Expected Versus Experienced Liveability for Amenity Migrants in Cairns, Australia: The Grass is not Always Greener in the Tropics

Dadpour, Rana; Law, Lisa; Osbaldiston, Nick

doi:10.1080/08111146.2024.2372288

Urban Policy and Research

2024

DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2024.2372288

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Expected Versus Experienced Liveability for Amenity Migrants in Cairns, Australia: The Grass is not Always Greener in the Tropics

Rana Dadpour,

Lisa Law,

Nick Osbaldiston

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Paradise lost? Rental housing insecurity and the lived experiences of amenity migrants in Cairns, Australia

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Paradise lost? Rental housing insecurity and the lived experiences of amenity migrants in Cairns, Australia

Dadpour,

Law,

Osbaldiston

2024

Australian Planner

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Mapping migrants’ narratives: A qual‐GIS approach to Cairns’ urban liveability

Dadpour,

Law,

Osbaldiston

2024

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This study introduces a novel approach to urban liveability research by combining interviews with participatory mapping techniques. More specifically, the research integrates concepts from geographic information systems (GISs) with episodic narrative interviews to develop a qualitative GIS (qual‐GIS) methodology to map and interpret the spatial experiences of recent migrants to Cairns. This qual‐GIS approach involves participants annotating amenity maps with personal narratives, effectively geolocating subjective experiences, and providing visual representations of liveability insights. During mapping sessions, participants identified and highlighted significant locations by annotating maps with pens and sticky notes to express their spatial stories and place attachments. Analysis of annotated maps in ArcGIS enabled the juxtaposition of qualitative insights with quantitative data, offering a rich, spatially informed understanding of liveability in place. The maps transcended their function as mere analytical instruments or memory aides, and the activity evolved into a platform for migrants to articulate experiences of, and emotional ties to the city. This approach enhances understandings of urban liveability from first‐hand experiences and establishes qual‐GIS approaches as valuable tools in urban and regional policy and research.

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Expected Versus Experienced Liveability for Amenity Migrants in Cairns, Australia: The Grass is not Always Greener in the Tropics

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Paradise lost? Rental housing insecurity and the lived experiences of amenity migrants in Cairns, Australia

Paradise lost? Rental housing insecurity and the lived experiences of amenity migrants in Cairns, Australia

Mapping migrants’ narratives: A qual‐GIS approach to Cairns’ urban liveability

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