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2011

OECD Extended Regional Typology

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Monica Brezzi, Lewis Dijkstra, Vicente Ruiz
  • Publisher: OECD

The extended typology is used to compare the dynamics of population and labour markets. Remote rural regions show a stronger decline in population and a faster ageing process than rural regions close to a city. The remoteness of rural regions is in fact a significant factor explaining regional outflows of working age population, confirming that t ....

OECD Regional Outlook 2011

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: OECD
  • Publisher: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Published Location: Paris, France
  • ISBN: 9789264111707

This publication highlights the central role of regions and regional policies in generating an employment recovery and realising the innovation potential of OECD economies. The contribution of cities and rural areas in addressing climate change and shifting our economies towards green growth is also analysed. In addition to presenting overviews ....

OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: Regions and Innovation Policy

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: OECD
  • Publisher: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Published Location: Paris, France
  • ISBN: 9789264097384

Regions and Innovation Policy addresses the needs of national and regional governments for greater clarity on how to strengthen the innovation capacity of regions. The first part of the book examines strategies, policies and governance, explaining why regions matter, what makes smart policy mixes, and multilevel governance. The second part of the ....

Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Productivity Commission
  • Publisher: Productivity Commission
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia

In 2002, Australian governments collectively made a renewed commitment to overcoming the disadvantage experienced by many Indigenous Australians. As part of this commitment, governments agreed to a regular public report on progress — the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators report. This is the fifth edition of that report. This r ....

Partnership and subsidiarity?: a case-study of farmers' participation in contemporary EU governance and rural development initiatives.

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Macken-Walsh, Anne
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol.21, No.1
  • Country: Europe

In accordance with the principles of partnership and subsidiarity, the governance and rural development model claims to foster representative and economically diverse rural development largely on the basis of its involvement of a variety of local stakeholders as decision-makers in the design and implementation of development action. The capacity ....

Peak oil and significant change for rural Australia

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Coventry, Donald H
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 20, No. 3
  • Country: Australia

The peaking of world oil supply will have significant economic and social impacts for rural Australia. This paper looks at the peaking of world supply, the role of energy in our global industrial society and its use in agriculture. It further looks at replacement fuels and how we will be unable to sufficiently replace conventional  ....

Pilbara Prospects 2020: Developments and Challenges for the Region - See more at: http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publications/northern-australia/31-pilbara-prospects-2020-developments-and-challenges-for-the-region.html#sthash.jCJ2qVlh.dpuf

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Liam McHugh
  • Publisher: Future Directions International Pty Ltd
  • ISBN: 978-0-9757634-7-6
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Pilbara, Western Australia

The Pilbara Cities vision represents a unique and ambitious project. Government and industry have demonstrated a dedication to the development of the region with significant financial and political outlays. Bolstered by the State Government’s Royalties for Regions and resource developments, the economic and demographic profile of the Pilbara to ....

PILT Payments, Access to Federal Lands Vital to Rural Communities: House Natural Resources Committee News Release

  • Year: 2011
  • Journal Name: Congressional Documents and Publications
  • Publisher: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.
  • Published Location: Lanham, United States
  • Country: United States

PILT has become an essential lifeline for many rural counties. Since more than half of all the land in the West is owned and managed by the federal government, PILT has a significant impact on the rural economies of Western States. Report Locationhttp://search.proquest.com/docview/898545971? ....

POPULATION CHANGE AND INTERNAL MIGRATION IN AUSTRALIA

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Sadasivam Karuppannan
  • Country: Australia

The paper attempts to explore short-distance and long-distance migration in Australia. Typically shortdistance moves are regarded as motivated by housing preference while longer-distance migration primarily by employment considerations. Longer-distance migration typically between regions or states as well international migration is widely researc ....

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION EFFECTS OF MIGRATION IN AUSTRALIA

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Hugo, G; Harris, K
  • Publisher: Department of Immigration and Citizenship
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia

This project was commissioned by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), and has five main components. An analysis of population movement for Australia, at the statistical division level, detailing intrastate, interstate and net migration against a range of demographic, productive and human capital criteria. An analysis of the m ....

Postcode justice: Rural and regional disadvantage in the administration of the law

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Coverdale, Richard
  • Journal Name: Deakin Law Review
  • Journal Number: Vol. 16, No. 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

The paper signposts a number of issues identified within the research project: Postcode Justice - Rural and Regional Disadvantage in the Administration of the Law. It highlights key areas in which regional Victorians experience disadvantage in access to justice system services in comparison to their metropolitan counterparts. Issue ....

Pre-conditions for Prosperity

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Edwards, Geoff
  • Journal Name: SEGRA 2011 ‘Promoting Regional Australia: regions and their cities’
  • Country: Australia

Purpose of this Presentation To discover the preconditions for "economic prosperity". Report Locationhttp://www.segra.com.au/segra11ConfProc/presentations/wednesday/concurrents/EdwardsGeoffRF.pdf ....

Primary Health Care Service Delivery Networks for the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Using Social Network Methods to Describe Interorganisational Collaboration in a Rural Setting

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: McDonald, Julie; Jayasuriya, Rohan; Harris, Mark Fort
  • Journal Name: Australian Journal of Primary Health
  • Journal Number: Vol. 17, No. 3
  • Country: Australia

Adults with type 2 diabetes or with behavioural risk factors require comprehensive and well coordinated responses from a range of health care providers who often work in different organisational settings. This study examines three types of collaborative links between organisations involved in a rural setting. Social network methods ....

Priority setting in primary health care : a framework for local catchments

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: McDonald, John; Ollerenshaw, Alison
  • Journal Name: Rural and Remote Health
  • Journal Number: Vol. 11, No. 2
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

Managers and staff in primary health care partnerships in local catchments, particularly in regional areas, are periodically required to work collaboratively to set health priorities. Setting priorities involves making decisions about which health needs are most important and what programs will be funded to address them. There is n ....

Promoting Plant Conservation on Leasehold Land in the Australian Capital Territory

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: King, Geoff
  • Journal Name: Australasian Plant Conservation: Journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation
  • Journal Number: Vol. 20, No. 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Australian Capital Territory

Land tenure in the ACT is exclusively leasehold. In 1996, the Government commenced a review of rural land policy and launched a new one in March 2000. The new rural policy provided the basis for securing sustainable rural enterprises and a high degree of protection for the natural values that they support and with which they intera ....

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