Growing apart : regional prosperity in New Zealand / Shamubeel Eaqub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eaqub, Shamubeel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Sociology, Urban.

Urbanization.

New Zealand--Economic conditions--21st century.

New Zealand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 p.)

Place of Publication:

Wellington, New Zealand : BWB Texts, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shamubeel Eaqub highlights the changing economic fortunes of people in different parts of New Zealand - the growing gaps between our regions.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 Many Nations Beneath the Surface; Different Regional Economies; Regional Specialisations; Economic Interconnections; Differing Performance; Inequality, Loss of Trust and Poverty; Secular versus Local Factors; 2 Forces Beyond Our Control; Technology and Accelerating Change; Unstoppable Urbanisation; Globalisation and Its Discontents; Ageing Fast; 3 Consequences of Change; A Growing Creative Class; Educated and Connected; The Provincial Trap; 4 Voting with Their Feet; Leaving, Ageing and Arriving; Reversal of Decline Is Possible; 5 Call to Action; Hard Questions

No Easy SolutionsAgree on the Problem and the Goal; Gather Evidence; Develop a Strategy; Collaboration; Review and Refine; Growing Together; Notes and Further Reading; Introducing BWB Texts; Acknowledgements; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed July 23, 2014).

ISBN:

1-927277-64-7

OCLC:

889266102