Rural Change in Australia: Population, Economy, Environment

by Rae Dufty-Jones, John Connell, Henry Buller, Owen Furuseth, Andrew W Gilg

Overview

This book provides a contemporary perspective on rapidly evolving population, economic and environmental changes in 'rural and regional Australia', itself a significant concept. Bringing together a range of empirical studies, the book builds on established rural studies themes such as population change, economic restructuring and globalization in agriculture but links such changes to environmental change, culture, class, gender, and ethnic diversity. Presenting original and in-depth interventions on these issues and their intersections, this book assembles the best of contemporary research on rural Australia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472403780
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	03/28/2014
Series:	Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Rae Dufty-Jones, University of Western Sydney, Australia and John Connell, University of Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction: twenty-first century rural Australia, John Connell and Rae Dufty-Jones; The role of gender in the migration practices and aspirations of Australian rural youth, Rae Dufty-Jones, Neil Argent, Fran Rolley and Jim Walmsley; Urban to rural elderly migration: renewing and reinventing Australia’s small rural towns, Amanda Davies; Immigrant settlement in regional Australia: patterns and processes, Graeme Hugo; ‘They have no concept of what a farm is’: exploring rural change through tree change migration, Danielle Drozdzewski; Difference or equality? Settlement dilemmas on the indigenous estate, John Taylor; Challenging mining workforce practices: implications for frontline rural communities, Alison McIntosh and Kerry Carrington; Trajectories of change in rural landscapes: the end of the mixed farm?, Fiona McKenzie; Water reform in the 21st century: the changed status of Australian agriculture, Erin F. Smith and Bill Pritchard; Rural place marketing, tourism and creativity: entering the post-productivist countryside, Chris Gibson; Soft country? Rural and regional Australia in country style, John Connell; ‘Not just drought.’ Drought, rural change and more: perspectives from rural farming communities, Louise E. Askew, Meg Sherval and Pauline McGuirk; Evolving metabolic relations: nature, resources and people in the Hunter Valley, Phil McManus. Index.

Editorial Reviews

’The rural is often imagined as a timeless and unchanging space. However, as this collection’s rich case studies demonstrate, in recent decades non-metropolitan Australia has been radically reconfigured. Through detailed and insightful empirical explorations contributors not only interrogate the nature and implications of rural change, but also contribute to broader theoretical debates about the meaning and efficacy of the term rurality.’ Barbara Pini, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia ’A rich insight into contemporary rural and regional Australia, with well-informed contributions examining the challenges of economic restructuring, demographic change, migration and resource pressures that confront country areas. An invaluable collection for anyone interested in rural change in Australia and beyond.’ Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, UK

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