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Rural Housing, Exurbanization, and Amenity-Driven Development - Contrasting the 'Haves' and the 'Have Nots' (Paperback)
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Rural Housing, Exurbanization, and Amenity-Driven Development - Contrasting the 'Haves' and the 'Have Nots' (Paperback)
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Rural America is progressing through a dramatic and sustained
post-industrial economic transition. For many, traditional means of
household sustenance gained through agriculture, mining and rustic
tourism are giving way to large scale corporate agriculture,
footloose and globally competitive manufacturing firms, and mass
tourism on an unprecedented scale. These changes have brought about
an increased presence of affluent amenity migrants and returnees,
as well as growing reliance on low-wage, seasonal jobs to sustain
rural household incomes. This book argues that the character of
rural housing reflects this transition and examines this using
contemporary concepts of exurbanization, rural amenity-based
development, and comparative distributional descriptions of the
"haves" and the "have nots". Despite rapid in-migration and
dramatic changes in land use, there remains a strong tendency for
communities in rural America to maintain the idyllic small-town
myth of large-lot, single-family home-ownership. This neglects to
take into account the growing need for affordable housing (both
owner-occupied and rental properties) for local residents and
seasonal workers. This book suggests that greater emphasis be
placed in rural housing policies that account for this rapid social
and economic change and the need for affordable rural housing
alternatives.
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