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Overview

Lori M. Hunter is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple fields within the social sciences and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on sociology, political science, and health-related disciplines.

The main areas of study addressed in their publications include:

  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

The subfields in which the scientist has contributed include:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Health
  • General Health Professions

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Rural Population Health and Aging: Toward a Multilevel and Multidimensional Research Agenda for the 2020s" (2020), published in American Journal of Public Health
  • "Time to Mainstream the Environment into Migration Theory?" (2022), published in International Migration Review
  • "Place-level urban-rural indices for the United States from 1930 to 2018" (2023), published in Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Scales and sensitivities in climate vulnerability, displacement, and health" (2021), published in Population and Environment
  • "A portfolio perspective of rural livelihoods in Bushbuckridge, South Africa" (2020), published in South African Journal of Science

The scientist has published in various frequently appearing venues, which include:

  • Population and Environment
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Regional Environmental Change
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • American Journal of Public Health

Lori M. Hunter's frequent co-authors are:

  • Wayne Twine
  • Johannes Uhl
  • Dylan S. Connor
  • Stefan Leyk
  • Myron P. Gutmann

The scientist has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Nature (Netherlands):

  • International Handbook of Population and Environment (2022)

Best Publications

  • Cross-National Gender Variation in Environmental Behaviors*

    Lori M. Hunter;Alison Hatch;Aaron Johnson

  • Rural household demographics, livelihoods and the environment

    Alex de Sherbinin;Leah K. VanWey;Kendra McSweeney;Rimjhim Aggarwal

  • Migration and Environmental Hazards.

    Lori M. Hunter

  • Environmental Dimensions of Migration

    Lori M. Hunter;Jessie K. Luna;Rachel M. Norton

  • Migration in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change: insights from analogues.

    Robert A. McLeman;Lori M. Hunter

  • Growth, Decline, Stability, and Disruption: A Longitudinal Analysis of Social Well‐Being in Four Western Rural Communities

    Michael D. Smith;Richard S. Krannich;Lori M. Hunter

  • Measuring the environmental dimensions of human migration: The demographer's toolkit

    Elizabeth Fussell;Lori M. Hunter;Clark L. Gray

  • Rainfall Patterns and U.S. Migration from Rural Mexico.

    Lori M. Hunter;Sheena Murray;Fernando Riosmena

  • The Association Between Natural Amenities, Rural Population Growth, and Long-Term Residents' Economic Well-Being.

    Lori M. Hunter;Jason D. Boardman;Jarron M. Saint Onge

  • Rural Population Health and Aging: Toward a Multilevel and Multidimensional Research Agenda for the 2020s

    Leif Jensen;Shannon M. Monnat;John J. Green;Lori M. Hunter

  • ``Locusts are now our beef'': Adult mortality and household dietary use of local environmental resources in rural South Africa1

    Lori M. Hunter;Wayne Twine;Laura Patterson

  • Do Rainfall Deficits Predict U.S.-Bound Migration from Rural Mexico? Evidence from the Mexican Census

    Raphael J. Nawrotzki;Fernando Riosmena;Lori M. Hunter

  • The Association Between Environmental Perspective and Knowledge and Concern With Species Diversity

    Lori M. Hunter;Lesley Rinner

  • Climate change as a migration driver from rural and urban Mexico

    Raphael J Nawrotzki;Lori M Hunter;Daniel M Runfola;Fernando Riosmena

  • The Environmental Implications of Population Dynamics

    Lori M. Hunter

  • COHORT CHANGE, DIFFUSION, AND SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SPENDING IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Fred C. Pampel;Lori M. Hunter

  • Qualitative Insight Into Public Knowledge of, and Concern With, Biodiversity

    Lori M. Hunter;Joan Brehm

  • Rural Migration, Rapid Growth, and Fear of Crime*

    Lori M. Hunter;Richard S. Krannich;Michael D. Smith

  • Rural Outmigration, Natural Capital, and Livelihoods in South Africa.

    Lori M. Hunter;Lori M. Hunter;Raphael Nawrotzki;Stefan Leyk;Galen J. Maclaurin

  • Religion and attitudes toward the environment: a comparison of Mormons and the general U.S. population.

    Lori M. Hunter;Michael B. Toney

  • Migration in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change: insights from

    A. McLeman;Lori M. Hunter

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Collinson
Mark A. Collinson University of the Witwatersrand
Michael J. White
Michael J. White Brown University
Jason D. Boardman
Jason D. Boardman University of Colorado Boulder
Martin J. Sliwinski
Martin J. Sliwinski Pennsylvania State University
Alex de Sherbinin
Alex de Sherbinin Columbia University
Coleen Vogel
Coleen Vogel University of the Witwatersrand
Fred C. Pampel
Fred C. Pampel University of Colorado Boulder
Jane Menken
Jane Menken University of Colorado Boulder

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