Place Preferences - Paper Session
Primary Session Organizer: Harrison Campbell, UNC-Charlotte
How do the characteristics of places influence where people live? What role do place-based social, economic, life cycle/style and environmental factors play in shaping decisions to move to, settle in, or leave from a particular place? Some suggest that the attractiveness of places to the creative class is strongly influenced by amenities, community attitudes and receptivity, strong public services, low crime rates, affordability and livability (Florida 2012; Partridge, 2010). Others have shied away from such assertions, instead emphasizing processes of industrialization and economic specialization which in turn attract skilled workers and fosters localized job creation (Scott 2011, Storper and Scott 2009). Rather than choosing sides in this debate, this session seeks to explore the relationship between preferences and place using real world cases and applications based on, for example:
- Employment and labor markets
- Health, well-being, quality of life
- Wages and cost of living
- Family ties, community attachment, social capital
- Amenities, recreational opportunities, and/or public services
Primary Session Organizer: Harrison Campbell, UNC-Charlotte
How do the characteristics of places influence where people live? What role do place-based social, economic, life cycle/style and environmental factors play in shaping decisions to move to, settle in, or leave from a particular place? Some suggest that the attractiveness of places to the creative class is strongly influenced by amenities, community attitudes and receptivity, strong public services, low crime rates, affordability and livability (Florida 2012; Partridge, 2010). Others have shied away from such assertions, instead emphasizing processes of industrialization and economic specialization which in turn attract skilled workers and fosters localized job creation (Scott 2011, Storper and Scott 2009). Rather than choosing sides in this debate, this session seeks to explore the relationship between preferences and place using real world cases and applications based on, for example:
- Employment and labor markets
- Health, well-being, quality of life
- Wages and cost of living
- Family ties, community attachment, social capital
- Amenities, recreational opportunities, and/or public services