TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of community context on land use in an agricultural society
AU - Shivakoti, Ganesh P.
AU - Axinn, William G.
AU - Bhandari, Prem
AU - Chhetri, Netra B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by two grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Grant # R01-HD31982 and Grant # R01-HD33551). We wish to thank Kerry Richter, Stephen Mat-thews, Jennifer Barber, Dirgha Ghimire, Tom Fricke, Arland Thornton, Dan Hill, and Kishor Gajurel for their contributions to the research reported here. We also thank Jeanne Spicer for her assistance with the data management and statistical analyses and Cassie Johnstonbaugh for her assistance with preparation of the manuscript.
PY - 1999/1
Y1 - 1999/1
N2 - As an initial step toward new models of the population-environment relationship, this paper explores the relationship between community context and local land use in an agricultural setting. In this type of setting, we argue that aspects of the community context, such as schools and transportation infrastructure, impact important environmental characteristics, such as land use. We provide hypotheses which explain the mechanisms producing these effects. We then use data from a study of 132 communities in rural Nepal to test our hypotheses. These analyses show that community characteristics are strongly associated with land use in this agricultural setting. The results point toward changes in communities as critical determinants of environmental quality. These findings are consistent with the notion that changes in community contexts may also condition the population-environment relationship.
AB - As an initial step toward new models of the population-environment relationship, this paper explores the relationship between community context and local land use in an agricultural setting. In this type of setting, we argue that aspects of the community context, such as schools and transportation infrastructure, impact important environmental characteristics, such as land use. We provide hypotheses which explain the mechanisms producing these effects. We then use data from a study of 132 communities in rural Nepal to test our hypotheses. These analyses show that community characteristics are strongly associated with land use in this agricultural setting. The results point toward changes in communities as critical determinants of environmental quality. These findings are consistent with the notion that changes in community contexts may also condition the population-environment relationship.
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U2 - 10.1023/a:1023398907307
DO - 10.1023/a:1023398907307
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032417372
SN - 0199-0039
VL - 20
SP - 191
EP - 213
JO - Population and Environment
JF - Population and Environment
IS - 3
ER -