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Boom Town: Amenity Migration in the Rural West and the Rise of the Zoom Town Series Summary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The purpose of this document is to summarize key takeaways and resources from our 5-part webinar series about amenity migration in the rural ...
Sodja, Elizabeth
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Negotiating the value of "slow" in amenity migration

open access: yes, 2014
[Extract] There is no question that amenity migration is multi-layered, requiring as Karen O'Reilly (2012) suggests a tiered approach in research methodology and theoretical considerations. This volume of work, and Moss' (2006) previous edited collection,
Osbaldiston, Nick   +3 more
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Amenity migration in second generation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This work examines amenity migration and its main focus refers to the second generation of amenity migrants. The work also touches on the current world expression of ones attitude and the opinion about the rest of the world, but also the socialstatus ...
Davídková, Petra
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Digital fire technologies and community networks: Cultivating just sociotechnical practices for living with planetary change

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Fires are expanding in frequency and intensity worldwide due to climate change and land‐use transformations. At the same time, fire often plays a regenerative role in ecosystems. Traditional and cultural practices incorporate fire use for landscape management and landscape renewal. In this complex matrix of fire ecologies, digital technologies
Jennifer Gabrys   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The untapped potential of urban nature to generate well‐being within migrant communities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban nature supports mental health in cities, with benefits including reduced stress and anxiety, enhanced positive emotions and increased social connection. However, most evidence concerns dominant communities in high‐income countries, neglecting marginalised groups such as migrants, refugees, sexual minorities and neurodivergent individuals.
Catalina Mardones   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining Oral Histories and Participatory Mapping With Veteran Fishers to Identify Long‐Term Environmental Change in a Nationally Significant River

open access: yesRiver Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The detection and monitoring of environmental change is vital for sustainable river management, but historical data are often limited. This study leveraged volunteered geographic information and local ecological knowledge from experienced recreational anglers to identify historical baselines and long‐term change in the Rakaia River, a ...
Shane Orchard, Oakley Campbell
wiley   +1 more source

Some tools for planning for amenity migration in remote rural settlements: Lessons from participatory action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Amenity migration, the movement of people from cities to rural areas for non-economic reasons, promises to become an important resource for the development of natural and cultural amenity-rich communities almost anywhere in the world.

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Abstract

open access: yes, 2006
This chapter examines amenity migration in Central Otago, within the southern alpine area of New Zealand's South Island. Emphasis is placed on the roles of second homes and tourism as major factors in amenity migration.
Hall, C. Michael,, C. M. Hall
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National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape Aesthetics and the Scenic Drivers of Amenity Migration in the New West: Naturalness, Visual Scale, and Complexity

open access: yesLand, 2014
Values associated with scenic beauty are common “pull factors” for amenity migrants, however the specific landscape features that attract amenity migration are poorly understood.
Jelena Vukomanovic, Barron J. Orr
doaj   +1 more source

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