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An exploration of labour mobility in mining and construction: who moves and why

  • Year: 2014
  • Author: Georgina Atkinson and Jo Hargreaves
  • Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research

Labour mobility is a complex concept because people change jobs for a variety of reasons, in different ways and with different outcomes for their lives and careers. This study explores what motivates people to change jobs and examines the influence of their employer, occupation or industry, and investigates their geographic mobility on either a p ....

Infrastructure investment and economic development

  • Year: 2007
  • Author: Hao, Janet Xiaohui
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Maryland, College Park
  • Published Location: United States -- Maryland
  • ISBN: 9780549159964
  • Country: United States

State and local governments invested 13% of their revenues on infrastructure in 2002, but existing literature provides only mixed evidence that infrastructure contributes to economic activity. To estimate the effect of infrastructure on the economy, Chapter 1 analyzes how the construction of the Interstate Highway System (IHS) contribut ....

Kununurra Regional Hotspots Land Supply Update

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: State of Western Australia
  • Publisher: Western Australian Planning Commission
  • Published Location: Perth, Western Australia
  • ISBN: 0 7309 9658 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Kununurra, Western Australia

This document forms part of a series of documents prepared by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) in conjunction with LandCorp, for the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC). These documents provide a snapshot of land supply in regional centres experiencing land and housing supply pressures as a result of growth in the re ....

Promoting engagement and interaction in rural communities a proposal for the revitalization of Wetaskiwin, Alberta

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Speth, Kristin
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • Published Location: Canada
  • ISBN: 9780494562284
  • Country: Canada
  • State/Region: Alberta

This thesis focuses on Canadian Prairie communities and how architecture plays a role in promoting community engagement and interaction. The ideal components of a healthy rural town include its identity, sense of community and a strong relationship to the landscape, all of which are threatened by both internal and external influences. T ....

RDA Wide Bay Burnett Workforce Development Jobs and Skills Matching Study 2013

  • Year: 2013
  • Publisher: RDA Wide Bay Burnett
  • Published Location: Hervey Bay, QLD
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

Approximately 184,500 people are directly employed in mining, oil and gas operations which is about 1.6 per cent of the Australian workforce. The jobs and associated skills required for these resource operations can vary from project to project and company to company. Despite Resource Sector employment only representing a small proportion of our ....

Recognition and Reward of Local Government Sun-safety Initiatives in North Queensland: An Environmental Health Promotion Pilot

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Bartlett, Lynne; Harrison, Simone; Taylor, Christine
  • Journal Name: Environmental Health,
  • Journal Number: Vol. 8, No. 4
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

North Queensland has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. Local Government Authorities (LGAs) are ideally placed to provide recreational facilities that protect the population from ultraviolet radiation. In 2005, consistent with outcomes proposed within the Queensland Skin Cancer Prevention Strategic Plan 2001-2005, the N ....

Remote area building and sustainable development

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Scally, Simon
  • Journal Name: Environment Design Guide
  • Journal Number: 70
  • Country: Australia

This note discusses approaches to sustainable design in remote, rural and regional areas. Compared with urban settings, remote locations involve substantial environmental and financial penalties in establishing, maintaining and operating buildings, infrastructure and connected services. On the other hand, working out bush can be ve ....

STATE OF THE REGIONS REPORT 2004-05: INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: National Economics
  • Journal Name: State of the Regions
  • Journal Number: 7
  • Publisher: Australian Local Government Association
  • Country: Australia

The objectives of the 2004-05 State of the Regions report (SOR) are to explore the case for the use of infrastructure development to assist regions to improve their performance and to update and extend the SOR regional performance indicators. Report Locationhttp://alga.asn.au/?ID=357&Menu=44,68,330 ....

STATE OF THE REGIONS REPORT 2010-11: THE HOUSING SHORTAGE AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: National Economics
  • Journal Name: State of the Regions
  • Journal Number: 11
  • Publisher: Australian Local Government Association
  • Country: Australia

The 2010-11 SOR analyses the issues surrounding housing supply and how these issues have impacted both on the SOR zones and the 65 SOR regions themselves. Supply issues lead to pricing pressures and these impacts are described in their zone and regional context. Construction activity across the zone types and regions is presented. The 2010-11 SO ....

STATE OF THE REGIONS REPORT 2011-12: BEYOND THE MINING BOOM

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: National Economics
  • Journal Name: State of the Regions
  • Journal Number: 12
  • Publisher: Australian Local Government Association
  • Country: Australia

The 2011-12 State of the Regions report critically examines the regional effects of the mining boom which took off in 2005. The report produces a balanced analysis of both the benefits and costs associated with the mining boom and the effect the mining boom is having on other industries, as well as the potential regional implications when the boo ....

STATE OF THE REGIONS REPORT 2012-13: RETHINKING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: National Economics
  • Journal Name: State of the Regions
  • Journal Number: 13
  • Publisher: Australian Local Government Association
  • Country: Australia

This year's Report is timely given that it examines the future of regional development in light of the ongoing impacts of the patchwork economy, ever tightening fiscal budgets at both the national and jurisdictional levels, the darkening economic clouds in the United States of America and Europe. Consequently, the Report raises several questions ....

The Cost of Doing Business in the Pilbara

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: RDA Pilbara
  • Publisher: RDA Pilbara
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

The costs of doing business in the Pilbara are far higher than the rest of WA and most of Australia. This is a constraint to starting new businesses, operating successfully as an existing enterprise and it discourages diversification.  The RDA study is viewed as an important contribution to analysing the cost of doing business in the Pilbar ....

Time running out: shaping regional Australia's future

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services
  • Publisher: House of Representatives Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services has conducted an inquiry into the role of infrastructure in assisting the economically sustainable development of Australia's regional areas. The foreword to the Committee's report states that the title 'Time running out' reinforces the urge ....

Understanding Your Local Economy: A resource guide for cities

  • Year: 2007
  • Author: Cities Alliance
  • Published Location: Washington

This Resource Guide presents practical approaches to conducting a citywide economic competitiveness assessment. This is relevant for assessing cities and wider city-regions. The Guide includes guidance on how to choose local economic development (LED) indicators and tools that can be used to collect and analyse data and assess the overall competi ....

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