Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration?
Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) Rural communities in Iceland have been profoundly affected by natural resource management policies. As part of a regional development strategy, a large aluminum smelter and 650-megawatt hydroelectric plant were built in the sparsely populated Eastfjords region. This pr...
Published in: | Society & Natural Resources |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Informa UK Limited
2010
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1079 https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920903278152 |
id |
ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/1079 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/1079 2023-05-15T13:08:31+02:00 Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? Seyfrit, Carole L. Bjarnason, Thoroddur Ólafsson, Kjartan Félagsvísinda- og lagadeild (HA) Faculty of Social Sciences and Law (UA) Hug- og félagsvísindasvið (HA) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (UA) Háskólinn á Akureyri University of Akureyri 2010-11-02 1201-1215 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1079 https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920903278152 en eng Informa UK Limited Society & Natural Resources;23(12) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08941920903278152 Seyfrit, C. L., Bjarnason, T. og Olafsson, K. (2010). Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? Society and Natural Resources, 23(12), 1201-1215. doi:10.1080/08941920903278152 0894-1920 1521-0723 (eISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1079 Society and Natural Resources doi:10.1080/08941920903278152 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Sociology and Political Science Adolescents Migration Resource management Rural development Unglingar Ungt fólk Búferlaflutningar Auðlindastjórnun Dreifbýli info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2010 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/1079 https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920903278152 2022-11-18T06:51:43Z Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) Rural communities in Iceland have been profoundly affected by natural resource management policies. As part of a regional development strategy, a large aluminum smelter and 650-megawatt hydroelectric plant were built in the sparsely populated Eastfjords region. This project was aimed at revitalizing the region and creating employment, enabling youth to stay in their home communities. Using surveys from 1992 through 2007, changes in migration expectations are compared among Eastfjords, equally rural Westfjords far from the project, and the urban capital region. The majority of rural youth want to out-migrate and the project had no discernable effect on such intentions. Regardless of employment opportunities, rural youth increasingly want to move to urban areas or abroad. Gender differences disappeared over time as "female flight" became "youth flight." Findings suggest large-scale natural resource projects alone are not sufficient, and more comprehensive rural development policies are needed to stem the tide of rural youth out-migration. Received 30 May 2008; accepted 5 March 2009. C. L. Seyfrit received a Fulbright Scholar award funded by the U.S. Department of State with contributions from the government of Iceland and hosted by the University of Akureyri (January–June 2008). Address correspondence to Carole L. Seyfrit, Department of Sociology, Radford University, PO Box 6948, Radford, VA 24142, USA. E-mail: clseyfrit@radford.edu Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Akureyri Akureyri Iceland University of Akureyri Opin vísindi (Iceland) Akureyri Society & Natural Resources 23 12 1201 1215 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Opin vísindi (Iceland) |
op_collection_id |
ftopinvisindi |
language |
English |
topic |
Sociology and Political Science Adolescents Migration Resource management Rural development Unglingar Ungt fólk Búferlaflutningar Auðlindastjórnun Dreifbýli |
spellingShingle |
Sociology and Political Science Adolescents Migration Resource management Rural development Unglingar Ungt fólk Búferlaflutningar Auðlindastjórnun Dreifbýli Seyfrit, Carole L. Bjarnason, Thoroddur Ólafsson, Kjartan Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? |
topic_facet |
Sociology and Political Science Adolescents Migration Resource management Rural development Unglingar Ungt fólk Búferlaflutningar Auðlindastjórnun Dreifbýli |
description |
Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) Rural communities in Iceland have been profoundly affected by natural resource management policies. As part of a regional development strategy, a large aluminum smelter and 650-megawatt hydroelectric plant were built in the sparsely populated Eastfjords region. This project was aimed at revitalizing the region and creating employment, enabling youth to stay in their home communities. Using surveys from 1992 through 2007, changes in migration expectations are compared among Eastfjords, equally rural Westfjords far from the project, and the urban capital region. The majority of rural youth want to out-migrate and the project had no discernable effect on such intentions. Regardless of employment opportunities, rural youth increasingly want to move to urban areas or abroad. Gender differences disappeared over time as "female flight" became "youth flight." Findings suggest large-scale natural resource projects alone are not sufficient, and more comprehensive rural development policies are needed to stem the tide of rural youth out-migration. Received 30 May 2008; accepted 5 March 2009. C. L. Seyfrit received a Fulbright Scholar award funded by the U.S. Department of State with contributions from the government of Iceland and hosted by the University of Akureyri (January–June 2008). Address correspondence to Carole L. Seyfrit, Department of Sociology, Radford University, PO Box 6948, Radford, VA 24142, USA. E-mail: clseyfrit@radford.edu Peer Reviewed |
author2 |
Félagsvísinda- og lagadeild (HA) Faculty of Social Sciences and Law (UA) Hug- og félagsvísindasvið (HA) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (UA) Háskólinn á Akureyri University of Akureyri |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Seyfrit, Carole L. Bjarnason, Thoroddur Ólafsson, Kjartan |
author_facet |
Seyfrit, Carole L. Bjarnason, Thoroddur Ólafsson, Kjartan |
author_sort |
Seyfrit, Carole L. |
title |
Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? |
title_short |
Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? |
title_full |
Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? |
title_fullStr |
Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? |
title_full_unstemmed |
Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? |
title_sort |
migration intentions of rural youth in iceland: can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? |
publisher |
Informa UK Limited |
publishDate |
2010 |
url |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1079 https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920903278152 |
geographic |
Akureyri |
geographic_facet |
Akureyri |
genre |
Akureyri Akureyri Iceland University of Akureyri |
genre_facet |
Akureyri Akureyri Iceland University of Akureyri |
op_relation |
Society & Natural Resources;23(12) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08941920903278152 Seyfrit, C. L., Bjarnason, T. og Olafsson, K. (2010). Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration? Society and Natural Resources, 23(12), 1201-1215. doi:10.1080/08941920903278152 0894-1920 1521-0723 (eISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1079 Society and Natural Resources doi:10.1080/08941920903278152 |
op_rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/20.500.11815/1079 https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920903278152 |
container_title |
Society & Natural Resources |
container_volume |
23 |
container_issue |
12 |
container_start_page |
1201 |
op_container_end_page |
1215 |
_version_ |
1766095327223349248 |