ABSTRACT

Northern Wisconsin’s tourism economy has drawn the attention of scholars interested in the economic linkages that exist between it and sending areas in the urban and suburban Upper Midwest. Interrelationships between the two areas have left an indelible mark on the rural landscape through the presence of lakefront vacation homes owned by non-residents. Where are these properties located, and where do the non-resident landowners call home? Geospatial data for 816,000 parcels, provided by the Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office, are utilized to reveal the extent and value of non-resident property in the Northwoods. Schumpeter’s theory of Creative Destruction is used as a framework to explain the emergence of tourism-dependent communities in the region, and case studies reveal the impacts of non-resident property taxes on public school funding. These findings suggest that as population in the Northwoods declines in upcoming years, communities will increasingly rely on non-resident investment to sustain local institutions.

摘要

威斯康星州北部的旅游经济引起了学者们的关注，这些学者对北威斯康星州与中西部上城和郊区的经济联系之间的经济联系感兴趣。由于非居民拥有的湖边度假屋，这两个地区之间的相互关系在乡村景观上留下了不可磨灭的印记。这些物业位于哪里，非居民土地所有者如何打电话回家？威斯康星州制图者办公室提供的816,000个包裹的地理空间数据用于揭示诺斯伍德非居民财产的范围和价值。熊彼特的创造性破坏理论被用作解释该地区依赖旅游的社区的出现的框架，案例研究揭示了非居民财产税对公立学校资助的影响。