To better understand migration by the aged to non-metropolitan destinations this article compares both the household characteristics and the migration behaviour of aged inland movers with aged coastal movers. Inland movers are significantly different to coastal movers in socioeconomic and demographic respects, such as age, mobility, the location ....
The Commission's primary task has been to investigate and report on the effects of NCP on people, businesses and communities, especially in country Australia. The Commission has looked at the effects to date and likely long-run effects on country Australia and the nation as a whole. It has sought to disentangle the effects of NCP&n ....
Effective community leadership is increasingly recognised in Australia, as elsewhere, as an important contributor to local economic and social development. This article examines the nature of community leadership in four Central Queensland towns as part of a wider project to test the links between it and the pace and form of local development. Em ....
Economic 'development' driven by global economic forces produces specific expressions of 'community' in places where large new economic projects are to be located. This paper draws on contemporary geopolitical literature to theorise community identity as partly formulated in response to external 'threats'. A comparative study of community mobilis ....
Publisher: Rural Social and Economic Research Centre, Central Queensland University
Published Location: Rockhampton, Qld
ISBN: 1875902368
Country: Australia
Part one. What is happening down on the farm?
Part two. Rural restructuring: socio-economic change and its community impacts
Part three. Problematising change in rural Australia.
Report Locationhttp://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1422395 ....
Over the years, regional policy have proved to be the Commonwealth's most misguided policy endeavours. This paper defines the 'regional problem', the concept of 'balanced development' and traces key government reports to explore the uncertainty and complexity of the regional policy environment from the Commonwealth perspective.
Report Lo ....