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David L Brown

Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • city and regional planning
  • community development
  • development sociology
  • international development
  • rural development

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

My projects all consider some aspect or another of spatial inequality. My current projects include: (a) social integration among older in-migrants to rural retirement destinations in the U.S. (b) the political economy of rural and regional development in ex-socialist eastern Europe, (c) commuting behavior among rural in-migrants in England, the United States and Hungary,and (d) the process through which areas become destinations for older in-migrants and through which they maintain that status over time.

Educational Background

  • B.A., Miami Univ (Ohio), 1967
  • M.A., Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1969
  • Ph.D., Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974

Selected Publications

PubMed Listings
  • Brown, David L. "Rural America as Seen Through a Social-Demographic Lens." Ch. 13 in Junjie Wu, Paul Barkley and Bruce Weber (eds.), Population Change and Rural Society. Dordecht, Netherlands: Springer. 2007
  • Glasgow, Nina and David Brown. Retirement Migration and the Road to Rural American. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 2007
  • Kandel, William and David L. Brown (eds.), Population Change and Rural Society. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 2006
  • Brown, David L. and William Kandel. "Rural America Through a Demographic Lens. " Ch. 1 in William Kandel and David L. Brown (eds.), Population Change and Rural Society. Dordecht, Netherlands: Springer. 2006
  • Glasgow, N. and D.L. Brown. "Social integration Among Older In-Migrants in Nonmetropolitan Retirement Destination Counties: Establishing New Ties. Ch. 8 in W. Kandel and D.L. Brown (eds.) Population Change and Rural Society. Dordrecht: Springer. 2006
  • Brown, David L., Laszlo J. Kulcsar, Laszlo Kulcsar, and Csilla Obodavics. "Post-Socialist Restructuring and Population Redistribution in Hungary." Rural Sociology, Vol. 70, No.3: 336-359. 2005
  • Brown, David L. "Post-Socialist Transformation at the Rural Periphery. " Pp. 67-75 in Miecyslaw Adamowicz (ed.), Agrarian Issues in Poland and in the World. Warsaw, Poland: Warsaw Agricultural University Press. 2005
  • Brown, David L., John Cromartie, Laszlo Kulcsar. "Micropolitan Areas and the Measurement of American Urbanization." Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 23, No. 3. 2004
  • Brown, David L. and Kai Schafft, "Social Exclusion in Rural Areas of East-Central Europe During Post-Socialism. " Eastern European Countryside, Vol. 9: 27-45. 2003
  • Schafft, Kai and David L. Brown. "Social Capital, Social Networks and Social Power." Social Epistemology, Vol. 17, No. 4: 329-342. 2003
  • Brown, David L. and Louis E. Swanson (eds.), Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century. University Park: Penn State University Press. 2003
  • Brown, David L. and John Cromartie. "The Nature of Rurality in Post Industrial Society." Pp. 269-284 in Tony Champion and Graeme Hugo (eds.), New Forms of Urbanization. Aldershot: Ashgate. 2003
  • Brown, David L. and Louis E. Swanson, "Rural America Enters the New Millennium. " Pp. 1-15 inDavid L. Brown and Louis W. Swanson (eds.), Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century. University Park: Penn State University Press. 2003
  • Swanson, Louis E. and David Brown. "Challenges Become Opportunities: Trends and Policies Shaping the Rural Future. " Pp. 347-406 in David Brown and Louis Swanson (eds.), Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century. University Park: Penn State University Press. 2003
  • Brown, David L. "Migration and Community: Social Networks in a Multilevel World. " Rural Sociology, Vol. 67, No. 1:1-23. 2002
  • Brown, David L. and Kai Schafft. "Population Deconcentration in Hungary During the Post-Socialist Transformation " Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 18:233-244. 2002
  • Brown, David L. and Laszlo Kulcsar. "Household Economic Behavior in Post-Socialist Rural Hungary. " Rural Sociology, Vol. 66, No. 2: 157-180. 2001
  • Rayer, Stefan and David L. Brown. "Geographic Diversity of Intercounty Migration in the United States 1980-95. " Population Research and Policy Review 20:229-252. 2001
  • Schafft, Kai A. and David L. Brown. "Social Capital and Grassroots Development: Roma Self-Governance in Hungary. " Social Problems, Vol. 47, No. 2: 201-219. 2000
  • Brown, David L. and Ana Bandlerova. "Research Needs for Rural Development in Central and Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Century. " Eastern European Countryside, Vol. 6.: 149-159 2000
  • Brown, David L. and Laszlo Kulcsar. "Rural Families and Rural Development in Central and Eastern Europe. " Eastern European Countryside, Vol. 6: 5-23 2000
  • Brown, David L. and Anna Bandlerova (eds.), Rural Development in Central and Eastern Europe. Nitra: Slovak Agricultural University. 2000