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Population Redistribution in Australia: The Problem of Competing Location Preferences
Author(s) -
Hay Colin G.
Publication year - 1976
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.1839-4655.1976.tb00576.x
Subject(s) - relocation , redistribution (election) , decentralization , population , project commissioning , australian population , demographic economics , publishing , geography , economic growth , economics , sociology , political science , demography , computer science , market economy , politics , law , programming language
Results from an exploratory survey are used to indicate the importance of the subjective dimension in relocation decisions and policies directed towards population redistribution. The competition between alternative residential location preferences amongst the sample surveyed indicates possible obstacles to the implementation of selective decentralization programmes and the rapid development of designated growth centres.