2012

Section headings: Agriculture – Still a Big Deal The Diversification Conundrum Are There Any Solutions? Report Locationhttp://www.rdani.org.au/our-region/current-regional-issues/the-northern-inland-economy.php ....

This article provides a cross-national examination of Thai and Australian political responses to rural social and economic inequity during the period 1997-2007 using an historical lens. It highlights different policy approaches and their philosophical underpinnings. Both the National Party and Thai Rak Thai Party shared similar policy positions. ....

Cognitive impairment is one factor known to affect people's ability to participate in substance misuse treatment because of the range of cognitive, behavioural and emotional problems such impairment can cause. Some of the behaviours described as common features of cognitive impairment, such as impaired self-monitoring and self-regulation and lack ....

Regional marketing is a tool for shaping the internal advantages of the region, investment and economic development factors, increasing attractiveness of the area as a whole. Implementation of active organizational and economic changes in Russia's regions will lead to stabilization and subsequent growth of the national economy and social developm ....

Ten years ago, Richard Florida published a path-breaking book about the forces that were reshaping our economy, our geography, our work, and our whole way of life. Weaving story-telling with reams of original research, he traced a fundamental theme through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society: the growing role of creativity. ....

The migrant population living in regional and rural Australia has been growing, partly because of the introduction and expansion of a number of state-specific and regional migration programs by the Australian Government over the period since 1995. The programs were created in response to both the skill shortages in regional and rural Australia an ....

This edition of the annual 'State of the world's children' report focuses on children living in urban environments. It discusses the distribution of children in urban and rural areas; human rights in urban areas; access to sanitation, water, and education; child labour and trafficking; urban challenges for children; measurement and ....

Distance education (DE) learning environments are considerably different to those of typical classrooms where students engage on a face-to-face basis with their teachers and peers. In remote settings these face-to-face opportunities are limited and sometimes non-existent. This investigation focuses on the influence of new technologies on the peda ....

This article explores the connections between therapeutic landscapes, social capital and personal well-being for migrants to rural and regional communities. We suggest the theoretical literature and empirical research is underexplored with regard to migration to regional and rural Australia; the landscapes and communities that migrants encounter; ....

Primary industries such as forestry and dairy have responded to economic change over the past four decades. Associated secondary industries such as sawmills and dairy processing factories have also been affected by such change. Globalisation and the reduction of trade barriers have brought greater competitive pressure to bear on local industries ....

Shelter NSW and Yfoundations have released a report by Paul van Reyk on the impact of housing on the access of young students from regional New South Wales to universities in Sydney. Under the radar (Shelter Brief 51) found that rural students in Sydney were a population for whom the housing affordability and tenancy issues commonly experienced b ....

RDA Hunter maintains that a comprehensive and all–encompassing view of this integrated region and its connectivity to surrounding regions, including Sydney, is the key to ensuring that sustainable and productive growth occurs across the Hunter to the benefit of the state, the nation and local communities. The Hunter is  ....

The Victorian Government's official population and household projections. Report Locationhttp://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/home/publications-and-research/urban-and-regional-research/census-2011/victoria-in-future-2012 ....

To determine if the addition of a video link to the existing phone connection, enabling patients admitted for mental and behavioural disorders to be seen by a centrally located psychiatrist or mental health clinician, would change the probability of these patients being transferred to the central mental health unit. The ability for the psychiatr ....