The local politics of the global countryside: boosterism, aspirational ruralism and the contested reconstitution of Queenstown, New Zealand

Woods, Michael

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“…Indeed, Halfacree and Boyle (1998, p. 9) posit that ''migration of people to the more rural areas of the developed world… forms perhaps the central dynamic in the creation of any post-productivist countryside.'' More recently, case studies from elsewhere in North America and around the world documenting the phenomenon have been published, including ones from Spain (Paniagua 2002;Elizburu 2007), France (Buller and Hoggart 1994), Scotland (Short and Stockdale 1999;Stockdale et al 2000), Ireland (Mahon 2007;Ní Laoire 2007), The Netherlands (van Dam et al 2002), Estonia (Tammaru et al 2004), Canada (Dahms and McComb 1999), Australia (Curry et al 2001, Gurran andBlakely 2007), New Zealand (Woods 2010), and Latin America more generally (Ferras 2007). Nepal (2007) even employs the counterurbanization literature to explain emerging rural settlement patterns related to tourism in the Annapurna region of Nepal.…”

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Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

2009

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Rural communities throughout the postindustrial world are in the midst of a significant transition, sometimes referred to as rural restructuring, as traditional land uses, economic activities, and social arrangements transition to those associated with ''post-productivist'' or ''multifunctional'' landscapes. Amenity migration, the movement of people based on the draw of natural and/or cultural amenities, can be thought of as both driver and implication of this transition, resulting in significant changes in the ownership, use, and governance of rural lands, as well as in the composition and socioeconomic dynamics of rural communities. In concert with other social, economic and political processes, amenity migration is contributing to the fundamental transformation of rural communities throughout the world. This paper presents a review of the social science literature related to the concept of amenity migration, focusing on the ways in which it has been conceptualized, theorized, and documented by different communities of scholars. We then profile and summarize diverse perspectives on drivers and socioeconomic impacts, highlighting emerging challenges and opportunities related to this type of migration occurring at multiple scales and in multiple sites. The paper also identifies and discusses particular areas where further research is needed.

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Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

2009

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“…Exurban nature involves a rich network of actors, both human and non-human; many participate in both (or neither) of the categories I describe, and these discursive groups are two of a much larger range of groups. These groups often overlap-and they are also rife with internal conflicts and contradictions, as well as linked to larger processes, such as historical regional development patterns and flows of investment and migration that may be global in scale (Hurley and Halfacre 2009;Sayre 2009;Woods 2009;Young 2009). Although these macro and micro dynamics are beyond the scope of this paper, it could well be useful to consider these factors in specific exurban planning situations.…”

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“…Nature is materialized and reproduced in exurbia in ways that reflect the ideals, associations, and expectations of residents. Trajectories of landscape change demonstrate, sometimes dramatically, the effects of in-migrants (Blakely 1984;Woods 2009). The billboard slogans for new residential estates quoted above reflect the centrality of nature in the attractiveness of exurbia, and also reflect the kind of insulative nature produced by exurbia.…”

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Competing discourses of nature in exurbia

Cadieux

2009

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This paper explores different ways that the category of nature is used in addressing landscape changes associated with exurbia and exurbanization. Nature is an important category in the practices and representations that residents and planners use to construct and maintain exurban landscapes. However, common ways of mobilizing nature in exurban planning discourses often obstruct better discussion, rather than facilitate it. Invoking nature can make planning processes more difficult by providing a means for naturalizing planning decisions and also by exacerbating struggles over whose nature will be managed in what ways. More explicitly framing what is meant by nature in exurban planning may improve discussion of landscape problems associated with sprawl.

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“…Generally, rural studies theorises the countryside has moved from a production-based economy to a post-productivist, consumption-based economy where new rural meanings and practices have emerge with global changes and exposure of 'old rural' problems (Halfacree, 1997;Holmes, 2006;Ilbery, 1998;McCarthy, 2008;Roberts & Hall, 2001;Woods, 2005Woods, , 2009). The countryside is increasingly used for different amenity purposes, including 'amenity migration' from urban spaces (Argent, Mailers, & Griffin, 2007;Cadieux & Hurley, 2011;Crump, 2003).…”

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Producing rural spaces for consumption: proper states of mind

Ikonen

2016

Rural Society

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By drawing from rural, tourism, and working life studies, this article constructs a framework for understanding the concurrent processes of production and consumption in a rural space. In the specific context of the Finnish countryside, the article investigates the practices of the self-employed who run firms providing rural spaces for practising dog sports. Firms' customers are typically busy urbanites who seek an invigorating leisure experience. Those practising dog sports, in particular, seek functional spaces, adapted to their needs to train dogs and spend their leisure time. In addition to providing this physical resource, the entrepreneurs in this study, as service-sector workers, must also provide their customers with a certain state of mind. Using interviews and observations of six firms, this article demonstrates how space and state of mind are produced simultaneously and, consequently, entrepreneurs' personalities are entirely invested in their labour, challenging theoretical assumptions of rural areas as places of specific types of consumption only; it selectively transfers academic research about new service work to research on rural tourism.

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The local politics of the global countryside: boosterism, aspirational ruralism and the contested reconstitution of Queenstown, New Zealand

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Cited by 61 publications

References 31 publications

Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

Competing discourses of nature in exurbia

Producing rural spaces for consumption: proper states of mind

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