More than Counter-urbanisation: Migration to Popular and Less-popular Rural Areas in the Netherlands

ABSTRACT Migration into rural areas in Western countries is often explained by the pull of the rural idyll for urban, middle‐class migrants. Although previous research has shown that this counter‐urbanisation model is insufficient to explain rural immigration in sparsely populated countries, this pa...

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Published in:	Population space and place Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 643 - 657
Main Authors:	Bijker, Rixt Anke, Haartsen, Tialda
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.09.2012
Subjects:	amenities Analysis Family Friendship Geographic Mobility Housing internal migration Middle Class migrant characteristics Migrants Migration migration motives Netherlands northern Netherlands rural Rural Areas Rural population Urban areas Urbanization
ISSN:	1544-8444, 1544-8452
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