The amenity migrants : seeking and sustaining mountains and their cultures / edited by Laurence A.G. Moss. - ix, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The amenity migrants : ecological challenge to contemporary Shangri-La / The spiritual dimension of moving to the mountains / Guiding back from the precipice : leveraging the power of recreational users to protect mountain environments / Geographic perspective on amenity migration across the USA : national-, regional- and local-scale analysis / Santa Fe, a fading dream : 1986 profile and 2005 postscript / 'Too much love?' : the environmental and community impacts of amenity migrants on Jackson Hole, Wyoming / Gateway to glacier : will amenity migrants in North-western Montana lead the way for amenity conservation? / Alberta's amenities rush / Finding a pad in paradise : amenity migration effects on Whistler, British Columbia / Cultural survival and environmental degradation in the mountains of the Secwepemc / Planning for amenity migration in communities of the British Columbia Hinterland / A brief history of amenity migration in the Adirondack Mountains / Cultural and environmental amenities in peri-urban change : the case of San Antonio de Escazu, Costa Rica / Amenity migration in the Patagonian Mountain community of San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, Argentina / The specifics of amenity migration in the European Alps / Second homes, work commuting and amenity migrants in Norway's mountain areas / Amenity migration and tourism development in the Tarna Mountains, Sweden / A bioregion in jeopardy : the strategic challenge of amenity migration in Baguio, The Philippines / Green change : inland amenity migration in Australia / Amenity migration in the South Island of New Zealand : contestation for land and landscape in Central Otago / Next steps and the longer view / Laurence A. G. Moss -- Harvey Locke -- Linda McMillan -- Peter B. Nelson -- Romella S. Glorioso and Laurence A. G. Moss -- Margie Lynch -- Steve Thompson -- Bart Robinson and Carole Stark -- Sean R. Moore, Peter W. Williams and Alison Gill -- Janice R. Billy -- Raymond Chipeniuk -- Wayne R. Glass -- Paulina Chaverri P. -- Adriana Otcio, Lia Nakayama, Susana Marioni, Elisa Gallego, Alicia Lonac, Andres Dimitriu, Rodrigo Gonzalez and Claudia Hosid -- Manfred Perlik -- Thor Flognfeldt, Jr. -- Dieter K. Muller -- Romella S. Glorioso -- Ralf Burkley, Nikola Sander, Claudia Ollenburg and Jan Warnken -- C. Michael Hall -- Laurence A. G. Moss. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21.

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Amenity migration
Amenity migration--Environmental aspects
Recreation areas--Environmental aspects
Mountains
Mountain ecology
Human ecology.
Environmental degradation

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