Vacating place, vacated space? A research agenda for places where people leave

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dc.citation.volume82
dc.contributor.authorKoning JD
dc.contributor.authorHobbis SK
dc.contributor.authorMcNeill J
dc.contributor.authorPrinsen G
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-03T05:06:37Z
dc.date.available2021-02
dc.date.available2023-11-03T05:06:37Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.description.abstractWhat happens to rural places when people leave? We propose a research agenda that accounts for the material and immaterial values of depopulating and depopulated places. A three-pronged research framework departing from the notion of place is outlined that focuses on the social and political relations and the natural environment in which vacating places are embedded. We use vignettes of places in Ecuador, New Zealand and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea to illustrate how this framework can be used to explore how depopulation has transformed the sense of place. Each explores an aspect of this transformation: (1) replacing people – where inhabitants of a place are replaced; (2) diluting local voice – where the local sense of place is diluted through changing governance arrangements through institutional amalgamation; and (3) transforming nature – where the biophysical transformation of a space effectively renders it inhabitable. Each vignette answers questions about who speaks for, who benefits from, and what is valued about this place. By paying close attention to political, economic, and environmental transformations and what they mean for the values of these depopulating rural areas as well as by showcasing different modes of vacating space and the consequences on legitimacy and beneficiaries, we highlight the importance of this research framework for global public policy and its applicability for both the Global North and the Global South.
dc.description.publication-statusPublished
dc.format.extent271 - 278
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dc.identifier.citationJOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES, 2021, 82 pp. 271 - 278
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.01.026
dc.identifier.eissn1873-1392
dc.identifier.elements-id438667
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0743-0167
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/16071
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.relation.isPartOfJOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.01.026
dc.rightsThe Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND
dc.subjectPlace
dc.subjectDepopulation
dc.subjectPeople
dc.subjectNature
dc.subjectSpace
dc.subjectGovernance
dc.subject.anzsrc1205 Urban and Regional Planning
dc.subject.anzsrc1604 Human Geography
dc.subject.anzsrc1608 Sociology
dc.titleVacating place, vacated space? A research agenda for places where people leave
dc.typeJournal article
massey.relation.uri-descriptionPublished version
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of People, Enviroment and Planning
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