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Scott Yabiku

Scott Yabiku

Associate Professor, School of Social and Family Dynamics

sty105@psu.edu

814-863-0145

Department of Sociology and Criminology
Pennsylvania State University
306 Oswald Tower
University Park, PA 6802
USA

Titles

  • Associate Professor, School of Social and Family Dynamics

Education

  • PhD, Sociology, University of Michigan, 2002
  • MA, Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
  • BA, Sociology, University of Chicago, 1995

External Links

Journal Articles

2017

Sullivan, A., A. M. York, L. An, S. T. Yabiku and S. J. Hall. 2017. How does perception at multiple levels influence collective action in the commons? The case of Mikania micrantha in Chitwan, Nepal. Forest Policy and Economics 80(Jul):1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2017.03.001. (link )

Sullivan, A., A. M. York, D. D. White, S. J. Hall and S. T. Yabiku. 2017. De jure versus de facto institutions: Trust, information, and collective efforts to manage the invasive mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha). International Journal of the Commons 11(1):. DOI: 10.18352/ijc.676. (link )

Yabiku, S. T., J. E. Glick, E. A. Wentz, D. Ghimire and Q. Zhao. 2017. Comparing paper and tablet modes of retrospective activity space data collection. Survey Research Methods: Special Issue: Uses of Geographic Information Systems Tools in Survey Data Collection and Analysis 11(3):329-344. DOI: 10.18148/srm/2017.v11i3.6741. (link )

2009

Harlan, S. L., S. T. Yabiku, L. Larsen and A. J. Brazel. 2009. Household water consumption in an arid city: Affluence, affordance, and attitudes. Society and Natural Resources 22(8):691-709. DOI: 10.1080/08941920802064679. (link )

Larson, K. L., D. G. Casagrande, S. L. Harlan and S. T. Yabiku. 2009. Residents' yard choices and rationales in a desert city: Social priorities, ecological impacts, and decision tradeoffs. Environmental Management 44(5):921-937. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9353-1. (link )

Yabiku, S. T., J. E. Glick, E. A. Wentz, S. A. Haas and L. Zhu. 2009. Migration, health, and environment in the desert Southwest. Population and Environment 30(4-5):131-138. DOI: 10.1007/s11111-009-0082-4. (link )

2008

Yabiku, S. D., D. G. Casagrande and E. Farley-Metzger. 2008. Preferences for landscape choice in a Southwestern desert city. Environment and Behavior 40:382-400. DOI: 10.1177/0013916507300359.

2007

Casagrande, D. G., D. Hope, E. Farley-Metzger, W. Cook, S. T. Yabiku and C. L. Redman. 2007. Problem and opportunity: Integrating anthropology, ecology, and policy through adaptive experimentation in the urban Southwest U.S.. Human Organization 66(2):125-139. (link )

Martin, C. A., K. Busse and S. T. Yabiku. 2007. North Desert Village: The effect of landscape manipulation on microclimate and its relation to human landscape preferences. Hortscience 42(4):853. (link )

Posters

2013

Hall, S. J., B. Shrestha, S. T. Yabiku, J. E. Glick, A. M. York, D. Ghimire, L. An and S. Murphy. 2013. Human community dynamics and social-ecological vulnerability in a biodiversity hotspot. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2009

Martin, C. A., D. G. Casagrande, S. T. Yabiku, M. R. McHale and S. R. Earl. 2009. Evaluation of four ecosystems services provided by experimental residential neighborhood landscapes in Mesa, Arizona. Estes Park, CO. Poster presented at 14-16 September 20009 LTER All Scientists Meeting, Integrating Science and Society in a World of Constant Change.

2008

Yabiku, S. T., D. G. Casagrande and E. Farley-Metzger. 2008. Landscape treatment and residents' satistaction: Results from wave 2 of the North Desert Village Social Survey. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )

2007

Yabiku, S. T., D. G. Casagrande and E. Farley-Metzger. 2007. Effect of weather on neighborhood human activity. Poster presented at the January 10, 2007 CAP LTER Ninth Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.. (link )

2006

Casagrande, D. G., S. T. Yabiku, E. Farley-Metzger, D. Hope, C. Gries, K. L. Larson, N. B. Grimm and C. L. Redman. 2006. Effects of landscape manipulation on human behavior, knowledge, and social organization in an urban ecosystem. Poster presented at the 6-11 August 2006 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Larson, K. L., R. Servis, D. G. Casagrande, E. Farley-Metzger, S. L. Harlan, L. Larsen and S. T. Yabiku. 2006. Landscape preferences in the arid Southwest: Comparative results from the Phoenix Area Social Survey and North Desert Village. Poster presented at the 19 January 2006 CAP LTER 8th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )

2005

Farley Metzger, E. A., S. T. Yabiku, P. Gober, D. G. Casagrande, C. L. Redman, N. B. Grimm and S. L. Harlan. 2005. Initial findings of the North Desert Village landscaping experiment: The green, green grass of home. Poster presented at the 19 January 2005, CAP LTER Seventh Annual Poster Symposium, International Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )

2004

Farley Metzger, E. A., S. T. Yabiku, P. Gober, D. G. Casagrande, C. L. Redman, N. B. Grimm and S. L. Harlan. 2004. North Desert Village landscape experiment monitoring human-environment interactions. Poster presented at the 23 February 2004 Sixth Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ. (link )

Presentations

2008

Yabiku, S. T., E. A. Wentz and L. Zhu. 2008. Migration, health, and environment in the desert Southwest. Presentation at the April 17-19 2008 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.

2007

2007. Household water consumption in an arid city: Affluence, affordance, and attitudes. Presented August 11, 2007 at the 102nd annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.

Harlan, S. L., S. T. Yabiku, L. Larsen and A. J. Brazel. 2007. Household water consumption in an arid city: Affluence, affordance, and attitudes. Presented at the August 10-13, 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.

2006

Casagrande, D. G., D. Hope, E. Farley-Metzger, W. Cook, S. T. Yabiku and C. L. Redman. 2006. Problem and opportunity: Integrating anthropology, ecology, and policy in the urban American Southwest. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

Reports

2007

Harlan, S. L., M. Budruk, A. Gustafson, K. L. Larson, D. M. Ruddell, V. K. Smith, A. Y. Wutich and S. T. Yabiku. 2007. Phoenix area social survey 2006 highlights: Community and environment in a desert metropolis. Center for Environmental Studies, ASU. Central Arizona - Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Series 4, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State Uni. (link )