Population growth and change: Implications for Australia's cities and regions

Geographical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-335

  McGuirk, Pauline ^a   Argent, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decline and change; Metropolitan growth management; Non metropolitan growth; Population projections; Urban and regional settlement

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79960839632     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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