Research Paper Presentations of
Bruce Wm. Pigozzi

"A Search for Spatial Order" East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers Meetings, Ohio University, Athens OH, October 15-16, 2004

"Comparative Dynamics of Micro Marginality in Three Detroit Neighborhoods" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) IGU Commission on Evolving Issues of Geographical Marginality in the Early 21st Century World, Stirling, Scotland, August 10-14, 2004

“Comparative Dynamics of Marginality in Three Detroit Neighborhoods” (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) 26^th Annual Applied Geography Conference, Colorado Springs, CO. November 2003

"Micro Marginality in Three Detroit Neighborhoods" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at East Lakes / West Lakes Divisions of the Association of American Geographers Meetings, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI. October 2003.

"Revisiting Micro Marginality Issues in Greater Detroit" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the 25^th Annual Applied Geography Conference, Binghamton, New York. October 23-26, 2002.

"Regression Explanations of Macro, Meso, and Micro Marginality in Michigan" at the 24^th Annual Applied Geography Conference, Fort Worth, Texas. November 14-17, 2001

"Spatial Variation in the Property Tax Structure of Lansing, MI." invited colloquium talk given to the Department of Geography, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. November 2, 2001.

"The Search for Spatial Order: Marginality in Michigan" at the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Cincinnati, Ohio. October 26-28, 2001.

"Vulnerability to Marginality in Michigan: A Factorial Methodology" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the Meeting of the IGU Commission on Evolving Issues of Geographical Marginality, Stockholm, Sweden, June 25-28, 2001

"A Hierarchy of Spatial Marginality Through Spatial Filtering" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu), Annual Meeting of the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Oxford, Ohio. October 19-21, 2000.

"Theoretical Issues of Contingent and Systemic Marginality: Some Empirical Patterns in Michigan" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu), at the 23rd Annual Applied Geography Conference, Tampa, Florida, October 11-14, 2000.

"Spatial Patterns of Contingent and Systemic Marginality in Michigan: Analysis and Policy Implications" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu), Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 4-8, 2000.

"A Design for Partitioning Spatial Marginality into its Contingent and Systemic Components: A Michigan Example" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu), at the 22nd Annual Applied Geography Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 13-16, 1999.

"Spatial Shifts in Production and Consumption: Marginality Patterns in the New International Division of Labor" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu), at the Meeting of the IGU Commission on Dynamics of Marginal and Critical Regions, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 21-26, 1999.

"Spatial Variability of Property Tax Assessment in Lansing, MI." (co-author with Julie Colby), Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 22-27, 1999.

"Socio-Spatial Marginality in Lake County, Michigan (co-author with Kimberly Brown) East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Columbus, Ohio. October 30, 31 1998.

"Marginality in the New International Division of Labor" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the 21st Annual Applied Geography Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, October 1998.

"The Impact of Tourism on Small Caribbean Island" (co-author with R Thomas and R Sambrook) at the conference of Latin American Geographers, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 1998.

"Globalization and Economic Marginalization: North-South Differences" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the Meeting of the IGU Commission on Dynamics of Marginal and Critical Regions on the Consequences of Globalization and Deregulation on Marginal and Critical Region Economic Systems, Coimbra, Portugal, August 1998.

"Rural Systemic Marginality in the Shadow of Metropolitan Detroit" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) PIMA meetings, Aberdeen, Scotland, June 1998.

"Tourism Carrying Capacity Measures and the Crowding Syndrome in the Caribbean" (co-author with R Sambrook and R Thomas) at the Caribbean Studies Association Meetings in Antigua, West Indies, May 1998.

"North/South Differences in Socioeconomic Marginality and their Policy Implications" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, Massachusetts March 26, 1998.

"A Typology of Socio-Spatial Marginality: An Example from Michigan" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) an invited paper to the M.S.U. Social Capital Interest Group, December 5, 1997, East Lansing, MI.

"Measuring Income Diversity: Some Problems with the Coefficient of Variation" at the 20th Annual Applied Geography Conference, November 12, 1997. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"Comparative Vulnerabilities to Poverty in Rural and Urban Michigan" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the 20th Annual Applied Geography Conference, November 14, 1997. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"North - South Variations of SocioEconomic Disparity" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the Annual Meetings of the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, October 17-18, 1997. East Lansing, Michigan.

"Towards Typologies of Socioeconomic Marginality: North/South Comparison" (coauthor with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the IGU Commission on Marginal and Critical Regions, University of Zimbabwe, July 6-11, 1997, Harare, Zimbabwe.

"Rural Poverty and Socioeconomic Disparity in Michigan" (coauthor with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at Exploring Sustainability International Seminar at the University of Karlstad, May 12-14, 1997, Karlstad, Sweden.

"The Nature of Microspatial Marginality in the Greater Detroit Area: Toward Identifying Primary Causes" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the Annual Applied Geography Conference, October 16-19, 1996, Kansas City, Missouri.

"Issues of Urban Marginality in Detroit, Michigan" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the IGU Study Group on Development Issues in Marginal Regions in Glasgow, Scotland. July 30 through August 4, 1996.

"Toward Explanation of Microspatial Marginality in the Greater Detroit Area" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 12, 1996.

"Micro-Level Variations in Assessment Ratios, Interpretations for Development" at the Annual Applied Geography Conference, November, 1995, Washington, DC.

"Factors in Microspatial Marginality in Southeastern Michigan" (co-author with L Sommers and A Mehretu) at the IGU Study Group on Development Issues in Marginal Regions in Mendoza, Argentina, September 4-9, 1995.

"City-Wide Property Assessment Ratios as a Function of Micro-Level Assessment Inefficiencies" at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers in Chicago, Illinois, March 18, 1995.

"Input-Output Relationships with Artificial Neural Networks." (co-author with R Hinojosa) at the 41st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, November 19, 1994, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

"Assessment Ratios in Lansing, Michigan: Micro-Spatial Variations in Property Taxes" at the Annual Applied Geography Conference, October 12-15, 1994, Kent, Ohio.

"A Neural Network Approach to the Estimation of Employment Constraints in Economic Input-Output Up-Dating." (co-author with R Hinojosa) at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers in San Francisco, March/April 1994.

"Exploring a Neural Network Approach in Regional Economic Input-Output Modeling." (co-author with R Hinojosa) at the combined Canadian Association of Geographers, Ontario Division and the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers meetings in Windsor, Ontario, October 1993.

"Regional Patterns of Industrial and Occupational Diversification," (with S Bagchi-Sen) Association of American Geographers, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1993.

"Impact of Foreign Direct Investment by Two Modes of Entry," (with S Bagchi-Sen) Association of American Geographers, San Diego, California, April 1992.

"The Relative Importance of Occupation and Industrial Diversification in the Economic Health of States." (with S Bagchi-Sen) Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, May/June 1991.

"Impact on Rural Counties of Nonemployment Income," (with R O Cox) Association of American Geographers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 1990.

"Family Planning Clinics in La Paz, Bolivia: A Comparison of Locational Strategies," (with R Sambrook and R N Thomas) Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Albion, MI, March 1990.

"Nonemployment Income and the Economic Base of Michigan Counties," (with J Kendall) combined South East Division and East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Charleston, West Virginia, November 19-21, 1989.

"Base Multipliers Derived From Economic Input-Output Tables: The Empirical Linkage" (with R Hinojosa) Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, St. Louis, MO, June 1988.

"A Full Employment Constrained Input-Output Adjustment" (with R Hinojosa) Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 1984.

"Microcomputer-Based Modules for Undergraduate Geography" (with others) Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 1984.

"Regional Input-Output Inverse Coefficients Adjusted from National Tables" (with R Hinojosa) Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado, April 1983.

"Regional Urban Systems: Recent Structural Considerations" invited paper to URBAN ISSUES SEMINAR SERIES, Michigan State University Urban Affairs, April 1983.

"Application of the URBAN SYSTEMS MODEL to the Proposed Grand Rapids Beltway" (with R Collard). East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 1982.

"Stability of the Spatial-Temporal Structure of Interurban Economic Impulses" (with A Gaete). Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 1982.

"Locating Health Centers in Eastern Upper Volta" (with A Mehretu and R Wittick) African Studies Association, Bloomington, Indiana, October 1981.

"Estimation of Input-Output Coefficients from National Employment Time Series Data" (with R Hinojosa) Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1981.

"The Impulse Transmission Model and the Functioning of an Urban Hierarchy" Association of American Geographers, Louisville, KT, April 1980.

"Empirical Employment Multipliers and Growth Indexes: Spatial Implications of Two Simple Models" Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 1980.

"Spatial Process and the Time Dimension: An Employment Example", presentation to the Geography Department Colloquium Series, Michigan State University, February 1980.

"Testing Jeffrey's Interurban Impulse Transmission Model with Polynomially Distributed Lags" East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, East Lansing Michigan, September 1978.

"The 1973 Railroad Transportation Act and Its Effect on Indiana", invited paper to the Conference of the Indiana Area Development Council, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, May 1976.

"Changing Service Levels as an Alternative to Rail Line Abandonment: The Case of On-Branch Costs" (with W Black) West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Carbondale, Illinois, November 1975.

"Towards a Spatial-Temporal Structure of Economic Impulses", West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, Muncie, Indiana, October 1974.

"Optimal Utilization of Miami Valley Hospitals", Ohio Academy of Sciences, Springfield, Ohio, April 1970.