The Rural Dimension of Gentrification: Tourism- Agriculture- and Industry

Abstract

Rural gentrification characterized by land privatization and displacement intensified in the 1990s with state-driven interventions further integrating into the system. Despite historical references gentrification is generalized affecting rural spaces beyond city centers. This particular development is articulated by focusing on the works concentrating on urban and rural bases. In the contemporary discourse rural spaces are portrayed as hybrids between industrial urban and natural rural settings with leisure and tourism increasingly shaping their consumption without excluding the effects of capital flow. In the Global South countries industrialization alongside tourism facilities contributes to rural gentrification. These processes predominantly manifest in the service and production sectors blurring the distinction between urban and rural spaces and presenting challenges for research and conceptualization. Addressing this gap this study aims to contextualize the blurred urban-rural situation through a review of contemporary spatial issues with a theoretical contribution. By examining transformation processes in tourism industry and agriculture it seeks to offer discussions on the production of rural space. Employing a literature review and qualitative research on significant examples this study will explore rural gentrification via new demographic data within the frameworks of urban and rural studies providing insights into its implications and practices. Accordingly the effects of new capital flow through the rural space will be explored.