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Country v. City: A Study of Attitudes to Country and City Living in a Small Country Town
Author(s) -
Widdows R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1974.tb01231.x
Subject(s) - pace , dilemma , country , decentralization , project commissioning , economic growth , asset (computer security) , sample (material) , publishing , development economics , socioeconomics , political science , geography , sociology , economics , law , management , philosophy , chemistry , computer security , geodesy , epistemology , chromatography , computer science
This paper represents an attempt, by sample survey, to assess the attitudes of the residents of a Queensland country town to city and country living. Responses to questions on a number of aspects of living suggest that country people see the city as economically advantageous to them, but that it is a ‘cold’, even hostile, place to live in. The country is relatively friendlier. The easy pace of country life, while its main asset, may be susceptible to a rapid growth policy of the ‘selective decentralisation’ type. This affords a dilemma for policymakers.