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The promotion of recreation and tourism has been both praised and criticized as a rural development strategy. This … study uses regression analysis to assess the effect of recreation and tourism development on socioeconomic conditions in … rural recreation counties. The findings imply that recreation and tourism development contributes to rural well …
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Rural America At A Glance, 2007 highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The brochure provides information on key rural conditions and trends for use by public and private...
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This study uses locally weighted regression to identify county-level characteristics that serve as drivers of creative employment throughout the southern United States. We found that higher per capita income, greater infrastructure investments, and the rural nature of a county tended to promote...
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Nearly all applied research on arts activity has examined phenomena in metropolitan areas. Findings from this past research confirm an arts specialization in a limited number of cities. This paper finds a similar pattern in nonmetropolitan areas, where a limited number of counties maintain or...
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Chi G. and Marcouiller D. W. Isolating the effect of natural amenities on population change at the local level, Regional Studies. As latent production inputs, natural amenities are thought to serve as the basis for a variety of regional effects. In this study, natural amenity and socio-economic...
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Farm-based recreation provides an important niche market for farmers, but limited empirical information is available on … Survey on Recreation and the Environment, provided researchers with a deeper understanding of who operates farm …-based recreation enterprises, such as hunting and fishing operations, horseback riding businesses, on-farm rodeos, and petting zoos …
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