Barcus H. R. (2004) Urban-rural migration in the USA: an analysis of residential satisfaction, Regional Studies38, 643-657. The past 30 years have witnessed three major shifts in the direction of migration flows in the USA. During the 1970s and early 1990s, increased in-migration created growth in many rural areas, contrary to historical flows. Improvements in transportation and communication technologies and the lure of rural amenities have drawn urbanites to rural areas. These migrants are well positioned socio-economically to make informed migration decisions resulting in improved residential satisfaction following a move to a rural place. This study analyses the changes in residential satisfaction of urban-rural migrants using the 1991 American Housing Survey. Data for the USA are assessed using descriptive statistics and multinomial logit models. Urban-rural migrants are generally more satisfied with their new rural location, but this varies across age groups and other socio-demographic characteristics. Tenure shift is the only significant variable in predicting residential satisfaction; individual migrant characteristics and their motivations offered little explanation for the variation in residential satisfaction following a move. The findings help us understand the link between migration and residential mobility in the context of urban-rural moves and add to our knowledge of residential satisfaction following a move. Barcus H. R. (2004) La migration urbano-rurale aux Etats-Unis: une analyse de la satisfaction residentielle, Regional Studies38, 643-657. Les trente dernieres annees ont temoigne de trois changements d'orientation majeurs quant a la direction des flux migratoires aux Etats-Unis. Pendant les annees 1970 et au debut des annees 1990, une augmentation du solde migratoire positif a suscite a la croissance dans beaucoup des zones rurales, contrairement aux flux historiques. Des ameliorations dans les technologies de la transportation et de la communication, et l'attrait des equipements ruraux, ont seduit les habitants des zones urbaines aux zones rurales. Ces migrants sont d'une couche sociale qui leur permet de prendre des decisions bien informees quant a la migration, ce qui resulte en une meilleure satisfaction residentielle suite a un deplacement a destination rurale. A partir de l'enquete sur le logement menee aux Etats-Unis en 1991, cette etude cherche a analyser les changements de la satisfaction des migrants urbano-ruraux. On evalue des donnees pour les Etats-Unis employant des statistiques descriptives et des modeles du type logit multinomial. En regle generale, les migrants urbano-ruraux sont plus satisfaits de leur nouvel emplacement rural, mais cela varie suivant la classe d'age et en fonction d'autres caracteristiques socio-demographiques. Le changement de la jouissance des droits de propriete s'avere la seule variable importante pour ce qui est de la prevision de la satisfaction residentielle; les caracteristiques individuelles et la motivation des migrants donnent peu d'explication d...
Migration and place attachment are often coupled within the migration decision-making literature with the underlying assumption that individuals with strong place attachments are less likely to migrate than individuals with weaker ties to place. As communication technologies have improved, however, new forms of place attachment and connections between individuals and places are evolving. We introduce the concept of place elasticity as a new conceptualization of place attachment made possible by innovations in communication and transportation technologies. Place elasticity allows individuals to live in distant locales while maintaining close interaction with a particular place. We explore this concept with questionnaires and interviews from a sample of individuals from rural Appalachian counties in eastern Kentucky. Rural residents of this region have been noted for their strong place attachments and connections to their home county. Based on our questionnaires and interviews from family reunions we propose that place elasticity has three distinct characteristics: portability, strong place bonds, and permanence and that these traits allow individuals to remain connected to home counties and family, thereby allowing migration and settlement in distant locations with minimal loss of connectedness.Mobility and migration histories are inextricably bound with evolving place attachment.
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