Idyllic Ruralities, Displacement and Changing Forms of Gentrification in Rural Hertfordshire, England
This paper considers the significance of representations of rurality and displacement in relation to the concept of rural gentrification. Studies of rural gentrification have often drawn upon notions of the rural idyll, but have often neglected to consider the presence, or not, of displacement. It h...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:220435 |
| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/220435 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/dag.604 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Ray Pahl Hertfordshire Rural gentrification Rural idyll Displacement Gentrificació rural Idil·li rural Desplaçament Gentrificación rural Idilio rural Desplazamiento Gentrification rurale Idylle rurale Déplacement |
| Summary: | This paper considers the significance of representations of rurality and displacement in relation to the concept of rural gentrification. Studies of rural gentrification have often drawn upon notions of the rural idyll, but have often neglected to consider the presence, or not, of displacement. It has been argued that this lack of attention reflects an absence of displacement connected with middle class in-migration, particularly in early decades of counterurbanisation. This paper aims to examine these arguments drawing on the research publications and archived materials stemming from a study by Ray Pahl of four villages in the English county of Hertfordshire in the early 1960s, alongside material generated from a questionnaire survey conducted in three of these villages. The research demonstrates continuities in processes of gentrification and displacement between the two studies, as well as the emergence of new forms of gentrification and the operation of diverse forms of displacement. |
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