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Session 128:
Spatial Dimensions of Local Processes

Friday, April 18
2:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Napoleon A1
3rd floor
Chair: Katherine J. C. White, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Discussant: Filiz Garip, Harvard University

1. School District Fragmentation and Racial Residential Segregation: How do Boundaries Matter?  •  Kendra Bischoff, Stanford University

2. Context and Death: A Spatial Investigation of the Impacts of Social Capital and Natural Amenities on Mortality In U.S. Counties  •  Tse-Chuan Yang, Pennsylvania State University; Leif Jensen, Pennsylvania State University; Murali Haran, Pennsylvania State University

3. Using Geographical Distance among Family Members from the Electoral List as a Measure of the Intensity of Social Networks of the Elderly in Costa Rica  •  Gilbert Brenes-Camacho, Universidad de Costa Rica

4. Spatial Dynamics of the Local Food Environment in the City of Chicago: An Investigation of Data Sources and Methods  •  Michael D Bader, University of Michigan; Jennifer A Ailshire, University of Michigan

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