Rural change in Australia: population, economy, environment

In: Perspectives on rural policy and planning

Abstract

1. Introduction : twenty-first century rural Australia / John Connell and Rae Dufty-Jones -- 2. The role of gender in the migration practices and aspirations of Australian rural youth / Rae Dufty-Jones. [and more] -- 3. Urban to rural elderly migration : renewing and reinventing Australia's small ruralatowns / Amanda Davies -- 4. Immigrant settlement in regional Australia : patterns and processes / Graeme Hugo -- 5. "They have no concept if what a farm is" : exploring rural change through tree change migration / Danielle Drozdzewski -- 6. Difference or equality? : settlement dilemmas on the indigenous estate / John Taylor -- 7. Challenging mining workforce practices : implications for frontline rural communities / Alison McIntosh and Kerry Carrington -- 8. Trajectories of change in rural landscapes : the end of the mixed farm? / Fiona McKenzie -- 9. Water reform in the 21st century : the changed status of Australian agriculture / Erin F. Smith and Bill Pritchard -- 10. Rural place marketing, tourism and creativity : entering the post-productivist countryside / Chris Gibson -- 11. Soft country? : rural and regional australia in country style / John Connell -- 12. 'Not just drought' : drought, rural change and more : perspectives from rural farming communities / Louise E. Askew, Meg Sherval and Pauline McGuirk -- 13. Evolving metabolic relations : nature resources and people in the hunter valley / Phil McManus.