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Evaluation of the Murdi Paaki COAG trial

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Urbis Keys Young; Australia. Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
  • Publisher: Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs]
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

The Council of Australian Government (COAG) Trials, announced in 2002, aimed to explore new ways for governments to work together and with communities to address the needs of Indigenous Australians. Eight trials were conducted in sites across Australia - the New South Wales trial was conducted in the Murdi Paaki region, and aimed t ....

Evaluation report: The 2nd Sustainable Mental Health - Sustainable Communities, Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Lee Martinez
  • Publisher: University of South Australia Centre for Rural Health and Community Development
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

The focus of the conference for 2012 built on the inaugural conference held in Port Lincoln in 2011 which recommended maintaining a regional stance, ensuring a specific theme and focusing on local mental health issues, whilst encouraging grassroots participation and the inclusion of community representatives. In 2012 we decided to focus on the t ....

Examining quality of life among rural, remote and urban residents of Victoria

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Vella-Brodrick, Dianne; Scannell, Evelyn; Judd, Fiona; Burney, Sue
  • Editors: Hayward, C. and Findlay, E
  • Journal Name: Proceedings of the 6th Australian Conference on Quality of Life
  • Publisher: Deakin University
  • Published Location: Geelong, Vic
  • ISBN: 1741560381
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

Is city or country life more conducive to physical and mental well being? The effect of rurality and place characteristics on subjective well being was explored in this study, which was conducted with 355 residents of various rural, remote and urban locations within Victoria. The study examined satisfaction with community involveme ....

EXPECTING A BOOMTOWN? EXPLORING POTENTIAL HOUSING - RELATED IMPACTS OF LARGE SCALE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTS IN DARWIN

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Ennis, Gretchen; Finlayson, Mary; Speering, Glen
  • Journal Name: Human Geographies
  • Journal Number: 7.1
  • Publisher: Bucharest University
  • Published Location: Bucharest, Romania
  • ISBN: 18436587
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Darwin

Darwin is a city in the Northern Territory of Australia expecting a 'boomtown' scenario due to significant natural resource developments in the Greater Darwin area. The experience of 'booming' has a range of impacts upon communities. Housing is a key area of impact, particularly for the most vulnerable members of a population, who may not reap th ....

Exploring community well-being and sustainability at a local scale: Finding the differences of focus between local residents, local officials, and experts

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Young, Melissa A.
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • Published Location: United States -- New York
  • ISBN: 9780549513261
  • Country: United States
  • State/Region: New York

In the past decade, researchers have recognized the need for localized sustainability initiatives at the community level that include local people in the decision making process. The purpose of this study was to identify the set of criteria used by local people of the Tug Hill region of New York State to assess how they think about the ....

Facing the Squeeze: Community Wellbeing

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Kennett, Jeff
  • Journal Name: Government News
  • Journal Number: Vol. 29, No. 1
  • Country: Australia

The article discusses the growing need for local and regional governments to focus more and more on improving the health and wellbeing of the entire community at large. Depression is a common growing ailment these days and the government needs to raise more awareness about mental health issues. Report Locationhttp://search.informit.co ....

Focus on Regions No. 4: Social Capital

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Leanne Johnson; Ibi Losoncz; Christopher Williams; Jacqui Childs; Judith Winternitz
  • Journal Name: Information Paper
  • Journal Number: 55
  • Publisher: Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE)
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 1877081949
  • Country: Australia

Social capital theory proposes that social networks and norms have a role to play in influencing a community's development. This paper presents and analyses statistical information relating to social capital in Australia and its regions, using a set of 33 social capital indicators for 2001–02. It also explores the relationship between social ca ....

Focusing Resource Allocation-Wellbeing as a Tool for Prioritizing Interventions for Communities at Risk

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Hogan, Anthony; Tanton, Robert; Lockie, Stewart; May, Sarah
  • Journal Name: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal Number: 10.8
  • Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
  • Published Location: Basel, Switzerland
  • ISBN: 1661-7827
  • Country: Australia

This study examined whether a wellbeing approach to resilience and adaptation would provide practical insights for prioritizing support to communities experiencing environmental and socio-economic stressors. Methods: A cross-sectional survey, based on a purposive sample of 2,196 stakeholders (landholders, hobby farmers, town resident and change a ....

Food Sovereignty

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Nick Rose
  • Journal Name: Arena Magazine
  • Journal Number: Issue 123 (April-May 2013)
  • Publisher: Arena Printing and Publishing Pty Ltd
  • Published Location: Fitzroy
  • Country: Australia

Article addresses the issue of global rising food shortages and the formulation of food policy.  Report Locationhttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=201218383;res=IELAPA ....

Forest owner intent: Harvesting Tasmania’s non-industrial private forests

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Dare, M.; Eversole, R.
  • Publisher: Institute for Regional Development
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Tasmania

Tasmania’s forests are an important economic and environmental resource for all Tasmanians, providing vital employment, recreation and conservation values. The importance of the Tasmanian private forest resource to the forest industry is increasing, with 44% of harvested timber sourced from private forests in 2011-2012. The proportion of ....

Freedom, capabilities and the Cape York reform agenda

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

Sets out a new conceptual framework for analysing disadvantage and dysfunction in Cape York; sets out the goals of the Cape York reform agenda which based on the work of Amartya Sen who considers freedom to be the critical measure of individual wellbeing; the end goal for the Cape York reform agenda can be expressed as ensuring tha ....

From Vulnerability to Sustainability: Rural Development in the Poyang Lake Region of China amid Institutional Changes and Flood Hazards

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Tian, Qing
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Michigan
  • Published Location: United States -- Michigan
  • ISBN: 9781267135964
  • Country: China
  • State/Region: Poyang Lake Region

With still-low development levels and relatively high risks from climatic impacts, the less developed world faces a greater challenge for future development than developed economies. Applying the science of complexity to study human-environment systems (CHES) and integrating ideas from climate change research into a larger framework of ....

Getting down to small areas: estimating regional income and wealth in Australia using spatial microsimulation

  • Year: 2004
  • Author: Lloyd, Rachel; Harding, Ann
  • Publisher: National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia

In the past few years NATSEM has developed spatial modelling techniques to create synthetic small area socio-economic data. This is achieved by combining the Census data with that from the ABS national sample surveys. This paper describes the techniques used to create the synthetic small area data. It then provides some examples of ....

Globalising Policy Changes: Social Impacts in Two Australian Rural Towns

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Hallebone, Erica; Townsend, Mardie A; Mahoney, Mary E
  • Journal Name: Journal of Family Studies
  • Journal Number: Vol. 6, No. 2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

This paper reports on a participatory research project conducted in two Victorian rural communities during 1998-1999: one Mallee town and one Western District town. The inspiration for this research came from the changes that have occurred in rural areas of Australia over the past two decades, together with the political neglect of ....

Harnessing the Power of Perception: Reducing Alcohol-related Harm among Rural Teenagers

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Hughes, Clarissa; Julian, Roberta; Richman, Matthew; Mason, Ron; Long, Gillian
  • Journal Name: Youth Studies Australia
  • Journal Number: Vol. 27, No. 2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Tasmania

The Social Norms Analysis Project (SNAP), conducted with rural high school students in Tasmania, demonstrates the powerful nature of the perceptions of what one's peers think and do, and is based on a model of health promotion that has been used successfully overseas. Baseline data indicate that the SNAP target groups hold inaccura ....

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