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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
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Adamchak, Donald J. – Rural Sociology, 1987
Surveys importance of economic and environmental factors in motivation of metro- and nonmetro-origin migrants relocating in 13 Kansas nonmetropolitan nonamenity turnaround counties. Finds employment-related reasons predominate, with economic characteristics of counties a significant factor. Quality of life/environmental reasons were less…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Employment