Socio-Economic Wellbeing in Australian Mining Towns: A Comparative Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Tonts, Matthew; Plummer, Paul; Lawrie, Misty
Titel	Socio-Economic Wellbeing in Australian Mining Towns: A Comparative Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 28 (2012) 3, S.288-301 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.10.006
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Human Geography; Socioeconomic Status; Hypothesis Testing; Models; Rural Population; Rural Economics; Well Being; Social Indicators; Community Characteristics; Municipalities; Mining; Natural Resources; Comparative Analysis; Predictor Variables; Australia; North America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Humangeografie; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Analogiemodell; Landbevölkerung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Magistrat; Abbau; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Prädiktor; Australien; Nordamerika
Abstract	Understanding the links between resource dependence and socio-economic wellbeing has long been a subject of interest amongst social scientists in North America. By contrast, relatively few Australian studies exist on this topic. This is despite the significant role of resource industries in shaping Australia's economic and social geography. Where research has been undertaken it tends to focus on the experience of a single town or region. This paper presents a cross-sectional analysis of socio-economic performance across 33 small mining towns in Western Australia. We design and test a number of empirical models that are hypothesised to account for the variability in socio-economic performance across different resource industry contexts. The results of the analysis suggest that socio-economic wellbeing in these towns is highly variable, and contingent on a range of factors including the nature of the particular commodity, company structure, and location. (Contains 8 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10