| Edition |
Updated edition. |
| Description |
xx, 115 pages ; 18 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in 2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-115). |
| Contents |
Foreword to the new edition -- Preface -- Standing history on its head -- Our greatest cultural achievement -- Home place and homesickness -- When landscape pervades the psyche -- Affirming a sense of place -- Threats to mountain place -- Painful lessons from my hometown -- When words fail: the consequences -- The "amenity migration" spin -- Saving the West we have -- Mounting a different kind of protest -- Recovering and rebuilding -- Becoming native to place -- Bookshelf. |
| Summary |
"As cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates, more and more people are looking for peaceful weekend retreats in mountain or rural communities. More often than not, these retreats are found in and around resorts or places of natural beauty. As a result, what once were small towns are fast becoming mini-cities, complete with expensive housing, fast food, traffic snarls and environmental damage, all with little or no thought for the importance of local history, local people, and local culture. This updated edition of The Weekender Effect looks at how things have changed, grown, and morphed in numerous mountain communities in North America. Offering suggestions for residents, tourists, and planners who love mountain places, Robert Sandford tackles some of the issues facing small communities on the edge of the Anthropocene and looks forward to a future when the "commodification of place" is no longer the driving factor in human geography."-- Amazon.ca website. |
| Subject |
Mountain life.
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Rural development -- Environmental aspects.
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Rural development.
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| Added Title |
Hyperdevelopment in mountain towns |
| ISBN |
9781771606103 (softcover) |
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177160610X (softcover) |
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