Todd Cherry is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis at Appalachian State University, where he also is Director and Research Fellow at the Appalachian Energy Center. Dan Rickman is Regents Professor of Economics and OG&E Chair in Regional Economic Analysis, Oklahoma State University. Rickman’s research focuses on the workings of regional and urban economies and regional economic development policy

• Chapter 1: Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development: Introduction: Chapter 2. Moving to Nice Weather: Chapter 3. The Rise of the Sunbelt: Chapter 4. The Role of Amenities and Quality of Life in Rural Economic Growth: Chapter 5. Population Growth in High-Amenity Rural Areas: Does it Bring Socioeconomic Benefits for Long-Term Residents: Chapter 6. Natural Amenities and Rural Employment Growth: A Sector Analysis: Chapter 7. Recasting the Creative Class to Examine Growth Processes in Rural and Urban Counties: Chapter 8. An Analysis of Regional Economic Growth in the U.S. Midwest: Chapter 9. Public Conservation Land and Employment Growth in the Northern Forest Region: Chapter 10. The Geographic Diversity of U.S. Nonmetropolitan Growth Dynamics: A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach: Chapter 11. Voting with Their Feet: Jobs versus Amenities: Chapter 12. Population Growth in European Cities: Weather Matters - But Only Nationally: Chapter 13: Combining Nature Conservation and Residential Development in the Netherlands, England and Spain.

Todd Cherry is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis at Appalachian State University, where he also is Director and Research Fellow at the Appalachian Energy Center. Dan Rickman is Regents Professor of Economics and OG&E Chair in Regional Economic Analysis, Oklahoma State University. Rickman’s research focuses on the workings of regional and urban economies and regional economic development policy

• Chapter 1: Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development: Introduction: Chapter 2. Moving to Nice Weather: Chapter 3. The Rise of the Sunbelt: Chapter 4. The Role of Amenities and Quality of Life in Rural Economic Growth: Chapter 5. Population Growth in High-Amenity Rural Areas: Does it Bring Socioeconomic Benefits for Long-Term Residents: Chapter 6. Natural Amenities and Rural Employment Growth: A Sector Analysis: Chapter 7. Recasting the Creative Class to Examine Growth Processes in Rural and Urban Counties: Chapter 8. An Analysis of Regional Economic Growth in the U.S. Midwest: Chapter 9. Public Conservation Land and Employment Growth in the Northern Forest Region: Chapter 10. The Geographic Diversity of U.S. Nonmetropolitan Growth Dynamics: A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach: Chapter 11. Voting with Their Feet: Jobs versus Amenities: Chapter 12. Population Growth in European Cities: Weather Matters - But Only Nationally: Chapter 13: Combining Nature Conservation and Residential Development in the Netherlands, England and Spain.

Todd Cherry is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis at Appalachian State University, where he also is Director and Research Fellow at the Appalachian Energy Center. Dan Rickman is Regents Professor of Economics and OG&E Chair in Regional Economic Analysis, Oklahoma State University. Rickman’s research focuses on the workings of regional and urban economies and regional economic development policy

• Chapter 1: Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development: Introduction: Chapter 2. Moving to Nice Weather: Chapter 3. The Rise of the Sunbelt: Chapter 4. The Role of Amenities and Quality of Life in Rural Economic Growth: Chapter 5. Population Growth in High-Amenity Rural Areas: Does it Bring Socioeconomic Benefits for Long-Term Residents: Chapter 6. Natural Amenities and Rural Employment Growth: A Sector Analysis: Chapter 7. Recasting the Creative Class to Examine Growth Processes in Rural and Urban Counties: Chapter 8. An Analysis of Regional Economic Growth in the U.S. Midwest: Chapter 9. Public Conservation Land and Employment Growth in the Northern Forest Region: Chapter 10. The Geographic Diversity of U.S. Nonmetropolitan Growth Dynamics: A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach: Chapter 11. Voting with Their Feet: Jobs versus Amenities: Chapter 12. Population Growth in European Cities: Weather Matters - But Only Nationally: Chapter 13: Combining Nature Conservation and Residential Development in the Netherlands, England and Spain.