Social–Spatial Analyses of Attitudes toward the Desert in a Southwestern U.S. City

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• desert 71%
• city 48%
• socioeconomic status 21%
• income 15%
• land 14%
• greenspace 12%
• temperate environment 12%
• outdoor recreation 12%
• social process 11%
• arid environment 10%
• environmental hazard 10%
• open space 9%
• urban growth 9%
• loss 9%
• environmental change 7%
• urbanization 7%
• vulnerability 7%
• attribute 6%
• hazard 6%
• habitat 5%
• ecosystem 5%

Social Sciences

• desert 100%
• heat 28%
• social status 13%
• landscape management 12%
• habitat 9%
• recreation 8%
• social process 8%
• urbanization 8%
• vulnerability 6%
• low income 6%
• resident 5%
• income 5%