Constructing a new home in the rural area—In-migrants’ adaptation to the idyllic rural environment

This thesis attempts to analyze the reasons for the continuous changes in the rural living spaces of in-migrants from the city. n-migrants often hold an idyllic view of the rural environment. However, after they have actually lived in the rural areas for some time, they encounter disparities between their image and the real environment. But these in-migrants are not passive, quietly accepting the rural conditions. They actively seek to change the rural environment, such as the farm house space and the rural public spaces, in order to realize their expectations of rural life. But the rural environment does pose certain restrictions, and so the in-migrants must at the same time adjust their image of the idyllic rural life to compensate for the discrepancies.n other words, in-migrants’ rebuilding of their living spaces is the result of an ongoing co-adaptation between the idyllic vision and the real environment. Furthermore, because in-migrants’ idyllic vision and the real environment are always changing, they then have to rebuild their living spaces continuously. As a result, the rural environment and what constitute “rurality” also began to change in the processes of in-migrants’ rebuilding activities.