Decline, Adaptation or Transformation: New Perspectives on Demographic Change in Resource Peripheries in Australia and Sweden ... : Decline, Adaptation or Transformation: New Perspectives on Demographic Change in Resource Peripheries in Australia and Sweden ...

• Main Authors: Carson, Dean B., Carson, Doris A., Porter, Rob, Ahlin, Celia Yoshida, Sköld, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Federal Institute for Population Research 2017
• Subjects: Demographic decline; Resource peripheries; Population ageing; Youth out-migration; Female flight; Mid North Australia; Western Lapland Sweden; Northern Sweden; Lapland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.12765/cpos-2016-11en; http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/245/233

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 time periods to understand ... : Comparative Population Studies, Vol 41, No 3-4 (2016): Geographies of Demographic Change: Theories and Narratives ...