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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- 1: Dipping in to the North: Living, Working and Traveling in Sparsely Populated Areas -- Myths Portraying SPAs as Dull and Struggling -- Myths Portraying SPAs as Rural Idylls -- SPAs Today: (Post-)Productivist, Multi-Functional or Something Else? -- The Purposes of This Book: Beyond Dull and Idyll -- References -- 2: Who Lives in the Inland North? Dynamic, Diverse, Fragile, Robust -- Introduction -- Summary of the Section -- Encouraging and Discouraging Settlement -- References -- 3: Small Villages and Socio-Economic Change in Resource Peripheries: A View from Northern Sweden -- The Myth: Resource Peripheries, Single-Industry Settlements, and Socio-Economic Vulnerability -- Global Perspectives: Single-Industry Towns and 'Post-Staples' Development -- The Inland North: Experiences of Industry and Settler Villages -- What Might the Future Hold? -- References -- 4: The Myth of the Immobile Rural: The Case of Rural Villages in Iceland -- The Conventional Wisdom -- The Literature -- The Case of Villages in Rural Iceland -- Policy Reflections -- Gudmundur Gunnarsson, Mayor of Ísafjörður Munic., Westfjords of Iceland -- Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, Minister of Transport and Local Government, Government of Iceland -- References -- 5: The Changing Youth Population -- The Myth/s: Youth Leave -- Youth Migration and Rural Decline: New Perspectives? -- What Might the Future Hold? -- What Do Policy Makers Need to Know? -- References -- 6: Housing in SPAs: Too Much of Nothing or Too Much for 'Free'? -- A Growing Problem -- Settlement Patterns in the Sparsely Populated North of Sweden -- Demand for Housing in Sparsely Populated Areas -- Supply of Housing -- How Do the Municipalities Assess Their Housing Stock? -- The Future of Housing in Sparsely Populated Areas.

1.1 Scope of the project -- 1.2 Managing change in small communities -- 1.3 Moving Alice Ahead -- 1.4 Demographic change -- 1.5 Alice Springs as a service centre -- 1.6 Economic development -- 1.7 Energy, waste, water and transport -- 1.8 A focus on anti-social behaviour -- 1.9 Government and community services -- 1.10 Young people, physical and mental health -- 1.11 Conclusions -- 1.12 Annotated bibliography of Alice Springs reports -- 1.13 References. ; Includes bibliographical references. p.21-23.

"This year (2011) recognises the centenary of the Northern Territory separating from South Australia and becoming the responsibility of the Commonwealth Government. It therefore offers an historical 'marker' on the journey to statehood, and an opportunity to maintain the dialogue within the Territory as undertaken by the Information Roadshow Program delivered by the Northern Territory Statehood Steering Committee during 2010. This Information Roadshow Program travelled to 50 Public Forums and conducted a number of local meetings and information sessions throughout the Northern Territory in 2010." - Executive summary. ; Date:2011 ; Keynote speeches - The Honourable Fred Chaney, Professor George Williams -- The Northern Institute Public Policy Lecture Series - The Honourable Dr. Gary Johns, Professor Elizabeth A. Povinelli -- Further Statehood related presentations - The Honourable Paul Henderson MLA, Chief Justice Robert French -- Historical Society of the Northern Territory Lecture Series 2011 - Michael Tatham, Professor Dean Carson, Ken Parish, Kathy De La Ruse, Judy Boland. ; Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).