Amenity Migration in the New Global Economy: Current Issues and Research Priorities

Abstract

Drawing from a panel session held in June 2013 at the 19th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management in Estes Park, CO, this article offers a review of the current state of research on amenity migration and calls for future research to more comprehensively address critical gaps in the literature. We highlight five promising avenues for future research on amenity migration: international patterns—both domestic outside the Global North and across national borders, inequality, interdisciplinary investigations, the importance of policy contexts, and the effects of contemporary social, economic, and demographic factors.

Keywords:

• amenity migration
• inequality
• international migration
• migration
• political ecology

Acknowledgments

The authors thank panelists Jesse Abrams, E. Helen (Eddy) Berry, Richard Krannich, David Matarrita-Cascante, and David McGranahan, as well as the audience members, who contributed to dialogue and discussion at the International Symposium for Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) in Estes Park, CO, 2013.