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In Search of Arcadia: The Persistence of the Rural Idyll in New Zealand Rural Subdivisions

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  • Simon Swaffield
  • John Fairweather

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Arcadian ideals have long been important in western culture. They underpinned projects for colonial settlement and continue to be manifest today in urban perceptions of rural lifestyle throughout the English speaking world. Results from a study of 58 existing or intending smallholders around Christchurch, New Zealand, highlight the way Arcadian ideals and values motivate people to move to the country, and to remain there. They reveal both similarities and contrasts between contemporary New Zealand ideals of the rural way of life and those reported from North America and Europe, and have a number of practical planning implications.

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  • Simon Swaffield & John Fairweather, 1998. "In Search of Arcadia: The Persistence of the Rural Idyll in New Zealand Rural Subdivisions," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(1), pages 111-128.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:41:y:1998:i:1:p:111-128
    DOI: 10.1080/09640569811821
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    1. Satu Nivalainen, 2003. "Who move to rural areas? Micro Evidence from Finland," ERSA conference papers ersa03p214, European Regional Science Association.
    2. Jeremy Northcote & Abel Alonso, 2011. "Factors underlying farm diversification: the case of Western Australia’s olive farmers," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 28(2), pages 237-246, June.
    3. Amirinejad, Ghazal & Donehue, Paul & Baker, Douglas, 2018. "Ambiguity at the peri-urban interface in Australia," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 472-480.
    4. Etsusaku Shimada & Tomoko Kinugasa, 2021. "Preparation determinants for migration to rural areas in Japan: empirical analysis using questionnaire data," International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 55-74, February.
    5. Peter Dirksmeier, 2016. "Providing places for structures of feeling and hierarchical complementarity in urban theory: Re-reading Williams’ The Country and the City," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 53(5), pages 884-898, April.

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