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We Don't Want to See Our Neighbours' Washing
Author(s) -
FAIRWEATHER JOHN R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.1996.tb02069.x
Subject(s) - openness to experience , perception , geography , economic growth , socioeconomics , political science , sociology , economics , psychology , social psychology , neuroscience
In a qualitative study of smallholders around Christchurch 58 people on 33 smallholdings were interviewed about perceptions of the rural lifestyle. Intending smallholders, those who had just obtained building permits, sought income typically from horticulture and lifestyle which valuing privacy, clean air, freedom and quietness, and which was good for raising children. Existing smallholders, those who obtained building permits five years ago, emphasised country living. Typically their economic expectations had not been met, from horticultural or animal land uses and these had not developed to the extent hoped. They enjoyed lifestyle values of openness, quietness, clean air, animals and lowered pressure. Few smallholders had left out of dissatisfaction and returned to the city.