Decline, adaptation or transformation: new perspectives on demographic change in resource peripheries in Australia and Sweden

Abstract: "Many sparsely populated resource peripheries in developed countries are perceived to suffer from periods of demographic decline due to loss of employment opportunities and services, youth out-migration and population ageing. While these trends tend to apply at broad regional scales and for particular time periods, diverse patterns of demographic change may be apparent if different spatial, temporal and social scales of analysis are taken into consideration. Comparing the experiences of two case study regions in northern Sweden and inland South Australia, this paper proposes an alternative conceptual framework to the 'discourse of decline', which could be used to examine the nuances of demographic change within resource peripheries. The framework includes spatial scale considerations that contrast broader regional demographic patterns with the experiences of sub-regions and individual settlements. It also includes temporal scale aspects, examining demographic change over different

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Comparative Population Studies - Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft ; 41 (2016) 3-4 ; 28

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
• (when): 2016
• Creator: Carson, Dean B. ; Carson, Doris A. ; Porter, Rob ; Ahlin, Celia Yoshida ; Sköld, Peter

Further information

• DOI: 10.12765/CPoS-2016-11en
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021070207133192607519
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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