can provide further justification for public land acquisition.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0009, 10.1080/02697459.2010.511017
Format: Citation

Title: Greenway Accessibility and Physical Activity Behavior.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher
Abstract/Description: Public health initiatives have made important but relatively modest gains with individual-level and non-ecological health promotion efforts aimed at increasing physical activity. The previously overlooked built environment is now being considered as facilitating or hindering one's ability to be active. The multi-use greenway is an example of a facility which can support physical activity, but its level of use may be influenced by the accessibility characteristics of areas surrounding the...
Show morePublic health initiatives have made important but relatively modest gains with individual-level and non-ecological health promotion efforts aimed at increasing physical activity. The previously overlooked built environment is now being considered as facilitating or hindering one's ability to be active. The multi-use greenway is an example of a facility which can support physical activity, but its level of use may be influenced by the accessibility characteristics of areas surrounding the greenway. In this study, an unobtrusive methodology using GPS and GIS technology was employed to test whether two variables used to measure accessibility, proximity (population density) and opportunities (land use mixture), predicted the use of greenway segments. The results presented here allow us to confirm that smaller walking and biking scales of analysis are better predictors of physical activity behavior. The results also suggest that solely bringing environmental supports for physical activity closer to concentrated areas of population does not necessarily equate to more use. It is important that areas with increased population density also have increased levels of land use mixture if increasing use is the goal.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0004, 10.1068/b3406
Format: Citation

Title: Greenways as green magnets: The relationship between the race of greenway users and race in proximal neighborhoods.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher, Miles, Rebecca
Abstract/Description: Although advances have been made in research examining race and the use of public parks, there has been little attention paid to urban greenways. Using Geographic Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, this exploratory study examines whether the racial composition of neighborhoods surrounding two urban greenways in Michigan acts as a barrier to trail use or whether these urban greenways operate as "green magnets" facilitating links between neighborhoods...
Show moreAlthough advances have been made in research examining race and the use of public parks, there has been little attention paid to urban greenways. Using Geographic Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, this exploratory study examines whether the racial composition of neighborhoods surrounding two urban greenways in Michigan acts as a barrier to trail use or whether these urban greenways operate as "green magnets" facilitating links between neighborhoods of varied racial composition. The results of this study revealed that the racial composition of the neighborhoods greenway users passed through did not predict the race of users on a given segment. These findings suggest that greenways might facilitate racial comingling in urban public space.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0013, FSU_2015fall_greenways
Format: Citation

Title: Examining the Influence of Multidestination Service Orientation on Transit Service Productivity: A Multivariate Analysis.
Creator: Brown, Jeffrey, Thompson, Gregory
Abstract/Description: Between 1990 and 2000,U.S.transit agencies added service and increased ridership, but the ridership increase failed to keep pace with the service increase. The result was a decline in service effectiveness (or productivity). This marks the continuation of a long-running and often-studied trend. The scholarly literature attributes this phenomenon, at least in part, to transit agency decisions to decentralize their service rather than focus on serving the traditional CBD market. Many scholars...
Show moreBetween 1990 and 2000,U.S.transit agencies added service and increased ridership, but the ridership increase failed to keep pace with the service increase. The result was a decline in service effectiveness (or productivity). This marks the continuation of a long-running and often-studied trend. The scholarly literature attributes this phenomenon, at least in part, to transit agency decisions to decentralize their service rather than focus on serving the traditional CBD market. Many scholars argue that a decentralized service orientation is both ineffective and inefficient because it attracts few riders and requires large per-rider subsidies. This research tests whether a non-traditional, decentralized service orientation, called multidestination service, results in reduced service productivity. Contrary to what the literature suggests, we find that MSAs whose transit agencies pursued a multidestination service orientation did not experience lower productivity. These results indicate that policies that have encouraged the growth of decentralized transit services have not necessarily been detrimental to the industry.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0015, 10.1007/s11116-007-9140-x
Format: Citation

Title: Florida's Planning Requirements and Affordability for Low-Income Households.
Creator: Aurand, Andrew
Abstract/Description: Growth management states in the USA, such as Florida, Oregon, and Washington, require their local jurisdictions to plan for an adequate supply of housing for all current and future residents, including low-income households. This research uses regression analysis to test the relationship between the strength of local comprehensive plans toward affordable housing and subsequent changes in housing affordability for low-income households. Semi-structured interviews with local planners about...
Show moreGrowth management states in the USA, such as Florida, Oregon, and Washington, require their local jurisdictions to plan for an adequate supply of housing for all current and future residents, including low-income households. This research uses regression analysis to test the relationship between the strength of local comprehensive plans toward affordable housing and subsequent changes in housing affordability for low-income households. Semi-structured interviews with local planners about their perceptions of the efficacy of local plans provide insight into the quantitative findings. The initial plans passed after Florida's Growth Management Act were not associated with subsequent changes in housing affordability, but more recent plans were. Planners in a number of jurisdictions indicated that Florida's planning mandate increased awareness among public officials of affordable housing issues and the tools available to address them, despite the state's weak oversight.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0023, 10.1080/02673037.2014.882497
Format: Citation

Title: Ethnicity, Education, and the Temporal Stability of Personality Traits In the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study.
Creator: Löckenhoff, Corinna, Terracciano, Antonio, Bienvenu, O. Joseph, Patriciu, Nicholas, Nestadt, Gerald, McCrae, Robert R., Eaton, William W., Costa, Paul
Abstract/Description: We examined the influence of age, gender, Black vs. White ethnicity, and education on five indices of personality stability and change across an average interval of 8 years in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. In the full sample (n = 505, aged 30-88), examination of structural, rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability, as well as indices of reliable change suggested that NEO-PI-R personality traits showed moderate to high levels of stability over time. There were...
Show moreWe examined the influence of age, gender, Black vs. White ethnicity, and education on five indices of personality stability and change across an average interval of 8 years in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. In the full sample (n = 505, aged 30-88), examination of structural, rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability, as well as indices of reliable change suggested that NEO-PI-R personality traits showed moderate to high levels of stability over time. There were few age and gender effects on temporal stability but rank-order, ipsative, and mean level stability were lower among Blacks and individuals with lower education. Future research should explore additional demographic predictors of temporal plasticity in a diverse range of samples, and employ observer ratings to assess personality.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: FSU_migr_geriatrics_faculty_publications-0028, 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.09.004
Format: Citation

Title: Local Environment of Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORC) in a Mid-Sized U.S. City.
Creator: Aurand, Andrew, Miles, Rebecca, Usher, Kareem
Abstract/Description: As the U.S. population ages, almost half of elderly householders have lived in their current home for more than twenty years and a significant majority wish to remain in their current residence or community for as long as possible as they age. Concern with how communities will cope with these trends has led to a growing interest in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORC), i.e. neighborhoods or housing complexes that house a concentration of older adults, and their potential to...
Show moreAs the U.S. population ages, almost half of elderly householders have lived in their current home for more than twenty years and a significant majority wish to remain in their current residence or community for as long as possible as they age. Concern with how communities will cope with these trends has led to a growing interest in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORC), i.e. neighborhoods or housing complexes that house a concentration of older adults, and their potential to enhance efforts to support aging-in-place. In this paper, we examine the local built and social environment of neighborhood NORCs in Tallahassee, Florida, a low-density mid-sized city. We find that a large proportion of NORCs are located in neighborhoods with an urban form, or physical design, that is presumed to be less supportive of active aging and with poor access to amenities, such as grocery stores, pharmacies, and parks. Another substantial portion of NORCs are located in neighborhoods with some aspects of a supportive urban form. We also find that NORCs are over-represented in neighborhoods featuring low residential turnover and above average homeownership rates. This suggests a potential for collective action to facilitate aging-in-place even in neighborhoods thought not to have supportive physical environments.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0026, FSU_2015fall_local
Format: Citation

Title: Locational influence of land use type on the distribution of uses along urban river greenways.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher
Abstract/Description: This descriptive case study examines the influence of the land use type on the level of use of greenways for physical activity, and is intended to inform the construction or expansion of multi-use greenway systems. Greenway use data was collected through direct observation, making multiple passes over two city greenways and recording the location of users with a Global Positioning System device. The distribution of uses was then examined with land use data using Geographic Information Systems...
Show moreThis descriptive case study examines the influence of the land use type on the level of use of greenways for physical activity, and is intended to inform the construction or expansion of multi-use greenway systems. Greenway use data was collected through direct observation, making multiple passes over two city greenways and recording the location of users with a Global Positioning System device. The distribution of uses was then examined with land use data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to determine if use was heaviest on segments of the greenway adjacent to areas with distinct land use characteristics. The study reveals that use is heaviest on sections of the greenway that intersect parks and in downtown areas where there is a concentration of commercial land use. Use is also significant on segments that connect parks to the downtown when these two land uses are separated by relatively short distances.
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Date Issued: 2009
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0008
Format: Citation

Title: Heritage Protocol Online Inventory & Submission Process.
Creator: McDonald, Robert, Smith, Plato
Abstract/Description: The presentation highlights the early development of FSU Heritage Protocol using DigiTool digital assets management system for the digital collection development and resource discovery of select historic FSU materials digitized for online display.
Date Issued: 2006
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0016
Format: Citation

Title: Narrating Resilience: Transforming Urban Systems Through Collaborative Storytelling.
Creator: Goldstein, Bruce Evan, Wessells, Anne, Lejano, Raul P., Butler, William
Abstract/Description: How can communities enhance social-ecological resilience within complex urban systems, and what role can planners play? Drawing on a new urbanist proposal in Orange County, CA, we suggest that a resilience planning strategy that ignores diverse ways of knowing can undermine the experience and shared meaning of those living in a city. We then offer two cases to suggest that resilience narratives can help bridge knowledge practices while binding people together within a partially shared...
Show moreHow can communities enhance social-ecological resilience within complex urban systems, and what role can planners play? Drawing on a new urbanist proposal in Orange County, CA, we suggest that a resilience planning strategy that ignores diverse ways of knowing can undermine the experience and shared meaning of those living in a city. We then offer two cases to suggest that resilience narratives can help bridge knowledge practices while binding people together within a partially shared understanding of the social and natural world, allowing for a diversity of perspectives on possible ways forward. These cases examine an informal social network that reintegrates the Los Angeles River into the life of the city, as well as the U.S. Fire Learning Network, which aims to address the root causes of the nation's wildfire crisis. In both cases, participants tie their diverse experiences into a coherent logical or temporal thread that allows them to identify their place in an alternative future and a pathway for getting there, moving beyond the goal of persistence that characterizes urban sustainability thinking. This emplotment fosters critical learning and encourages creative self-organization, facilitating coordination across sites without imposing one particular set of views and interests on everyone. We suggest that narratives are a way to express the subjective and symbolic meaning of resilience, enhancing our ability to engage multiple voices and enable self-organizing processes in order to decide what should be made resilient and for whose benefit.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0020
Format: Citation

Title: Neighborhood urban form, social environment, and depression.
Creator: Miles, Rebecca, Coutts, Christopher, Mohamadi, Asal
Abstract/Description: We examined whether neighborhood urban form, along with the social environment, was associated with depressive symptoms in a sample of Miami residents. Using a validated measure of depressive symptoms, we found that living in neighborhoods with higher housing density was associated with fewer symptoms. A larger acreage of green spaces was also linked to fewer depressive symptoms but did not reach significance in the full model. Our results suggest that how residents use the environment...
Show moreWe examined whether neighborhood urban form, along with the social environment, was associated with depressive symptoms in a sample of Miami residents. Using a validated measure of depressive symptoms, we found that living in neighborhoods with higher housing density was associated with fewer symptoms. A larger acreage of green spaces was also linked to fewer depressive symptoms but did not reach significance in the full model. Our results suggest that how residents use the environment matters. Living in neighborhoods with a higher density of auto commuters relative to land area, an indicator of chronic noise exposure, was associated with more symptoms.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0011, FSU_2015fall_neighbor
Format: Citation

Title: Community Built Environment Factors and Mobility Around Senior Wellness Centers: The Concept of "Safe Senior Zones".
Creator: Shendell, Derek, Johnson, Matthew, Sanders, Danna, Nowakowski, Alexandra, Yang, Jianhua, Jeffries, Carla, Weisman, Janet, Moulding, Megan
Abstract/Description: The authors investigated built environment (BE) factors in urban neighborhoods in DeKalb County, Georgia. Each volunteering, consenting senior was placed into one of two groups: walking tours outside, then discussions (n=37); and focus group discussions indoors about photographs of BE conditions potentially influencing mobility (n=43). The authors sought to identify BE factors-both real and perceived by participating seniors-related to their ability to walk around senior wellness centers in a...
Show moreThe authors investigated built environment (BE) factors in urban neighborhoods in DeKalb County, Georgia. Each volunteering, consenting senior was placed into one of two groups: walking tours outside, then discussions (n=37); and focus group discussions indoors about photographs of BE conditions potentially influencing mobility (n=43). The authors sought to identify BE factors-both real and perceived by participating seniors-related to their ability to walk around senior wellness centers in a healthy and safe manner. The authors focused specifically on available literature and pilot study data for their concept of "safe senior zones" around senior wellness centers serving urban communities in this article. They also characterized their study population regarding sociodemographic variables and doctor-diagnosed chronic diseases, and types of walking aids reported used to help prevent falls. Their results can inform future applied practice and research on traffic-related exposures and BE factors concerning seniors, and support policy and planning to benefit community environmental public health.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_mhs-0042
Format: Citation

Title: Collaboration at Arm's Length: Navigating Agency Engagement in Landscape Scale Ecological Restoration Collaboratives.
Creator: Butler, William
Abstract/Description: In 2010, the USDA Forest Service (USFS) created the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) to fund implementation of landscape scale ecological restoration strategies. The program requires landscape projects to engage in collaboration throughout implementation over a ten-year period. A central tension in the program is the extent to which the USFS can engage in the collaborative process while retaining authority for management decisions on USFS lands and adhering to...
Show moreIn 2010, the USDA Forest Service (USFS) created the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) to fund implementation of landscape scale ecological restoration strategies. The program requires landscape projects to engage in collaboration throughout implementation over a ten-year period. A central tension in the program is the extent to which the USFS can engage in the collaborative process while retaining authority for management decisions on USFS lands and adhering to statutory guidance on collaboration. Drawing on comparative research of the first ten projects enrolled in the CFLRP, this paper describes how USFS personnel navigated this tension and played roles in each collaborative categorized as leadership, membership, involvement and intermittence. It concludes by suggesting that agency staff engage in collaborative dialogue on substantive issues while operating from an "arm's length" posture procedurally. This approach can minimize time and energy spent dealing with procedural concerns while allowing agency employees and collaborators to share knowledge, information, ideas and perspectives to make better informed decisions as they undertake landscape scale ecological restoration work.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0019, 10.5849/jof.13-027
Format: Citation

Title: Collaboration with Pharmacy Services in a Family Practice for the Medically Underserved.
Creator: Enfinger, Fallon, Campbell, Kendall, Taylor, James
Abstract/Description: Objectives: Pharmacist-managed collaborative services in a family practice setting are described, and diabetes and hypertension outcomes are assessed. Methods: Pharmacist-managed clinics, pharmacotherapy consultations, and drug information services are provided for a medically underserved, predominantly African American population. A pharmacy residency director, an ambulatory care pharmacy resident and three PharmD candidate student pharmacists work directly with physicians, nurse...
Show moreObjectives: Pharmacist-managed collaborative services in a family practice setting are described, and diabetes and hypertension outcomes are assessed. Methods: Pharmacist-managed clinics, pharmacotherapy consultations, and drug information services are provided for a medically underserved, predominantly African American population. A pharmacy residency director, an ambulatory care pharmacy resident and three PharmD candidate student pharmacists work directly with physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and social workers to form an interdisciplinary health care team. Providers utilize pharmacy services through consultations and referrals. Collaboration outcomes were evaluated in twentytwo patients with diabetes and thirty hypertensive patients. Patients were retrospectively followed throughout their history with pharmacy service. Hemoglobin A1c (A1C) was tracked before referral to pharmacy services, 3 to 6 months after, and as the most current measure after at least 6 months. Blood pressure (BP) was observed before pharmacy involvement, 2 to 4 months later, and then currently for at least 4 months with the service. The mean of the most current markers was calculated, and the percent of patients at their goal marker was compared to national averages. Results: Fifty percent of pharmacy service patients met the American Diabetes Association hemoglobin A1c goal of less than 7% in our evaluation compared to the national mean of 49.8% overall and 44% in African Americans. Thirty percent of patients were at their BP goal while 33.1% of patients without diabetes and 33.2% of patients with diabetes nationally are at goal. Conclusion: The medically underserved patients under the care of pharmacy services achieved a higher percentage at their A1C goal than the national mean. The percentage of patients who achieved their BP goals was comparable to the national average. Increasing utilization of pharmacy services in the family practice setting allows for pharmacists and providers to form a trusted relationship while providing enhanced care and potentially improved outcomes for patients.
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Date Issued: 2009
Identifier: FSU_migr_fmr-0037
Format: Citation

Title: Climatic Warmth and National Wealth: Some Culture-Level Determinants of National Character Stereotypes.
Creator: McCrae, Robert R., Terracciano, Antonio, Realo, Anu, Allik, Jüri
Abstract/Description: National character stereotypes are widely shared, but do not reflect assessed levels of personality traits. In this article we present data illustrating the divergence of stereotypes and assessed personality traits in north and south Italy, test hypotheses about the associations of temperature and national wealth with national character stereotypes in 49 cultures, and explore possible links to national values and beliefs. Results suggest that warmth and wealth are common determinants of...
Show moreNational character stereotypes are widely shared, but do not reflect assessed levels of personality traits. In this article we present data illustrating the divergence of stereotypes and assessed personality traits in north and south Italy, test hypotheses about the associations of temperature and national wealth with national character stereotypes in 49 cultures, and explore possible links to national values and beliefs. Results suggest that warmth and wealth are common determinants of national stereotypes, but that there are also idiosyncratic influences on the perceptions of individual nations.
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Date Issued: 2007
Identifier: FSU_migr_geriatrics_faculty_publications-0026, 10.1002/per.647
Format: Citation

Title: Planning for the disposal of the dead.
Creator: Basmajian, Carlton, Coutts, Christopher
Abstract/Description: Problem: Concurrent with the dramatic increase in the nation's elderly population in the coming decades will be an increased need to dispose of our dead. An issue with religious, cultural, and economic salience, disposal of the dead is not typically considered a planning problem. Deciding how to handle the deceased spans a set of public issues that planners are well equipped to confront. While cremation rates are on the rise, burial is, and is projected to remain, the preferred alternative...
Show moreProblem: Concurrent with the dramatic increase in the nation's elderly population in the coming decades will be an increased need to dispose of our dead. An issue with religious, cultural, and economic salience, disposal of the dead is not typically considered a planning problem. Deciding how to handle the deceased spans a set of public issues that planners are well equipped to confront. While cremation rates are on the rise, burial is, and is projected to remain, the preferred alternative for a majority of the US population. The reality of cemeteries competing for urban space will likely make the disposal of the dead a significant issue for many communities. Purpose: We outline the key issues related to cemeteries and burial planners are likely to face and that planning researchers should investigate. We then describe a number of alternatives to the traditional cemetery and how planners might intervene in planning for the dead. Methods: Literature review based issue discussion. Results and conclusions: Alternatives to the cemetery are emerging but remain limited. Laws and public perceptions will need to change. There is a need for detailed case studies that explore how the design of burial grounds can be transformed to better integrate the landscapes of death and burial into existing communities and research that explores how ordinances can be rewritten to permit the introduction of alternative methods of disposal. Takeaway for practice: As population demographics change and environmental concerns intensify in the coming years, demand for space that can sensitively balance a diverse set of social, cultural, and environmental expectations will make local land use decisions an important part of death and burial. Solutions to the challenge of interring the dead are found in a handful of alternatives: Natural burials, mausolea, columbaria, multiple-use cemeteries, and the reuse of existing burial sites. This paper provides planners with information about each of these alternatives, examples of how mortality and burial can be incorporated into the planning process, suggestions for avoiding environmental externalities, and ideas for better integrating the landscapes of death into community life.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0007, 10.1080/01944361003791913
Format: Citation

Title: Planning for Cars in Cities: Planners, Engineers, and Freeways in the 20th Century.
Creator: Brown, Jeffrey
Abstract/Description: Problem: One hundred years ago the First National Conference on City Planning took place inWashington,DC. While in some ways the delegates failed to foresee future trends (such as the consequences of automobility and suburbanization), in other ways they were remarkably prescient. They stressed the importance of the transportation/land use link, understood that transportation facilities must be harmoniously embedded in the urban fabric, and viewed transportation investments as a tool that...
Show moreProblem: One hundred years ago the First National Conference on City Planning took place inWashington,DC. While in some ways the delegates failed to foresee future trends (such as the consequences of automobility and suburbanization), in other ways they were remarkably prescient. They stressed the importance of the transportation/land use link, understood that transportation facilities must be harmoniously embedded in the urban fabric, and viewed transportation investments as a tool that could be used to shape the city as a whole—directing growth, revitalizing flagging areas, and linking jobs and housing. This vision was kept alive by transportation planners in subsequent decades, who envisioned a network of urban freeways which would be context-sensitive and fully integrated into their urban milieu. However, due to a lack of local funding and control, these roads were never to be built and this vision was to be abandoned. Purpose: In this paper, we consider the history ofU.S.urban transportation planning over the past 100 years. In particular, we focus on the evolution and legacy of the single most important transportation development of the past century save for the advent of automobility itself: the emergence of the urban freeway. Methods: The paper relies on an historical review of primary and secondary material, including plans, manuscripts, newspaper accounts, and scholarly articles and books. Results and conclusions: The paper argues that financial arrangements placed state and federal highway engineers in charge of interstate highway development, which affected highways' location and design. State highway engineers imposed a narrower, traffic service-oriented vision on metropolitan freeways that focused on maximizing vehicle throughput; other urban concerns were largely ignored. After a desultory planning process, overbuilt, sparse, ring-radial networks were routed through neighborhoods in cities around the country, often with great social and environmental costs. Though the system has undeniably conferred great benefits in terms of enhanced mobility, the costs have been high as well. Recent years have seen a return to a more urban planning-oriented view of transportation that stresses the land use interaction and the social, environmental, and aesthetic impacts of transportation facilities. It is a vision with which the founders of what became the American Planning Association (APA) would have sympathized. Takeaway for practice: The paper highlights 100 years of transportation planning practice, and provides an accounting of ideas that have resurfaced in transportation planning since the early 1990s. The paper stresses a century-old vision of coordinated transportation-land use planning that has returned to the fore in practice today. The paper suggests that political expediency in public finance can have profound, long-lasting, frequently unanticipated effects on projects, travel, and urban form.
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Date Issued: 2009
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0014, 10.1080/01944360802640016
Format: Citation

Title: Does Sprawl Induce Affordable Housing?.
Creator: Aurand, Andrew
Abstract/Description: The costs of sprawl are well-documented, but there are fewer studies of its potential benefits. One such benefit is argued to be the facilitation of the filtering process, resulting in a greater quantity of affordable and available housing for low-income households. While metropolitan area data indicate a positive correlation between sprawl and the supply of affordable housing for poor households, regression analysis does not provide evidence for this hypothesis, after controlling for other...
Show moreThe costs of sprawl are well-documented, but there are fewer studies of its potential benefits. One such benefit is argued to be the facilitation of the filtering process, resulting in a greater quantity of affordable and available housing for low-income households. While metropolitan area data indicate a positive correlation between sprawl and the supply of affordable housing for poor households, regression analysis does not provide evidence for this hypothesis, after controlling for other metropolitan characteristics. The results put into question the argument that sprawl expands housing opportunities for households of all incomes, specifically those who are the poorest.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0022, 10.1111/grow.12024
Format: Citation

Title: County-Level Effects of Green Space Access on Physical Activity.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher, Chapin, Timothy, Horner, Mark, Taylor, Crystal
Abstract/Description: Background: Parks and other forms of green space are among the key environmental supports for recreational physical activity. Measurements of green space access have provided mixed results as to the influence of green space access on physical activity. Methods: This cross-sectional study uses a geographical information system (GIS) to examine the relationships between the amount of and distance to green space and county-level (n = 67) moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in the...
Show moreBackground: Parks and other forms of green space are among the key environmental supports for recreational physical activity. Measurements of green space access have provided mixed results as to the influence of green space access on physical activity. Methods: This cross-sectional study uses a geographical information system (GIS) to examine the relationships between the amount of and distance to green space and county-level (n = 67) moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in the state of Florida. Results: The gross amount of green space in a county (P < .05) and the amount of green space within defined distances of where people live (1/4 mile, P < .01; 1/2 mile, P < .05; 1 mile, P < .01) were positively associated with self-reported levels of MVPA. Distance to the nearest green space and the amount of green space furthest from where people live (10 miles) were not significantly associated with MVPA. All measures were weighted by the population living in census tracts. Conclusions: The results suggest that there is an association between the accessibility created by having more green space closer to home and MVPA, but this holds only for areas up to and including 1 mile from home.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0010
Format: Citation

Title: Diatomscapes Exposé – How Faculty and Digital Librarian Collaborate to Promote and Preserve the Passion of the Research (CP3R) for Digital Futures.
Creator: Smith, Plato
Abstract/Description: The paper aims to introduce the framework outlined in The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Curation Lifecycle Model for the development of a systematic approach for preservation of images of biological silica collected from the southern part of the US. The paper also aims to demonstrate the progressive collaborative relationship between researcher and digital librarian in developing and preserving images of biological silica for open access and digital preservation.
Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0004
Format: Citation

Title: Determinants of Chicago Neighborhood Homicide Trajectories: 1965-1995.
Creator: Stults, Brian
Abstract/Description: The homicide rate in Chicago nearly tripled between 1965 and 1992, and subsequently declined by more than 50% through 2005. But is this trend representative of all areas in the city? Drawing on the social disorganization and concentrated disadvantage perspectives, this paper uses semi-parametric group-based trajectory modeling to examine homicide trajectories in Chicago neighborhoods from 1965-1995. Significant variability is found in homicide trajectories across neighborhoods. Multivariate...
Show moreThe homicide rate in Chicago nearly tripled between 1965 and 1992, and subsequently declined by more than 50% through 2005. But is this trend representative of all areas in the city? Drawing on the social disorganization and concentrated disadvantage perspectives, this paper uses semi-parametric group-based trajectory modeling to examine homicide trajectories in Chicago neighborhoods from 1965-1995. Significant variability is found in homicide trajectories across neighborhoods. Multivariate results show that disadvantage increases the likelihood of having an increasing or persistently high homicide trajectory. Social disorganization and family disruption are also predictive of variation in homicide trajectories, but only in communities with already low levels of homicide. Other theoretically relevant predictors are evaluated, and suggestions for theoretical refinement and future research are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_crim_faculty_publications-0001, 10.1177/1088767910371173
Format: Citation

Title: Developing Archival Information Package (AIP) for Florida Digital Archive (FDA) using Metadata Encoding Transmission Standard (METS): Digital curation data management for undergraduate honors theses (UHT) at Florida State University.
Creator: Smith, Plato, Viera, Alicia
Abstract/Description: The Florida State University (FSU) Libraries partnered with the Honors in the Major department in 2004 to begin providing onlineaccess to FSU undergraduate honors theses (UHT) . Over the years, data management processes, platform selection, workflow improvements, andpolicy developments have changed to improve the curation lifecycle of UHT at FSU. Some of these changes included representation information normalization, format conversion, content migration, copyright management, and digital...
Show moreThe Florida State University (FSU) Libraries partnered with the Honors in the Major department in 2004 to begin providing onlineaccess to FSU undergraduate honors theses (UHT) . Over the years, data management processes, platform selection, workflow improvements, andpolicy developments have changed to improve the curation lifecycle of UHT at FSU. Some of these changes included representation information normalization, format conversion, content migration, copyright management, and digital preservation. This project used The DCC CurationLifecycle Model as a conceptual framework for guiding the idea, development, curation activities, and workflow processes for the preservation of FSU UHTs from 2004-2010. The Metadata Encoding Transmission Standard (METS) was used for the development of Submission Information Packages (SIP) for preservation in the Florida Digital Archive (FDA) using Dark Archive in the Sunshine State (DAITSS) version 2 which entered production April 2011.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0012
Format: Citation

Title: Creating connected open space in Florida: The influence on human use for recreation.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher
Abstract/Description: This exploratory study examined the Florida Communities Trust (FCT) open space acquisition program for its ability to connect recreational open spaces and the influence this connectivity had on public use for physical activity. The methods included an examination of all FCT proposals submitted from 2001 to 2006 (n = 617) and a survey (n = 45) of Lafayette Heritage Trail park users in Tallahassee, Florida. Lafayette Heritage Trail is an FCT-funded park serving as a vital link in a local open...
Show moreThis exploratory study examined the Florida Communities Trust (FCT) open space acquisition program for its ability to connect recreational open spaces and the influence this connectivity had on public use for physical activity. The methods included an examination of all FCT proposals submitted from 2001 to 2006 (n = 617) and a survey (n = 45) of Lafayette Heritage Trail park users in Tallahassee, Florida. Lafayette Heritage Trail is an FCT-funded park serving as a vital link in a local open space system. The analysis revealed that, although there are relatively few questions in the FCT application instrument pertaining to connectivity, it has been relatively successful in extending and connecting open space. The analysis also revealed that patrons of Lafayette Heritage Trail were not only aware of the park's connectivity but also attributed it to their increased use of the space.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0001
Format: Citation

Title: Developing small worlds of e-science: using quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography for education and outreach strategies for engaging research communities within a univeristy.
Creator: Smith, Plato, Schwerzel, Sharon, Weatherholt, Tamara
Abstract/Description: The poster will use text, diagrams, screenshots, models, and developing e-science digital collections at Florida State University (FSU) Libraries as an experimental approach in developing a digital preservation management policy strategy that promotes current and future use of FSU Libraries digital assets. Scientific research from quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography research disciplines will be used as digital collection development and preservation models for education...
Show moreThe poster will use text, diagrams, screenshots, models, and developing e-science digital collections at Florida State University (FSU) Libraries as an experimental approach in developing a digital preservation management policy strategy that promotes current and future use of FSU Libraries digital assets. Scientific research from quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography research disciplines will be used as digital collection development and preservation models for education and outreach strategies for engaging disciplinary research communities at FSU. The project will explore the use of standards-based description and the ingest, access, data management, and preservation functional entities of the open archival information system (OAIS) reference model as they relate to digital collection development and preservation of early works on quantum mechanics by Paul A.M. Dirac such as his 1926 hand-writing dissertation and other keen insights from primary source materials on quantum mechanics, biological science images of biological silica, and oceanography technical reports. Select materials from these research disciplines will be digitized, cataloged, and made available online via libraries public access catalog (OPAC), OCLC WorldCat, and DigiTool institutional repository (IR) along with being preserved via the Florida Digital Archive (FDA) and/or MetaArchive. The poster will reference Purdue's work on digital curation profile development for research discipline-specific communities and propose a theory of metatriangulation that maps the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) CCSDS 650.0-P-1.1 (Pink Book) Issue 1.1 August 2009, The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model, and Boyers Model of Scholarship in the development of a digital preservation management policy strategy for interdisciplinary consideration and research community engagement. The poster will exhibit FSU Libraries' local collaboration with the Department of Biological Science, Department of Oceanography, Special Collections and Dirac Science Library; regional collaboration with Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA); and national/international collaboration with MetaArchive Cooperative for data management and/or preservation.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0010
Format: Citation

Title: Constructing a Historiography of Mexican Women and Gender.
Creator: Buck Kachaluba, Sarah A.
Abstract/Description: This article outlines the historiographical importance of the International Colloquium of Women's and Gender History in Mexico, particularly in the context of the author's own scholarship, especially her dissertation. It argues for the need for women's and gender history, and for a dialogue, by means of which these separate but related bodies of scholarship can inform the other. It includes a summary of the author's dissertation and its theoretical influences, a review of historical topics...
Show moreThis article outlines the historiographical importance of the International Colloquium of Women's and Gender History in Mexico, particularly in the context of the author's own scholarship, especially her dissertation. It argues for the need for women's and gender history, and for a dialogue, by means of which these separate but related bodies of scholarship can inform the other. It includes a summary of the author's dissertation and its theoretical influences, a review of historical topics discussed at the first two conferences of the International Colloquium of Women's and Gender History, and a discussion of the historiographical implications of such developments.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: FSU_migr_library_faculty_publications-0001, 10.1111/j.1468-0424.2007.00508.x
Format: Citation

Title: ETD Access and Discovery: Enhancing Public Access and Discovery of the Research at Florida State University.
Creator: Smith, Plato
Abstract/Description: ETD 2006 U.S. Regional Conference: Revealing the Potential of ETDs co-presentation at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on October 27, 2006 with Michael Kaplan of Ex Libris discussing DigiTool digital assets management system.
Date Issued: 2006
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0015
Format: Citation

Title: Projecting Landscapes of Death.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher, Basmajian, Carlton, Chapin, Timothy
Abstract/Description: Planning for the disposal of the dead is often overlooked as a planning function, but the permanence of allocating land to cemetery use makes it critical to long range land use planning. There is very little contemporary guidance for planners on the variables which should be considered when projecting the land use needs of the dead. In this paper we illustrate the complexities of projecting landscapes of death, and we present of formula to capture this complexity and calculate future spatial...
Show morePlanning for the disposal of the dead is often overlooked as a planning function, but the permanence of allocating land to cemetery use makes it critical to long range land use planning. There is very little contemporary guidance for planners on the variables which should be considered when projecting the land use needs of the dead. In this paper we illustrate the complexities of projecting landscapes of death, and we present of formula to capture this complexity and calculate future spatial needs for cemeteries. We then apply this method to the case of Palm Beach County, Florida, a county of over a million residents, many of whom are elderly, that could experience a shortage of cemetery lands in the coming decades. This paper raises important issues when planning for the land use needs of the dead including burial migration and problems in estimating existing capacity. This work demonstrates that planners need to take a more active role in planning for the dead, especially given the lack of information on interment capacity in most locations in the country.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0002, 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.05.005
Format: Citation

Title: Public Health Ecology.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher
Abstract/Description: The objective of this column is to offer public health ecology as a method to conceptualize the deleterious connections between land conservation and human health. A vital part of our efforts in sustainability and creating ecologically sensitive and health-supporting environments is the conservation and rehabilitation of the green infrastructure that delivers not only basic environmental needs essential to sustaining life but also the behaviors that ameliorate chronic disease. Public health...
Show moreThe objective of this column is to offer public health ecology as a method to conceptualize the deleterious connections between land conservation and human health. A vital part of our efforts in sustainability and creating ecologically sensitive and health-supporting environments is the conservation and rehabilitation of the green infrastructure that delivers not only basic environmental needs essential to sustaining life but also the behaviors that ameliorate chronic disease. Public health ecology adopts the interrelationship between humans and their environment, and the quality of this relationship is measured in the health of the persons who are dependent on its form and structure.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0006
Format: Citation

Title: The Relationship between Transit Ridership and Urban Decentralization: Insights from Atlanta.
Creator: Brown, Jeffrey, Thompson, Gregory
Abstract/Description: Conventional wisdom suggests that the increasing decentralization of population and employment in U.S. metropolitan areas is to blame for declining public transit mode shares and deteriorating system productivity. Proponents of this view assert that transit performs best when it connects suburbs to central business districts in more centralized urban environments. Our time-series analysis of transit patronage in Atlanta suggests that the previously reported secular decline in transit...
Show moreConventional wisdom suggests that the increasing decentralization of population and employment in U.S. metropolitan areas is to blame for declining public transit mode shares and deteriorating system productivity. Proponents of this view assert that transit performs best when it connects suburbs to central business districts in more centralized urban environments. Our time-series analysis of transit patronage in Atlanta suggests that the previously reported secular decline in transit patronage is attributable to employment decentralization outside the MARTA service area but that this can be reduced if the transit system makes decentralizing employment reachable.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0016, 10.1177/0042098008089856
Format: Citation

Title: The Promoting Active Communities Award: Improvement of Michigan's Self-Assessment Tool.
Creator: Alaimo, Katherine, Bassett, Ellen, Wilkerson, Risa, Petersmarck, Karen, Mosack, Jennifer, Mendez, David, Coutts, Christopher, Grost, Lisa, Stegmier, Lori
Abstract/Description: This project updated and improved the Promoting Active Communities Award (PAC), a Web-based assessment that enables communities to scrutinize their programs, policies, and environments related to physical activity, generating ideas and community commitment for improvements. Methods: A literature review, focus groups, and expert review guided PAC improvements. Results: Over 150 articles and audit measures in the fields of transportation, public health, and urban planning were reviewed....
Show moreThis project updated and improved the Promoting Active Communities Award (PAC), a Web-based assessment that enables communities to scrutinize their programs, policies, and environments related to physical activity, generating ideas and community commitment for improvements. Methods: A literature review, focus groups, and expert review guided PAC improvements. Results: Over 150 articles and audit measures in the fields of transportation, public health, and urban planning were reviewed. Indicators were identified, categorized, and evaluated for use in the PAC. Focus group participants communicated motivations, processes, and obstacles for completing the PAC and developing an action plan. Participants requested technical information to guide them in achieving active-living environments. Conclusions: Information gathered was used to improve the PAC Web site. A technical assistance document, Design Guidelines for Active Michigan Communities, was created to aid communities in creating active-living environments. The new PAC and Design Guidelines are available for public use at www. mihealthtools.org/communities.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0012
Format: Citation

Title: Putting the Capital "E" Environment Into Ecological Models of Health.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher, Taylor, Crystal
Abstract/Description: The recent public health reawakening to the role of the built environment has largely excluded consideration of the natural environment. This exclusion is despite the fact that land conservation, or green infrastructure, supports the most fundamental human needs and healthy lifestyles. Although the contemporary public health paradigm acknowledges the environment as an important construct in an "ecological" approach to health, environmental protection is not commonly viewed as an upstream...
Show moreThe recent public health reawakening to the role of the built environment has largely excluded consideration of the natural environment. This exclusion is despite the fact that land conservation, or green infrastructure, supports the most fundamental human needs and healthy lifestyles. Although the contemporary public health paradigm acknowledges the environment as an important construct in an "ecological" approach to health, environmental protection is not commonly viewed as an upstream approach to preventing disease. This guest commentary suggests that environmental health research and practice should consider green infrastructure as germane to a healthy human environment.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0005
Format: Citation

Title: Tallahassee Civil Rights Oral History Collection, "Enhancing Access to Historically-Significant Archival Collections: Linking EAD-Encoded Finding Aids to Audio Files.
Creator: Altman, Burt, McCann, Chuck, Smith, Plato
Abstract/Description: This poster session documents the steps taken by our institution to enhance access to and enrich the research value of an historically significant collection by linking digitized text and audio to an encoded archival description (EAD) finding aid at the 71st Annual Meeting of Society of American Archivist in Chicago from August 28 - September 2, 2007.
Date Issued: 2007
Identifier: FSU_migr_digital_lib-0011
Format: Citation

Title: Using GIS to model the effects of green space accessibility on mortality in Florida.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher, Horner, Mark, Chapin, Timothy
Abstract/Description: Along with the negative environmental impacts that result from the loss of green space in an increasingly developed landscape, this loss may also be detrimental to human health. The relationship between green space and health is dependent on not only the presence but also access to green space. This cross-sectional ecological study uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to examine the relationships between the presence and accessibility of green space and county-level mortality in the...
Show moreAlong with the negative environmental impacts that result from the loss of green space in an increasingly developed landscape, this loss may also be detrimental to human health. The relationship between green space and health is dependent on not only the presence but also access to green space. This cross-sectional ecological study uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to examine the relationships between the presence and accessibility of green space and county-level mortality in the state of Florida. After controlling for some of the leading influences of mortality—including the levels of obesity, smoking, old age, and education—we found that the amount of green space within defined distances of census tracts in each county was associated with both all cause and cardiovascular mortality. Neither the gross amount of green space in a county nor the average distance to green space from census tracts in a county were significantly associated with our mortality measures.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0003, 10.1080/10106049.2010.505302
Format: Citation

Title: The extent and context of human health considerations in London's spatial development and climate action strategy.
Creator: Coutts, Christopher, Berke, Timothy
Abstract/Description: The protection of human health is among the original justifications for urban planning, but it is under-examined as one of the myriad benefits of planning for climate change. A conceptual content analysis of the spatial development strategy and climate action plans of London, UK, was performed to reveal how health was portrayed in climate change adaptation goals and actions. There were a total of 176 instances of the keyword 'health' in The London Plan and 124 instances in The Climate Change...
Show moreThe protection of human health is among the original justifications for urban planning, but it is under-examined as one of the myriad benefits of planning for climate change. A conceptual content analysis of the spatial development strategy and climate action plans of London, UK, was performed to reveal how health was portrayed in climate change adaptation goals and actions. There were a total of 176 instances of the keyword 'health' in The London Plan and 124 instances in The Climate Change Adaptation Strategy with weighted percentages of coverage of 0.19% and 0.45% respectively. The most salient conclusions from this analysis are that stated threats to health are truly localized, policies that address health acknowledge both adaptation and mitigation, and health inequalities and creating an environment supportive of health are the most salient cross-cutting issues.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0018, 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000152
Format: Citation

Title: The inclusion of health in county comprehensive planning.
Creator: Park, Sang, Coutts, Christopher, Lee, Se Jin
Abstract/Description: This article explores what drives communities in United States to include health objectives in their comprehensive plans. By using a place-based approach, this model is able to take into account variables such as health status, social equity, political institutions, and built environment. The findings suggest that communities are more likely to adopt health as a goal based on their political institutional structure and environmental quality (e.g., air pollution) than based on health status...
Show moreThis article explores what drives communities in United States to include health objectives in their comprehensive plans. By using a place-based approach, this model is able to take into account variables such as health status, social equity, political institutions, and built environment. The findings suggest that communities are more likely to adopt health as a goal based on their political institutional structure and environmental quality (e.g., air pollution) than based on health status and social equity factors. Therefore, communities are responding to poor health and heightened mortality per se but rather to environmental factors that are associated with poor health outcomes.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0025
Format: Citation

Title: The US Fire Learning Network: Springing a Rigidity Trap through Multi-scalar Collaborative Networks.
Creator: Butler, William, Goldstein, Bruce Evan
Abstract/Description: Wildland fire management in the United States is caught in a rigidity trap, an inability to apply novelty and innovation in the midst of crisis. Despite wide recognition that public agencies should engage in ecological fire restoration, fire suppression still dominates planning and management, and restoration has failed to gain traction. The U.S. Fire Learning Network (FLN), a multiscalar collaborative endeavor established in 2002 by federal land management agencies and The Nature Conservancy...
Show moreWildland fire management in the United States is caught in a rigidity trap, an inability to apply novelty and innovation in the midst of crisis. Despite wide recognition that public agencies should engage in ecological fire restoration, fire suppression still dominates planning and management, and restoration has failed to gain traction. The U.S. Fire Learning Network (FLN), a multiscalar collaborative endeavor established in 2002 by federal land management agencies and The Nature Conservancy, offers the potential to overcome barriers that inhibit restoration planning and management. By circulating people, planning products, and information among landscape- and regional-scale collaboratives, this network has facilitated the development and dissemination of innovative approaches to ecological fire restoration. Through experimentation and innovation generated in the network, the FLN has fostered change by influencing fire and land management plans as well as federal policy. We suggest that multiscalar collaborative planning networks such as the FLN can facilitate overcoming the rigidity traps that prevent resource management agencies from responding to complex cross-scalar problems.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0011X
Format: Citation

Title: Welcoming Animals Back to the City: Navigating the Tensions of Urban Livestock through Municipal Ordinances.
Creator: Butler, William
Abstract/Description: Since the Industrial Revolution, livestock has been driven out of urban and semi-urban areas in the United States. Recently, calls for localizing the food system have led to a rise in urban agriculture, and livestock is finding its way back into the city. The return of livestock to urban areas is rife with tensions, including concerns about public health and challenges to dominant perspectives about the separation of urban from rural life. Through an analysis of municipal codes, this paper...
Show moreSince the Industrial Revolution, livestock has been driven out of urban and semi-urban areas in the United States. Recently, calls for localizing the food system have led to a rise in urban agriculture, and livestock is finding its way back into the city. The return of livestock to urban areas is rife with tensions, including concerns about public health and challenges to dominant perspectives about the separation of urban from rural life. Through an analysis of municipal codes, this paper identifies how some communities have navigated challenges associated with welcoming livestock back into the city. Specifically, the paper analyzes how codes regulate livestock through prohibitions of certain types of animals, zoning to establish where in the municipality livestock can be kept, site-level restrictions that define property characteristics required to keep productive animals, and requirements for managing livestock and their accessory structures on the property. The analysis demonstrates that no two municipalities approach the urban livestock question in the same way; however, each seeks to place limits on raising livestock in urban areas through some combination of regulatory land use tools. The paper concludes with a broader discussion of how the regulations address key tensions associated with our understanding of the urban-rural divide and competing claims on public health.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_durp_faculty_publications-0021
Format: Citation

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