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Studies/Études : Second homes, amenity migration and rural exclusion in Washington State

Source:Landscape and Urban Planning.
"Our research explores second-home owners as contributors to processes of amenity migration. (...) second-home owners’ desire for privacy and escape is reflected in patterns of spatial isolation among second homes in the study area. These patterns have potentially significant ecological effects."

"Second-home owners also seek to protect their investments by supporting regulations which support their version of a rural idyll. Therefore, policy-makers should be wary of strategies to promote regulations which promote aesthetic rather than social and ecological function."


Michelle C. Kondoa, Rebeca Riverab, and Stan Rullman Jr. (2012). Protecting the idyll but not the environment: Second homes, amenity migration and rural exclusion in Washington State. Landscape and Urban Planning. Available online 29 March 2012.


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