The local politics of the global countryside: boosterism, aspirational ruralism and the contested reconstitution of Queenstown, New Zealand

GeoJournal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-381

  Woods, Michael ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amenity migration; Globalization; Local politics; New Zealand; Planning; Rural restructuring

Indexed keywords

AMENITY MIGRATION; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; GLOBALIZATION; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL POLITICS; NEW ZEALAND; OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS; RAPID POPULATION GROWTH; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPHERES;

ECONOMICS;

AMENITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LAND USE PLANNING; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROPERTY MARKET; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; QUEENSTOWN [OTAGO]; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 79960560306     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9268-7     Document Type: Article

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