Rural Housing Exurbanization, and Amenity-Driven Development ─ Contrasting the "Haves" and the "Have Nots"

This set of 16 papers is intended by editors Marcouiller (U. of Wisconsin), Lapping (U. of Southern Maine), and Furuseth (U. of North Carolina) to present a wide-ranging assessment of rural housing in the United States that highlights both the "haves"--wealthy areas characterized by amenity-driven development--and the "have nots"--areas of persistent rural poverty and homelessness. Chapters discuss exurbanization and elderly populations in rural areas, natural resources and amenity-driven housing, rural tourist housing, spatial aspects of the rural rich and their housing, the housing of California's hired farm laborers, subprime lending and foreclosure in rural Minnesota, homelessness in the rural United States, the role of nonprofit organizations in affecting rural housing change, and land use policy for managing growth in rural areas, among other topics. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David Marcouiller is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Mark Lapping is Distinguished Professor of the Muskie School of Public Policy and Management Planning at the University of Southern Maine, USA, and Owen Furuseth is Associate Provost for Metropolitan Studies and Academic Programs at the University of North Carolina, USA