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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Authors: Phillips, Martin, Smith, Darren, Brooking, Hannah, Duer, Mara
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
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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.