Add to ORKGMigration causes changes to land use patterns in rural areas with environmental amenities. Newcomers’ preferences differ from long term residents. Conflicts sometimes arise. To explore land use issues among various groups, a survey of opinions on mountain views was developed and administered to Watauga County residents in the western North Carolina. It is found that individuals who retire to the mountain are most interested in mountain-view amenities, while individuals who have ancestors from the county are most concerned with maintaining the status quo in regards to mountain views. These preferences lead to agreement on some land use issues and disagreements on others. Key Words: stable coalitions, self-enforcing agreements, compliance, en...
The Lakes and White Mountain Regions of New Hampshire is a unique setting that is overwhelmingly inf...
Avery County, located in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, has undergone significant cha...
A survey of community leaders, broadly categorized as business people, public officials and conserva...
In the last settler’s syndrome, each new settler wants the area to remain as it was on their arrival...
Conflict over property rights is certainly not a new topic. Conflicts arise because individuals or g...
In many respects, the problems, hopes and possibilities of the mountain region of North Carolina tod...
Researchers at Duke University are working on a North Carolina Sea Grant project (R/BS-18): Changing...
According to the 1990 census, North Carolina is, for the first time, more urban than rural. This cha...
New homes are coming to the North Carolina mountains. They may be the result of new highways being b...
Development is contentious in high‐amenity rural areas experiencing migration‐driven population grow...
Recreational development caught Western North Carolina and Vermont unprepared to guide and manage gr...
Abstract: Conflict over roadless public lands is a fixture of western politics, but very little is k...
The commodification of rural areas to create resort communities is a worldwide occurrence, as we cap...
A survey of community leaders, broadly categorized as business people, public officials and conserva...
This study seeks to understand changes in land use in Macon County North Carolina since first white ...
The Lakes and White Mountain Regions of New Hampshire is a unique setting that is overwhelmingly inf...
Avery County, located in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, has undergone significant cha...
A survey of community leaders, broadly categorized as business people, public officials and conserva...
In the last settler’s syndrome, each new settler wants the area to remain as it was on their arrival...
Conflict over property rights is certainly not a new topic. Conflicts arise because individuals or g...
In many respects, the problems, hopes and possibilities of the mountain region of North Carolina tod...
Researchers at Duke University are working on a North Carolina Sea Grant project (R/BS-18): Changing...
According to the 1990 census, North Carolina is, for the first time, more urban than rural. This cha...
New homes are coming to the North Carolina mountains. They may be the result of new highways being b...
Development is contentious in high‐amenity rural areas experiencing migration‐driven population grow...
Recreational development caught Western North Carolina and Vermont unprepared to guide and manage gr...
Abstract: Conflict over roadless public lands is a fixture of western politics, but very little is k...
The commodification of rural areas to create resort communities is a worldwide occurrence, as we cap...
A survey of community leaders, broadly categorized as business people, public officials and conserva...
This study seeks to understand changes in land use in Macon County North Carolina since first white ...
The Lakes and White Mountain Regions of New Hampshire is a unique setting that is overwhelmingly inf...
Avery County, located in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, has undergone significant cha...
A survey of community leaders, broadly categorized as business people, public officials and conserva...