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Intentional Communities In Rural Spaces

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  • LOUISE MEIJERING
  • PAULUS HUIGEN
  • BETTINA VAN HOVEN

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In this paper, we focus on intentional communities in the Western world. These communities consist of a variety of groups, with different characteristics, ideologies and motivations. Examples are eco‐villages, religious communities and communities of lesbians. These groups intend, at least to some extent, to withdraw from mainstream urban society, challenging norms of urban life, e.g. wasteful behaviour, stressful lives or heterosexual stereotypes, and create their own places in rural areas. Key questions that we seek to address in the paper are: What types of intentional communities can be identified? To what extent are intentional communities withdrawn from the rural areas in which they are established? We attempt to answer these through discussing the results of a survey among 496 communities. Furthermore, we describe an example of the ecological type of community, since these communities are most explicitly challenging urban norms and values.

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  • Louise Meijering & Paulus Huigen & Bettina Van Hoven, 2007. "Intentional Communities In Rural Spaces," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 98(1), pages 42-52, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:98:y:2007:i:1:p:42-52
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00375.x
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    1. Paula Escribano & Miranda Jessica Lubbers & José Luis Molina, 2017. "Becoming Part of an Eco-Community: Social and Environmental Activism or Livelihood Strategy?," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-16, December.
    2. Nazli Azergun, 2020. "Resource allocation at an income‐sharing community: An application of Elinor Ostrom's commons framework," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(3), pages 367-384, October.
    3. Ciska Ulug & Elen-Maarja Trell & Lummina Horlings, 2021. "Ecovillage foodscapes: zooming in and out of sustainable food practices," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 38(4), pages 1041-1059, December.
    4. Lenore Newman & Denver Nixon, 2014. "Farming in an Agriburban Ecovillage Development," SAGE Open, , vol. 4(4), pages 21582440145, December.
    5. Nur Syamsiyah & Lies Sulistyowati & Trisna Insan Noor & Iwan Setiawan, 2023. "The Sustainability Level of an EcoVillage in the Upper Citarum Watershed of West Java Province, Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(22), pages 1-25, November.
    6. Ciska Ulug & Lummina Horlings & Elen-Maarja Trell, 2021. "Collective Identity Supporting Sustainability Transformations in Ecovillage Communities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-18, July.
    7. Simona Zollet & Keshav Lall Maharjan, 2021. "Overcoming the Barriers to Entry of Newcomer Sustainable Farmers: Insights from the Emergence of Organic Clusters in Japan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-24, January.
    8. Maria S. Tysiachniouk & Juha Kotilainen, 2022. "Intentional Communities Finding Space Amid Geopolitical Turmoil: Belbek Valley Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-28, September.
    9. Heli Zacharya & Avinoam Meir & Nurit Alfasi, 2022. "A Place Within a Place: Location Choice by Intentional Communities," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 113(5), pages 469-482, December.
    10. Lidewij Tummers, 2016. "The re-emergence of self-managed co-housing in Europe: A critical review of co-housing research," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 53(10), pages 2023-2040, August.

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