[PDF] Regional Development In Australia eBook

Author : Robyn Eversole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 40,85 MB
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317417623

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In Australia, regions are not just geographic locations, they are also cultural ideas. Being regional means being located outside the nation’s capital cities and in the periphery of its centres of power and influence. Regional development in Australia is thus significantly different than its European or American counterparts. However, surprisingly little has been written about the unique dynamics of development in Australia's regions; this book has been written to fill this gap. In recent decades the Australian government has made repeated policy efforts to achieve sustainable development in its non-metropolitan areas. Over the same period, those who live and work outside the nation’s capital cities have come to identify as regional Australians. This book takes an anthropological approach to understanding the particularities of regional development in Australia. It draws upon rich, on-the-ground observations of towns, industries, universities, development organisations, and communities across different settings to provide an in-depth understanding of the subject. This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners concerned with regional development and policy.

Author : Chris Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317092015

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Throughout the world, the number of festivals has grown exponentially in the last two decades, as people celebrate local and regional cultures, but perhaps more importantly as local councils and other groups seek to use festivals both to promote tourism and to stimulate rural development. However, most studies of festivals have tended to focus almost exclusively on the cultural and symbolic aspects, or on narrow modelling of economic multiplier impacts, rather than examining their long-term implications for rural change. This book therefore has an original focus. It is structured in two parts: the first discusses broad issues affecting music festivals globally, especially in the context of rural revitalisation. The second part looks in more detail at a range of types of festivals commonly found throughout North America, Europe and Australasia, such as country music, jazz, opera and alternative music festivals. The authors draw on in-depth research undertaken over the past five years in a range of Australian places, which traces the overall growth of festivals of various kinds, examines four of the more important and distinctive music festivals, and makes clear conclusions on their significance for rural and regional change.

Author : Andrew Beer
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 22,72 MB
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1742246850

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Delves behind the too-often negative media headlines and stereotypes about regional Australia, and considers the true state of Australia’s regions, including metropolitan regions, and what can be done to improve their economic, social and environmental well-being.

Author : Frank J. B. Stilwell
Publisher : Sydney : Australia and New Zealand Book Company
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 20,63 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Australia
ISBN :

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Author : Robyn Eversole
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9780754645849

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Providing a clearly written, cross-disciplinary overview of changing understandings of regional development in Australia, this volume focuses particularly on how the concept of participation is playing an increasingly important role in all aspects of regional development theory, policy and practice. It explores current trends toward increased citizen participation in development decision making and the establishment of governance structures to facilitate participation. The book brings the Australian experience into the larger debate, while seating Australian regional development experiences within their broader international context.

Author : Tim Turpin
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 22,6 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781956871

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This book is the result of a comparative investigation that contrasts micro-systems of innovation in several regions of China and Australia - two vastly different countries in terms of traditions, industry structures, political systems and economic organisation. Six regional studies comprehensively document the experiences of firms engaged in product or process innovation. The book also examines the institutions that support research and development and the impact of government policies on innovation in each of the regions studied. The case-studies present original and informative insights into the different ways in which local, national and transnational interests interact and influence regional development. These findings support the view that local innovation systems are emerging with quite different structural characteristics. The authors conclude that local, national and transnational dimensions are continually redefining and aligning themselves in novel and interesting ways. They highlight the importance of identifying these structural relationships in order to encourage dynamic innovation to occur. This, they argue, has important implications for policymakers concerned with the promotion of innovation in regional areas.