Amenities, Affluence, and Ideology: Comparing Rural Restructuring Processes in the US and Norway

Auken, Paul M. Van; Rye, Johan Fredrik

doi:10.1080/01426397.2010.536203

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“…Whether located in an agrarian, mining, fishing or forestry setting, nucleated settlements played the same consumption role: the provision of quotidian goods and services to those engaged in extractive (or related) sectors. Their designation as task-scapes (Van auken and Rye 2011;Mitchell 2013), attests to their everyday representation, in the eyes of their everyday users.…”

Section: The Functional Transformation Of Rural Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Heritage preservation and the “differentiated countryside”: Evidence from southern Ontario

Mitchell¹,

Randle²

2014

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Human Resources Officer, CAPS-ACÉAUHedonic consumption is contributing to functional diversity in the amenity-rich countryside of many North American and European cities. Building on earlier research (Mitchell 2013), we question if heritage policy is contributing to this emerging state. We revisit St. Jacobs, Ontario, whose historic commercial core has evolved into a hybrid pleasure-scape appealing to the amenity-seeking consumer. Our policy, streetscape, and functional analyses find an absence of Regional and Township bylaws mandating building preservation and, hence, few designated properties in the village. Building removal and addition has ensued, giving rise to considerable functional elasticity. We conclude that the absence of an effective public preservation narrative, combined with a hegemonic profit discourse, encourages functional change and differentiation within the city's countryside. This scenario is undoubtedly unfolding not only here, but in other rural spaces with hedonistic appeal.La protection du patrimoine et la « campagne différenciée » : des preuves provenant du sud de l'Ontario La consommation hédoniste participe à la diversification fonctionnelle dans la périphérie attractive de nombreuses villes nord-américaines et européennes. En se fondant sur des résultats de recherches antérieures (Mitchell 2013), nous soulevons la question de l'apport des politiques de sauvegarde du patrimoine à cette nouvelle donne. Nous revisitons St. Jacobs, Ontario qui a vu son noyau commercial historique se transformer en un paysage de plaisir hybride dédié au consommateur en quête de commodités. Les analyses portant sur les politiques, le paysage urbain et les aspects fonctionnels révèlent l'inexistence de règlements régionaux et municipaux en matière de protection des bâtiments, d'où la rareté d'édifices classés dans le village. Au fil des ans, la démolition et l'ajout de bâtiments a entraîné une réorganisation fonctionnelle notable. Nous terminons en soulignant que l'absence d'un récit public efficace sur la protection, et devant la généralisation d'un discours hégémonique de la rentabilité, la campagne périurbaine continuera de subir des modifications et différenciations fonctionnelles. Ce scénario se reproduit sans doute ailleurs, dans les espaces ruraux attrayants d'un point de vue hédonistique Mots clés : patrimoine, préservation du bâti, paysages ruraux, paysage de plaisir, tourisme

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Section: The Functional Transformation Of Rural Spacementioning

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Heritage preservation and the “differentiated countryside”: Evidence from southern Ontario

Mitchell¹,

Randle²

2014

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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“…In both Frøya and Hitra, the neighboring archipelago, significant restructuring in both commercial fishing and agriculture caused a population loss of 38% from 1964 to 1995 [37,38]. However, with the advent of aquaculture, this trend has been dramatically shifted to a population change that has been positive since 2008, and was at 3.04% in 2013, with the current population being 4506 inhabitants [38] (see Fig.…”

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Work segmentation in the Norwegian salmon industry: The application of segmented labor market theory to work migrants on the island community of Frøya, Norway

Tiller

Hansen²,

Richards

et al. 2015

Marine Policy

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“…However, this may change as the phenomenon evolves and becomes commodified as well as commercialised. In their comparative study of a Norwegian and an American locality (Hitra/ Frøya and Bayfield, Wisconsin), the latter far more characterised by conflict, Van Auken and Rye (2011) suggest that differences between these localities are primarily due to their different levels of maturity.…”

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“…This is due to the specific characters of different market segments. For example, Van Auken and Rye (2011) show how the second home phenomena in the USA and in Norway vary greatly in the degree of commodification and commercialisation, where a far stronger market logic seems to influence patterns of both ownership and use in the USA.…”

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“…For example, second homes raise questions about the very nature of rurality and what it should be, and about which actors have legitimate claims and powers to take part in the shaping of the countryside (Vepsäläinen and Pitkänen, 2010). Research on second homes abounds with examples of local rural resistance to second home developments (for example, see Van Auken and Rye, 2011), including the physical destruction of second home structures Gallent et al, 2005). In Wales in the 1970s, protesters even held that the influx of non-Welsh second home owners was not only 'socially unjust; it was also a serious threat to the Welsh language and to the sense of national identity' (see Coppock, 1977a: 201).…”

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Conflicts and contestations. Rural populations’ perspectives on the second homes phenomenon

Rye

2011

Journal of Rural Studies

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a b s t r a c tIn response to demands to restructure and diversify their economies, many rural communities have welcomed the expanding phenomenon of second homes. However, while the second home owners bring new resources to the host communities, the literature also suggests that large second home populations in rural communities provide fertile ground for a number of economic, social and cultural conflicts and contestations. The present paper analyses the views of the local rural populations on the second home phenomenon, with particular attention to variation in these views, both within and between the rural communities (municipalities). The analysis uses material from the survey City, countryside, second homes 2008, which was conducted among a large-scale and representative sample of the population in Norwegian rural second home municipalities. The first section of the paper addresses the rural populations' stance towards the second home phenomenon, both in general and as it unfolds in their own vicinity. Results show generally positive views on second home development; however, the analysis identifies a substantial minority which is negative to the second home expansion. Nevertheless, the second section shows that even those rurals who are negative towards further developments of second homes largely report harmonious social relationships with the second home population that is already present. Third, the paper presents and discusses a multivariate logistic regression model to analyse how different segments of the rural population vary in their views on second home phenomena. Here, results suggest differences at both micro and macro levels: the local rural elites, in particular those with direct economic interests in the second home sector, are most positive towards further development. On the municipality level, resistance towards second homes is stronger in municipalities with a high density of second homes. Nevertheless, a high growth rate in the number of second homes, due to high investments, seems to increase local support.

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Amenities, Affluence, and Ideology: Comparing Rural Restructuring Processes in the US and Norway

Cited by 29 publications

References 25 publications

Heritage preservation and the “differentiated countryside”: Evidence from southern Ontario

Heritage preservation and the “differentiated countryside”: Evidence from southern Ontario

Work segmentation in the Norwegian salmon industry: The application of segmented labor market theory to work migrants on the island community of Frøya, Norway

Conflicts and contestations. Rural populations’ perspectives on the second homes phenomenon

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