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Victorian floods 2010-11 : recovery progress report.

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Victoria. Department of Human Services
  • Publisher: Victorian Government
  • Published Location: Melbourne, Victoria
  • ISBN: 9780731163601
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

Torrential rain, riverine and flash flooding took place across Victoria from 4 September 2010 to 23 March 2011, causing major damage to whole communities, roads, rail networks, community infrastructure and the natural environment. Some communities were inundated several times, causing repeated damage to homes, businesses and the agricultural sect ....

'Crying for our Country': eight ways in which 'Caring for our Country' has undermined Australia's regional model for natural resource management

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Robins, L, Kanowski P
  • Journal Name: Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal Number: Vol.18, No.2
  • Country: Australia

The Australian Government's 'Caring for our Country' program has undermined Australia's 'regional model' for natural resource management, and eroded gains made under the precursor Natural Heritage Trust and related programs, in eight significant ways. Contrary to expectations that Caring for our Country, established in 2008, would build on the fo ....

'I am part of the community but--' : the changing context of rural living for persons with advanced cancer and their families

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Duggleby, Wendy; Penz, Kelly; Leipert, Beverley; Wilson, Donna; Goodridge, Donna; Williams, Allison
  • Journal Name: Rural and Remote Health
  • Journal Number: Vol. 11, No.3
  • Country: Australia

Older rural persons who are receiving palliative care experience multiple co-existing transitions that can be distressing. These transitions do not occur in a vacuum, but occur in a context that reflects the uniqueness of rural living and the complexities of end of life in rural settings. The purpose of this study was to explore the&nbs ....

‘What works’ ... identifying successful strategies for sustainable economies and jobs growth in the ‘second tier’ of Australian regions

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Hefferan, Mike
  • Journal Name: SEGRA 2011 ‘Promoting Regional Australia: regions and their cities’
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria

Based on established theory: to identify, from five comparable 'second-tier' regions, economic initiatives / policy settings / activities that have been fundamental to regional economic success / sustainability and jobs growth ..... are there common themes? Report Locationhttp://www.segra.com.au/segra11ConfProc/presentations/tuesday/concu ....

A Multi-Dimensional Perspective on Social Capital and Economic Development: An Exploratory Analysis

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Soogwan Doh, Connie L. McNeely
  • Journal Name: Annals of Regional Science
  • Journal Number: Vol. 49
  • Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • ISBN: 1432-0592

While various types of capital have been identified and studied as drivers of economic development, recent arguments surrounding social capital in particular have led to calls for greater attention to its role in economic development within a country. Thus, we examine social capital relative to its impact on economic development at the country le ....

A NEW DAWN? REGIONS AND REGIONALISM IN AUSTRALIA

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Beer, Andrew
  • Journal Name: Regions Magazine
  • Journal Number: Vol.283, No.1
  • Country: Australia

Report Locationhttp://rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13673882.2011.9690385?journalCode=resn20 ....

A new generation: Toward sustainable community in Pennsylvania's rural landscape

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Harleman, Audra Dale
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Maryland, College Park
  • Published Location: United States -- Maryland
  • ISBN: 9781124744681
  • Country: United States
  • State/Region: Pennsylvania

With the increasing rate of land development, consumption of natural resources, and destruction of ecosystems in the United States today, it is crucial to investigate sustainable alternatives to current development practices and patterns of settlement. This thesis proposes strategies for environmentally responsible land use and partial ....

A New Regional Competitiveness Index: Theory, Methods and Findings

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Lewis Dijkstra, Paola Annoni, Kornelia Kozovska
  • Journal Name: Working Papers
  • Journal Number: No.2/2011
  • Publisher: European Union Regional Policy
  • Country: Europe

The EU Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI) is the first composite indicator which provides a synthetic picture of territorial competitiveness for each of the NUTS 2 regions of the 27 EU Member States. It builds on and modifies the approach of the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum (WEF). It consists ....

Aboriginal water values and resource development pressures in the Pilbara region of north-west Australia

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Barber, Marcus; Jackson, Sue
  • Journal Name: Australian Aboriginal Studies
  • Journal Number: 2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

The Pilbara is a remote arid region with a significant Aboriginal population, rich mineral resources and rapid rates of mineral resource development. Pilbara Aboriginal people claim deep ongoing connections to the land and water-scapes of the area and value water sources and features for a range of socio-cultural, economic and envi ....

ACHIEVING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A PATHWAY TO PRODUCTIVITY

  • Year: 2011
  • Publisher: Eidos Institute
  • Country: Australia

The issue of regional development is continuing to retain its position as a dominant feature of the current Australian political agenda. Economic, environmental and social challenges continue to present a diverse range of challenges which are in dire need of a coordinated approach from regional universities, industry and government within the cur ....

After the Bushfires: Surviving and Volunteering

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Webber, Ruth; Jones, Kate
  • Journal Name: Australian Journal of Emergency Management, The
  • Journal Number: Vol. 26, No. 2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

This article analyses the negative and positive implications for bushfire survivors becoming involved in a range of voluntary activities in the bushfire recovery programs following the 2009 Victorian bushfires. It uses data acquired as part of a study of recovery programs being run by Catholic social welfare agencies in several reg ....

Agricultural Bioenergy Cropping in Victoria - Balancing the Issues

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Shelley, Bruce; Rogers, Mary-Jane; Allinson, Graeme; Day, Nathan
  • Journal Name: Plant Protection Quarterly
  • Journal Number: Vol. 26, No. 3
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

There has been considerable interest in biofuels and bioenergy production (the generation of energy from biomass), as alternative agricultural industries for the future. High oil prices, diminishing total oil supply, the energy security debate, growing environmental awareness and the need to develop sustainable regional agricultura ....

An analysis diversification strategies in regional Queensland using a two-region, portfolio selection model

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Trendle, Bernard
  • Journal Name: Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The
  • Journal Number: Vol. 17, No. 2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

This paper presents results from the application of a portfolio selection model to Queensland data. The model presented here comprises two-regions, being Brisbane-Moreton and the Rest of Queensland. The reason for this choice of regional disaggregation rests on the recent policy discussion in Queensland, where concerns about conges ....

An investigation into why students from regional South Australia choose to study business programs in the capital city

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Sawyer, Janet; Ellis, Bronwyn
  • Journal Name: Education in Rural Australia
  • Journal Number: Vol. 21, No. 2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

Although Business undergraduate studies are available at the University of South Australia's (UniSA) Centre for Regional Engagement (CRE), both at the Whyalla Campus and the Mount Gambier Regional Centre (MGRC), many students from regional South Australia choose to undertake Business degrees in Adelaide, the state capital, rather t ....

Analysis of Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation Infrastructure Investment and Managementt

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Zhang, Zitao Arthur
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Northwestern University
  • Published Location: United States -- Illinois
  • ISBN: 9781124862828
  • Country: United States

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the infrastructure sector are agreements where private parties willingly agree to share responsibility with government agencies for (a subset of the following activities:) investment, finance, design, construction, renovation, maintenance, management, or operation of transportation facilities, e.g., ....

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