I'll Have My Town Medium-Rural, Please

Measuring rural homeowners' willingness to pay for land conservation easements

“…This is consistent with previous findings that newer residents of rural, urban-fringe communities place relatively higher values on amenities and conservation (Johnston et al, 2003;Dubbink, 1984;Healy and Short, 1979). The marginal effects are virtually equal across both models and insensitive to the inclusion of protest bidders.…”

“…The existing literature has addressed people's perceptions regarding land-use policy (Dubbink, 1984;Healy and Short, 1979) and environmental amenities (Spain, 1993;Dubbink, 1984). Perceptions have been investigated with respect to resident's and homeowner's characteristics, including length of time of residence (Baldassare, 1986;Myers, 1989;Doherty, 1987), social class or income (Lovejoy et al, 1982;Salamon and Tornatore, 1994), and values and norms (Engel, 1984;Spain, 1993).…”

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“…Another example of such diseconomies is a decrease in sense of community; a concept which most individuals in the United States seem to associate with smaller sizes (Hibbard and Davis 1986). In order to preserve a sense of community a "last one in, close the door" (Harris 1988, p. 468) mentality, also known as "gangplank" syndrome (Voss 1980, p. 96), emerges amongst new arrivals who oppose more growth (Dubbink 1984).…”

The short and long of collaborative planning in the mountain resort destination of Canmore, Canada

“…However, it should be noted that community 'vision' and 'growth management' are politicised social constructs; resort destination communities like Canmore are not neutral spaces structured by zoning regulations and land-use policies, they are highly political spaces containing multiple stakeholders with diverse and often divergent interests, as well as a significant percentage of non-permanent residents that increase planning challenges. A number of related issues have been noted with respect to addressing newcomers (Dubbink, 1984;Fees, 1996), second-home populations (Müller & Hall, 2003), resident participation in planning decision-making (see Hibbard & Lurie, 2000, for discussion on the challenges encountered in the popular resort destination of Jackson Hole, Wyoming), and local involvement in visioning (see Gill, 2000 for an informative analysis of local participation in developing a joint vision for the mountain resort destination of Whistler, Canada). These studies support the insight that emerges from this study of collaborative planning, which is that developing community vision, planning direction and growth management in resort destinations like Canmore requires partnership between those who reside and work there, plus those who work towards its sustainability (including local NGOs like the Biosphere Institute and the Bow Valley Naturalists), and those who administer it (also see Draper & McNicol, 1997).…”