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A Comparative Political Ecology of ExurbiaRural Residential Development and Its Discontents: A Political Ecology of Sprawl Containment in Wallowa County, Oregon, USA

A Comparative Political Ecology of Exurbia: Rural Residential Development and Its Discontents: A... [Rural Wallowa County in Northeastern Oregon was the setting for numerous battles over land development and conservation in the 1990s and early 2000s. Many of the parcels planned for exurban development were ultimately conserved as open space and “working landscapes.” Understanding this outcome, a seemingly paradoxical one in light of the county’s predominant pro-property rights ethos, requires attending to the interests and activities of a range of local and non-local actors and to the multiscalar political and economic context in which they operate. In this chapter, I provide an analysis of two distinct but related cases in which planned development stirred local controversy and activism. I focus on the interests and activities of multiple social groups, including the largely Anglo developers, agricultural producers, long-time local residents, and recent amenity migrants as well as members of Indigenous Tribal groups with deep historical ties to the Wallowa region. The overall success of pro-conservation interests hinged on the strategic use of institutional tools provided by local, state, and federal policies, the enrollment of formal governmental actors at each of these scales, and the building of coalitions across the boundaries of social identity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Comparative Political Ecology of ExurbiaRural Residential Development and Its Discontents: A Political Ecology of Sprawl Containment in Wallowa County, Oregon, USA

Editors: Taylor, Laura E.; Hurley, Patrick T.
Abrams, Jesse
Springer Journals — May 27, 2016
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
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978-3-319-29460-5
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83 –103
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10.1007/978-3-319-29462-9_4
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Abstract

[Rural Wallowa County in Northeastern Oregon was the setting for numerous battles over land development and conservation in the 1990s and early 2000s. Many of the parcels planned for exurban development were ultimately conserved as open space and “working landscapes.” Understanding this outcome, a seemingly paradoxical one in light of the county’s predominant pro-property rights ethos, requires attending to the interests and activities of a range of local and non-local actors and to the multiscalar political and economic context in which they operate. In this chapter, I provide an analysis of two distinct but related cases in which planned development stirred local controversy and activism. I focus on the interests and activities of multiple social groups, including the largely Anglo developers, agricultural producers, long-time local residents, and recent amenity migrants as well as members of Indigenous Tribal groups with deep historical ties to the Wallowa region. The overall success of pro-conservation interests hinged on the strategic use of institutional tools provided by local, state, and federal policies, the enrollment of formal governmental actors at each of these scales, and the building of coalitions across the boundaries of social identity.]

Published: May 27, 2016

Keywords: Working landscapes; Ranchlands; Amenity migration; Nez Perce Tribe; Oregon House Bill 3326

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