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Political Ecology Of Exurban ‘Lifestyle’ Landscape At Christchurch’S Contested Urban Fence, K. Valentine Cadieux
Political Ecology Of Exurban ‘Lifestyle’ Landscape At Christchurch’S Contested Urban Fence, K. Valentine Cadieux
K. Valentine Cadieux
This paper examines the relationship of planning ideals of sharply defining edges between urban density and greenspace and alternative urban greening arrangements as they are manifested in a case study of exurban “lifestyle blocks” on the fringes of Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. Exurban development outside Christchurch's urban growth boundary – called the “urban fence” – provides an example of tension between municipal attempts to curb sprawl and exurbanites’ desire to live in the dispersed settlements outside of urban boundaries. These struggles play out at different scales and in a range of different metropolitan contexts. This paper reports on the results …