Second homes – the cottage, the summer house, the bach – are an important part of the tourism and leisure lifestyles of many people in the developed world. Second homes are therefore an integral component of tourism experiences in rural and peripheral areas. Yet, despite their significance not only for tourism but also for rural communities and the rural economy, relatively little research has been undertaken on the topic until recent times. This volume represents the first major international analysis and review of second homes for over 25 years. It will provide a significant resource for those interested in changing patterns of tourism and leisure behaviour as well as the use of the countryside and peripheral areas. The book describes the economic, social and environmental impacts of second homes as well as their planning implications and places such discussions within the context of contemporary human mobility. The volume represents essential reading for those interested in rural regional development processes and the development of new rural leisure landscapes.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Part 1: Context
1 C. Michael Hall and Dieter K. Müller: Introduction: Second Homes, Curse or Blessing? Revisited
2 Dieter K. Müller, C. Michael Hall and Donna Keen: Second Home Tourism Impact, Planning and Management
Part 2: Mobilities, Encounters and Meanings
3 Greg Halseth: The ‘Cottage’ Privilege: Increasingly Elite Landscapes of Second Homes in Canada
4 Stephen Svenson: The Cottage and the City: An Interpretation of the Canadian Second Home Experience
5 Lars Aronsson: Place Attachment of Vacation Residents: Between Tourists and Permanent Residents
6 David Timothy Duval: Mobile Migrants: Travel to Second Homes
7 Allan M. Williams, Russell King and Tony Warnes: British Second Homes in Southern Europe: Shifting Nodes in the Scapes and Flows of Migration and Tourism
8 Bernadette Quinn: Dwelling Through Multiple Places: A Case Study of Second Home Ownership in Ireland
Part 3: Patterns and Issues
9 Dallen J. Timothy: Recreational Second Homes in the United States: Development Issues and Contemporary Patterns
10 John Selwood and Matthew Tonts: Recreational Second Homes in the South West of Western Australia
11 Warwick Frost: A Hidden Giant: Second Homes and Coastal Tourism in South-Eastern Australia
12 Donna Keen and C. Michael Hall: Second Homes in New Zealand
13 Gustav Visser: Second Homes: Reflections on an Unexplored Phenomenon in South Africa
14 Maria Angeles Casado-Diaz: Second Homes in Spain
15 Thor Flognfeldt Jr: Second Homes as a Part of a New Rural Lifestyle in Norway
16 Dieter K. Müller: Second Homes in Sweden: Patterns and Issues
Part 4: Future Issues
17 Bruno Jansson and Dieter K. Müller: Second Home Plans Among Second Home Owners in Northern Europe’s Periphery
18 Dieter K. Müller and C. Michael Hall: The Future of Second Home Tourism
References
Index
About the author
C. Michael Hall is a professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His recent book publications include Contemporary Tourism (with C. Cooper, 5th edn, Goodfellow, 2022) and Sense of Place and Place Attachment in Tourism (with N.C. Chen & G. Prayag, Routledge, 2023).
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