Rationalizing rural area classifications for the Economic Research Service : a workshop summary / Gooloo S. Wunderlich, rapporteur ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
Material type: TextPublisher: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (xii, 177 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
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"Workshop on Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications, Committee on National Statistics, April 16-17, 2015, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Keck Center, Room 201, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC"--Page 165.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-142).
FrontMatter; Reviewers; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Official U.S. Rural Area Classification Systems; 3 Other Rural Area Classification Systems Used in the United States and Internationally; 4 Changes in Society and Economy and Their Impact on Rural Area Classifications; 5 Different Ways to Conceptualize Rural Areas in Metropolitan Society; 6 Uses of Current Rural Classification Systems; 7 Changes in Social Science Data and Methods; 8 Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Rural Area Classifications; 9 Closing Remarks; Bibliography.
Appendix A: ERS Goals for Workshop on Rural ClassificationsAppendix B: Historical Development of ERS Rural-Urban Classification Systems -- John Cromartie; Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants; Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members; Committee on National Statistics.
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