Residents of the urban field: A study of wilmot township, Ontario, Canada

Thomson, M.Lynne; Mitchell, Clare

doi:10.1016/s0743-0167(97)00049-1

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“…Their presence is well documented internationally. See, for example, Joseph and Cloutier (1991), Dahms (1996), Thomson and Mitchell (1998) 10 For example, since the early 1990s, the European Union has mandated that farmers be guardians of rural landscape (Kneafsey, 2000(Kneafsey, , 2001Clout, 2006;Burton et al, 2008); a role that newcomers to the Aspre, Roussillon region of the Mediterranean (O'Rourke, 1999), Brittany (Kneafsey, 2000(Kneafsey, , 2001 and Central France (Rogers, 2002) attitudes and policies of various governments. On one hand, the promotion of a ''cultural-economy'' approach may be viewed by officials as a legitimate means to promote growth.…”

Section: Investmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Revisiting the model of creative destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a decade later

Mitchell

Waal

2009

Journal of Rural Studies

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Section: Investmentsmentioning

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Revisiting the model of creative destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a decade later

Mitchell

Waal

2009

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…The importance of small towns' location in relation to large urban areas has been considered by a number of researchers (Thomson and Mitchell, 1998). With rural retail no longer having a captive market, the position of the small towns within the “urban field” or “city region” plays an important role in determining their competitive position.…”

Section: Understanding Small Town Retailmentioning

confidence: 99%

Competing for the custom of small town residents: exploring the challenges and potential

Powe

Hart²

2009

International Journal of Retail &Amp; Distribution Management

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PurposeFaced with an increasingly open society, retail concentration and population change, the purpose of this paper is to consider the challenges and potential for small towns to compete for custom from their residents.Design/methodology/approachRetail challenges and potential are considered through exploring the attitudes and behaviour of residents in a range of towns, where the key factors affecting trade are identified using regression analysis and then explored further using more open‐ended approaches.FindingsThe resident surveys illustrate a sizeable leakage of retail expenditure out of the towns, particularly for comparison goods. Regression analysis shows that this leakage is more part of a general trend rather than being associated with high levels of migration into the towns. Residents seem to fit into two different groupings: first, those whose expectations can be met at the small town level; and second, those wanting a different offer and tending to go elsewhere. Encouraging trade from the former provides the most realistic policy objective.Practical implicationsKey issues relate to getting the basics right, providing support to independent/specialist shops, encouraging firms to fill missing key elements of the retail offer and, where population change is occurring, ensuring that the expansion of services does not have detrimental effects for town centres.Originality/valueThis paper illustrates that although there are many retail challenges‐facing small towns, there is potential for them to maintain their viability and vitality.

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“…Moves driven by economic need or environmental attraction are well documented in the literature 1 . Dozens of studies in North America (e.g., Davis 1993; Thomson and Mitchell 1998) and Europe (e.g., Harper 1987; Bolton and Chalkley 1990; Cloke and Goodwin 1992; Jedrej and Nuttall 1996; Champion 1998) have attempted to uncover the motivations behind the decision to take up rural residence 2 . If one must draw a generalisation from this research, it is that perceived rural amenities—both tangible (attractive, natural and built landscapes) and intangible (peaceful, quiet, safe or friendly places)—have played an increasingly important role in the migration decision of urban out‐migrants.…”

Section: The Contextmentioning

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Visual artists: counter‐urbanites in the Canadian countryside?

Mitchell

Bunting

Piccioni

2004

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Professional visual artists have always enjoyed considerable latitude in the selection of a place of work and residence. Recent decades have witnessed their growing presence within the Canadian countryside. This paper seeks to provide an interpretation of this phenomenon by exploring two sub‐objectives. First is to determine whether artists who establish themselves in rural communities can be considered to be part of the counter‐urbanisation movement, involving the relocation of urban residents down the settlement hierarchy. Second is to identify what types of migration are occurring and why. Our surveys of visual artists residing in the southern Ontario communities of Elora and Parry Sound reveal that most participants are part of a movement involving the decision to take up both residence and employment in a rural locale. We further find that the relocation of visual artists is driven to some extent by a strong attachment to natural landscapes. By way of conclusions, we briefly speculate about the broader population of urban residents. We remind ourselves that artists often have been harbingers of new movements and that today there are growing numbers of workers outside the artistic community who also have increasing latitude in regards to choosing where to live and work. Overall, our findings suggest that there is ongoing blurring of geographic boundaries—between space and place, between place of work and place of residence and, of course, between rural and urban.

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Residents of the urban field: A study of wilmot township, Ontario, Canada

Cited by 20 publications

References 22 publications

Revisiting the model of creative destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a decade later

Revisiting the model of creative destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a decade later

Competing for the custom of small town residents: exploring the challenges and potential

Visual artists: counter‐urbanites in the Canadian countryside?

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