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Shrinking cities in Australia: Shrinking Cities; Communities in Transformation in Australia
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International Symposium "Coping with City Shrinkage and Demographic Change - Lessons from around the Globe"
30.-31.03.2006 Dresden, Germany
Cristina Martinez-Fernandez / Chung-Tong Wu, University of Western Sydney (Australia)
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Shrinking Cities; Communities in Transformation in Australia
The process of urbanisation in Australia often follows different patterns than those observed in other highly urbanised societies such as cities in America and Europe. The debate on shrinking cities is very limited in Australia and for a long time research efforts have focused on growing urban centres and large metropolitan regions. We can observe two types of shrinking processes:
One refers to processes of reurbanisation and suburbanisation. Australia is characterised by a rapid urbanisation process of its main cities: Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne. Population growth is steady but far from homogeneous and in fact there have been changes in the patterns of population change in Australian cities from 1981 to 1996. Decline in population growth shows ‘doughnut’ patterns in the center and middle city in some cases or in the peripheral rings in other cases.
The other refers to transformation processes of resource-intensive cities and regions. There are some characteristics of urban development in Australia that specially relate to mining towns as per their often rural/remote nature, the high economic and governance dependence on the minerals sector, and its significance to the national economy. The nature of the mining industry in Australia and its added value to host communities has unique characteristics for the study of the impact of demographic and economic changes in regional communities. A number of these communities have actively pursuit strategies to cope with these growth-shrinkage dynamics. The study of these communities is underrepresented in international comparative research despite its global significance. In Australia, its analysis is also limited despite the critical impact that cities such as Broken Hill, Whyalla and Mt Isa have in regional Australia.
The presentation will show examples of both types of shrinkage-growth processes in Australian cities and regions. |
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