Fault lines exposed : advantage and disadvantage across Australia's settlement system / Scott Baum, Kevin O'Connor, and Robert Stimson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baum, Scott, author.

O'Connor, Kevin (Radio producer), author.

Stimson, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia--Social conditions.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Clayton, Victoria : Monash University ePress, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Social and economic change in Australia has resulted in the emergence of disparities in advantage and disadvantage between metropolitan communities and regional localities, towns and cities. This book uses up-to-date data to re-analyse the patterns, and consider policy issues that arise.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; A note about pagination and chapter identification; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Why do disparities occur and how might we understand them?; CHAPTER THREE: Suburbs of advantage and disadvantage; CHAPTER FOUR: Mining, tourism, sea-changers and agriculture; CHAPTER FIVE: Good things come in small packages, but what about small towns?; CHAPTER SIX: Commentary says the bush is in bad shape: Is that really the case?; CHAPTER SEVEN: Broad outcomes and policy issues;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780975747551

097574755X

OCLC:

67829739