Condos in the Woods

by Schewe, Rebecca L.; Field, Donald R.; Frosch, Deborah J.; Clendenning, Gregory; Jensen, Dana

• ISBN13: 9780299285340
• ISBN10: 0299285340
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

Scenic rural communities across the nation and around the world have been transformed as they have shifted away from extractive industries such as agriculture, mining, and forestry and toward recreation-based development relying on tourism, vacation homes, and retirees. These communities have built new economies and identities based on local natural resources and are highly dependent on the natural environment. With these changes have come new questions: Do retirees and seasonal residents fit into their new surroundings? Do longtime and new residents share the same values and visions for the future? Do diverse community members disagree about how to manage their forest and water resources? Condos in the Woodsexplores how these issues are reshaping community structure, employment, and inhabitants' attitudes toward their environment in the Northwoods. Looking at trends from the 1970s to the present, this work moves from the national scale to the Pine Barrens region in northwestern Wisconsin and examines the approaches of residents to the management of their natural resources. At the heart of this story, the authors find that despite the diverse makeup of such communities, residents share many common goals and values and display more successful integration than previously expected.

Author Biography

Rebecca L. Schewe is assistant professor of sociology at Mississippi State University. Donald R. Field is professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Deborah J. Frosch is an environmental specialist at Alliant Energy. Gregory Clendenning is senior project manager at NMR Group, Inc. Dana Jensen is a private consultant specializing in long-range community and land-use planning and regional economic positioning.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
Rural People and the Land	p. 9
The Pathway to Change and Settlement in the Pine Barrens	p. 28
A National Perspective on the Reinvention of Rural Areas	p. 43
The Regional Context of Reinvention of a Rural Area	p. 56
Community Attachment: Time Heals All Wounds	p. 67
Local Social Ties and Community Participation: Changing Communities	p. 85
Resource Management and Land-Use Planning: Changing Communities	p. 102
Patterns on the Land	p. 121
Chapter 5 Statistics	p. 131
Chapter 6 Statistics	p. 135
Survey Methodology	p. 143
Works Cited	p. 151
Index	p. 167
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