Stewardship among lifestyle oriented rural landowners |
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| Authors: | Nicholas Gill Peter Klepeis Laurie Chisholm |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research , School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong , New South Wales , 2522 , Australia;2. Department of Geography , Colgate University , Hamilton , NY , 13346 , USA;3. GeoQuEST Research Centre , School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong , New South Wales , 2522 , Australia |
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| Abstract: | Changes in landownership associated with amenity migration are affecting the demographic, cadastral and ecological conditions of rural landscapes. These changes and concerns about their impacts on natural resource management, including ecological conservation, relate to both the structural consequences of landownership change, land subdivision and to the motivations, management ability and attitudes of lifestyle oriented rural landowners. Based on an Australian case study near Sydney, NSW, this paper examines the motivations and practices of such landowners, assesses potential consequences for vegetation and characterises the landowners according to three stewardship types. |
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| Keywords: | amenity migration hobby farming natural resource management restoration ecology stewardship ecosystem fragmentation |
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