The production, symbolization and socialization of gentrification: impressions from two Berkshire villages

Phillips, Martin

doi:10.1111/1475-5661.00056

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“…Both British and American scholars have used a ''rural gentrification'' framework, drawing on gentrification theory from the urban studies literature, to interpret the dynamics of counterurbanization in specific places (Phillips 1993(Phillips , 2002(Phillips , 2004Phillips et al 2008;Smith (2002a, b); Darling 2005). According to this perspective, community change results from the displacement of local households through increases in the cost of living and home prices.…”

Section: Rural Gentrificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

2009

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Rural communities throughout the postindustrial world are in the midst of a significant transition, sometimes referred to as rural restructuring, as traditional land uses, economic activities, and social arrangements transition to those associated with ''post-productivist'' or ''multifunctional'' landscapes. Amenity migration, the movement of people based on the draw of natural and/or cultural amenities, can be thought of as both driver and implication of this transition, resulting in significant changes in the ownership, use, and governance of rural lands, as well as in the composition and socioeconomic dynamics of rural communities. In concert with other social, economic and political processes, amenity migration is contributing to the fundamental transformation of rural communities throughout the world. This paper presents a review of the social science literature related to the concept of amenity migration, focusing on the ways in which it has been conceptualized, theorized, and documented by different communities of scholars. We then profile and summarize diverse perspectives on drivers and socioeconomic impacts, highlighting emerging challenges and opportunities related to this type of migration occurring at multiple scales and in multiple sites. The paper also identifies and discusses particular areas where further research is needed.

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Section: Rural Gentrificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

2009

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“…The Broads, along with a flat, scenic landscape, traditional windmills and picturesque villages, make Norfolk a popular destination for tourists and urban-rural migrants who are attracted to the countryside by (often idealised, nostalgia-imbued) notions of landscape, nature and community (Bunce, 2003;Matless, 1998). Martham has thus grown steadily since World War II and is inevitably prone to the social issues associated with counter-urbanisation, such as debates over the increase in second-homes and gentrification (Phillips, 1993(Phillips, , 2002 and frictions between 'local' and 'incomer' groups (Bell, 1994;Day, 1998;Woods, 2011).…”

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Local history as productive nostalgia? Change, continuity and sense of place in rural England

Wheeler

2016

Social & Cultural Geography

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Local history groups are often negatively associated with a tendency to indulge in nostalgic practices that yearn for a romanticised past and propagate resistance to change. Their role in local politics and power networks (particularly in relation to planning and development processes) has also been critiqued as exacerbating issues of social inequality and exclusion. While not contesting the realities of such arguments, this paper adds nuance to such debates by using the notion of 'productive' or 'mobile' nostalgia to explore possibilities for more positive renderings of local history and heritage activities. Empirical evidence from qualitative research in a rural village in Norfolk, England, is drawn on to demonstrate the role of these practices in providing a sense of continuity amid a continuously changing locale through the reassertion of place identities and attachments. Although by no means apolitical, this process need not necessarily be one of preservationism and resistance to change, but can be a mechanism through which residents are able to accept, or even welcome, changes to the social and physical constitution of their village. The paper also critically considers the value of productive nostalgia as a concept through which to explore local history practices and wider heritage movements.

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“…For instance, seaside towns with a high preponderance of the elderly are prevented from regenerating as a result of their residents' apparent resistance to change (Walton and Browne, 2010), which in turn creates an image of 'pensioner ghettos and a grim future for younger workers' (Telegraph, 2010b), whereas those neighbourhoods that have been the focus of modification and gentrification experience a transformation in their socio-economic, cultural and environmental character (Pacione, 2005), where social displacement and/or social upgrading occurs (Phillips, 2002).…”

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Seaside town regeneration and the interconnections between the physical environment, key agencies and middle-life migration

Leonard

2015

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

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Seaside resorts' fortunes have changed over the past half a century, and as a consequence many of the towns' physical environments and inhabitants have altered. Many grew in population size through in-migration, particularly as a result of retirement, which took over from the holiday industry as a process that changed the socio-economic and cultural structures of these places. Bexhill-onSea, East Sussex is among those seaside towns that have undergone such changes, fuelled by exogenous forces but also influenced by key agencies actions that have been a catalyst for altering the physical environment which encouraged the in-migration of middle-life people and the retired. This thesis analyses the effect of these changes and the role key agencies have had. In particular, it argues the changing nature of retirement in-migration of 'middlelifers' (aged 50-70), those approaching or entering retirement, has had a profound effect on the town. This thesis disputes conventional retirement migration theories identifying a new form of 'lifestyle-affirming' migration.Based on empirical findings from semi-structured interviews with key agencies and middle-lifers, as well as desktop research, the methodology adopts a Lamarckian conceptual and theoretical perspective of socio-economic and cultural evolution that focuses on the influence on socio-economic change of the physical environment, key agency actions and middle-life migration. The thesis evidences both Darwinian and Lamarckian perspectives on evolutionary socio-economic change are useful for understanding resorts but at a local level human agency is a key component able to influence the cultural 'circonstances' which allows for changes in the physical environment and adaptation of the socio-economic, cultural and human capital of the seaside town. In Bexhill-onSea the elected officials and resident community were agencies that influenced socio-economic change and evolution.The town attracted middle-life migrants based on their personal experiences elsewhere that they imprinted on the town and from images and labels that were attached such as 'Costa Geriatrica'. Their choice of destination was constructed on 'gut-feel' from fleeting visits and perceived images that appealed to those middle-lifers who felt they would 'fit-in' with likeminded people and the town's culture. They brought their previous habitus and life experiences into an environment that is stable, quiet, safe and unchanging and best suits their social class disposition. This 'lifestyle-affirming' migration and 'personality-fit' was a significant and key finding in the research arguing for a new conceptualisation of middle-lifer and retirement migration of wanting to 'live by the sea' in a town that reflects their 'personality' and habitus, thus revealing more complicated forms of retirement or semi-retirement mobility. As middlelifers influence the nature of migration to seaside towns the consequential impact could be significant and questions the robustness of current retirement migration typologi...

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The production, symbolization and socialization of gentrification: impressions from two Berkshire villages

Cited by 111 publications

References 1 publication

Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

Local history as productive nostalgia? Change, continuity and sense of place in rural England

Seaside town regeneration and the interconnections between the physical environment, key agencies and middle-life migration

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