Rural Sustainability
Critically examining how we define what is “rural” and the factors that are uniquely associated with sustainability in rural areas. Ongoing work includes:
- Construction, sensitivity analysis, and validation of a measure of agricultural community adaptive capacity.
- Examination of the association between a descriptive measure of rurality and perceived community well-being.
Kate Nelson
Assistant Professor, SCALes PI
My research interests include landscape diversity, agricultural adaptation, strategic retreat, vulnerability assessment, and scaling relationships.