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Mountain Amenity Migration: Its Effects & Its Management
Laurence A.G. Moss, PhD
International Amenity Migration Centree-mail: [email protected]
www.amenitymigration.org
What is Amenity Migration?
Movement of people to places, permanently or part time, principally because of the actual or perceived higher environmental quality and cultural differentiation of the destination.
AMENITY
MIGRANTS
TOURISTS
ECONOMIC
MIGRANTS
& CAPITAL
L.A.G. Moss & R.S. Glorioso (2007) ©
Contemporary Mountain Migration Dynamics
Telluride
Conejos, CO
Cumbria
Lauang Phrabang
Sion, Switzerland
Jackson Hole, WY
San Juan, Costa Rica
Kootenay Lake
Antarctica
Amenity Migration in Mountain Areas(2006-2007)
• Leisure• Economic
Opportunity• Metropolitan
Living Conditions• Learning/ Spirituality• Global Uncertainties
(climate change,violence, etc.)
• Access Technology
• Discretionary Wealth
• Land Availability• Discretionary Time• Comfort Amenities• Reduced Socio-Cultural
Rootedness
MOTIVATORS FACILITATORS
Gallatin County
Gallatin County, MontanaLand Conversion
Rocky Mountain
Canmore
Santa Fe, NM
Bulkley Valley, BC
Similkameen Valley
Lewiston, WA
Some High Amenity US CountiesMedian Housing Cost (All Types)
$0
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$600,000
US
Dol
lars 1990
2000
2006
1990 $64,200 $70,200 $133,400 $103,300
2000 $125,600 $143,000 $365,400 $189,400
2006 $204,300 $261,900 $539,115 $277,900
Flathead, MT
Gallatin, MT
Teton, WY
Santa Fe, NM
Speculation
Response to Amenity Migration
• Slow Realization• Public Planning
reaction proactionsmart growth/ new urbanismnew regionalism/ ruralism
• Eco-living
Norway
Western European Amenity Migration Factors
• considerable governmental awareness of amenity as a driving force
• high/moderate public provision of rural community services and facilities
• high density of built environment and tight control of green field conversion
• high/moderate use of eco-sustainability criteria for growth and development
• high ability of peri-mountain cities to satisfy their population in situ
• high second home to permanent amenity migration ratio?
Baguio Bioregion
Strategic Framework for Mountain Eco-living
L.A.G. Moss & R.S. Glorioso (2007) ©
Understandamenity migration
phenomenonas a global force
for change
Sustain mountainecosystems
including theirhuman communities
Develop and UseStrategic Means
appropriateplanning &
decision-making• eco-systemic based
• globally informed• strategic
• best scientific information
pro-communitygovernance
• local empowerment• in regional context
• collaboration partnerships
supportive societalvalues and behaviour
adapted toecosystemicfunctioning
supportive economicorganization
• sustains natural &social capital
• increases localself-reliance &self-sufficiency
Kootenay Lake
