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Guimond, Laurie; Simard, Myriam – Journal of Rural Studies, 2010
Rural gentrification, which is linked in particular to the migration and permanent settlement in the countryside of middle-class or affluent urbanites, is increasingly affecting contemporary rural communities. Despite the significance of this trend, the complex and many-sided phenomenon of rural gentrification has hardly been explored in scholarly…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Migration
Thomas, Patrick – Journal of Refugee Resettlement, 1981
Compares the French and American approaches to the resettlement of Indochinese refugees. Analyzes data from both countries regarding secondary migration patterns and proposes an explanation of this migration as an attempt by refugees to achieve family unity, preferred occupations, and adequate housing. (APM)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Role, Housing, Immigrants
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Ostrovsky, Yuri – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
This paper outlines a debate in the economics literature about the role of housing wealth in post-retirement consumption choices and provides a description of the patterns of the residential mobility, tenure, and dwelling-type transitions of older Canadians, using the newly available Statistics Canada Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Housing, Older Adults, Surveys