Amenities and rural development : theory, methods and public policy
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Amenities and rural development : theory, methods and public policy
(New horizons in environmental economics)
Edward Elgar, c2005
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Based on a conference held in Madison, Wis. in the summer of 2004
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
While many rural areas continue to experience depopulation and economic decline, others are facing rapid in-migration, as well as employment and income growth. Much of this growth is due to the presence and use of amenity resources, broadly defined as qualities of a region that make it an attractive place to live and work. Rather than extracting natural resources for external markets, these communities have begun to build economies based on promoting environmental quality. Amenities and Rural Development explores the paradigmatic shift in how we view land resources and the potential for development in amenity-rich rural regions.
Amenity-based growth can lead to several paths, based largely on proximity to urban areas and the type of development that occurs, whether it be seasonal residents, retirees, or tourism. The distributional implications of amenity-led development are an important consideration for policy, both within and between communities and regions. The contributors conclude that public policy needs to focus on maximizing complementary and supplementary uses while minimizing antagonistic uses of amenities.
Scholars and policymakers concerned with economic development and natural resource management will find this comprehensive volume of great interest.
Table of Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Supply of Natural Amenities: Moving from Empirical Anecdotes to a Theoretical Basis
3. Rural Amenities Policies: Future Stakes
4. Equity within Institutional Arrangements for the Supply of Rural Amenities
5. The Supply and Demand for Natural Amenities: An Overview of Theory and Concepts
6. Out-Migration from the Northeast US: The Relative Roles of Economic and Amenity Differentials
7. Amenities and Change in the Well-Being of Nonmetropolitan Localities
8. The Role of Wilderness and Public Land Amenities in Explaining Migration and Rural Development in the American Northwest
9. Regional Economic Growth with a Focus on Amenities
10. Impact of Outdoor Recreation Facilities on Remote Rural Income Growth
11. Recreation, Amenity Migration and Urban Proximity
12. Resident-Employed Photography as a Tool for Understanding Attachment to High-Amenity Places
13. Seasonal Residents: Members of Community or Part of the Scenery?
14. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Land-Use Planning Policies in Rapidly Growing High-Amenity Communities in the Rocky Mountain States
15. Managing Growth and Development in a Natural-Amenity-Rich Landscape: Landowner Attitudes Toward Planning in Northwestern Wisconsin
16. Raising the Gangplank: A Defense of Localism Aimed at Resource Protection
17. Amenity-Led Development of Rural Areas: The Example of the Regional Action Pilot Programme in Germany
18. Rural Policy Issues
19. Amenities and Rural Development: Policy Implications and Directions for the Future
Index
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