“In the Real Estate Business Whether We Admit It or Not”: Timber and Exurban Development in Central Oregon

摘要: The history and political ecology of exurbia in the “New West” USA is production a new kind space—one still grounded natural resources region, but capitalizing on emerging ideologies nature landscape potential profits those ideas might generate. contemporary economic development region continues to depend upon its resource hinterland with vastly different economy valuing for amenity rather than extractive value. case study Black Butte Ranch Central Oregon described this chapter follows fortunes two timber companies Deschutes County that sought find ways capitalize timberlands no longer valuable due global shifts. transformed themselves process engaging dynamics shifting rural capitalism remade local politics resulting profitable revaluation considerable portion their land also conservation other lands related loss profit. Through exurban change, social, political, institutional structures once supporting traditional extraction shift make way exurbanization, requiring various actors approaches development, environmental management, land-use planning landscape.