Doctoral Dissertation Research: The distribution of costs and opportunities in amenity development communities

这个项目调查了转向以国民福利为中心的经济的社区中的人口变化。在过去的40年里，一些地区已经从依赖于采掘业，如牧场、农业、采矿或伐木，转向以自然设施为中心的经济。这种转变伴随着人口的变化，这可能会对社区的社会经济、文化、政治和环境方面产生广泛的影响。这项研究将调查宜人发展促进士绅化的条件，宜人发展和随之而来的人口迁移对机会和影响分配的影响，以及将社区引向替代道路的做法。这项研究的结果将帮助社区确定向以宜人发展为中心的经济转型的机会和战略，同时将负面影响降至最低。该项目的数据将通过三个地点的访谈收集：一个长期的便利设施目的地，一个新的便利设施目的地，以及一个新兴的便利设施目的地。将选择反映三种便利设施发展的线人：卧室社区、旅游目的地和退休目的地。数据将使用扎根的理论编码方法进行编码。 该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project investigates population changes in communities that shift to economies centered around national amenities. Over the last four decades some regions have moved from dependence on extractive industries, such as ranching, farming, mining, or logging, to economies centered around natural amenities. This transition is accompanied by population change, which can have widespread effects on socioeconomic, cultural, political, and environmental aspects of a community. This research will investigate conditions under which amenity development fosters gentrification, the effects of amenity development and resulting population shifts on the distribution of opportunity and influence, and practices that lead communities down alternative paths. Findings of this research will help communities identify opportunities and strategies to transition to an economy centered around amenity development while minimizing negative impacts. Data for this project will be collected through interviews in three locations: a long-time amenity destination, a new amenity destination, and an emerging amenity destination. Informants will be chosen to reflect three kinds of amenity development: bedroom communities, tourism destinations, and retirement destinations. Data will be coded using grounded theory coding methods. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.