The chapter presents the conclusions of part of the investigation conducted within the research project: ‘Rural–urban knowledge transfer—models of interdependence,’ developed by a group of researchers from Poland. In its fundamental-theoretical assumptions, the project refers to the contemporary discourse on the socio-cultural turn in geography. The essence of the project is the identification and description of the broadly understood interactions between old and new inhabitant. Ultimately, the research aims to develop a model of interdependence in the urban–rural transfer of knowledge and information. The findings presented are the result of literature studies and interviews conducted with key respondents, civil society groups migrants, and field observation. The study’s starting point was to identify and define the types of people who decide to move to the countryside in Poland and, in this context, to try to present the profile of the Polish counterurbanite. In the light of the literature, the difference between the suburbanite and the counterurbanite is based on cultural distinctiveness and a different lifestyle, which they lead and prefer in a rural environment. The research undertaken by the authors confirmed this regularity.

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Urban–Rural Migration—An Opportunity or a Threat for Rural Areas in Poland

  • Monika Wesołowska,
  • Anita Kulawiak

摘要

The chapter presents the conclusions of part of the investigation conducted within the research project: ‘Rural–urban knowledge transfer—models of interdependence,’ developed by a group of researchers from Poland. In its fundamental-theoretical assumptions, the project refers to the contemporary discourse on the socio-cultural turn in geography. The essence of the project is the identification and description of the broadly understood interactions between old and new inhabitant. Ultimately, the research aims to develop a model of interdependence in the urban–rural transfer of knowledge and information. The findings presented are the result of literature studies and interviews conducted with key respondents, civil society groups migrants, and field observation. The study’s starting point was to identify and define the types of people who decide to move to the countryside in Poland and, in this context, to try to present the profile of the Polish counterurbanite. In the light of the literature, the difference between the suburbanite and the counterurbanite is based on cultural distinctiveness and a different lifestyle, which they lead and prefer in a rural environment. The research undertaken by the authors confirmed this regularity.