Local economies of mobility in sparsely populated areas: Cases from Australia's spine

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 340-349

  Carson, Dean B ^a,b   Carson, Doris A ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia's spine; Local economies; New mobilities; Short term mobility; Socio economic impacts; Sparsely populated areas

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MOBILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84915784040     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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