Decline, Adaptation or Transformation:New Perspectives on Demographic Change in Resource Peripheries in Australia and Sweden
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 particula...
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ftjcpos:oai:ojs.comparativepopulationstudies.de:article/245 2023-05-15T17:44:31+02:00 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 Carson, Dean B. Carson, Doris A. Porter, Rob Ahlin, Celia Yoshida Sköld, Peter 2017-01-03 application/pdf http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/245 https://doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2016-11 eng eng Federal Institute for Population Research http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/245/233 10.12765/CPoS-2016-11en http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/245 doi:10.12765/CPoS-2016-11 Copyright (c) 2016 CC BY-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC-BY-SA Comparative Population Studies; Vol. 41 No. 3-4 (2016): Geographies of Demographic Change: Theories and Narratives Comparative Population Studies; Bd. 41 Nr. 3-4 (2016): Geographies of Demographic Change: Theories and Narratives 1869-8999 1869-8980 Demographic decline Resource peripheries Population ageing Youth out-migration Female flight Mid North (Australia) Western Lapland (Sweden) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Begutachteter Artikel Peer-reviewed Article 2017 ftjcpos https://doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2016-11 2023-01-29T18:24:46Z 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 the pace, duration and frequency of population growth and decline. The framework finally includes social unit considerations, emphasising that demographic change affects different social groups in different ways. The results of the case studies suggest that considering demographic change as adaptation or transformation rather than decline may be more useful for identifying new – and qualitatively different – demographic pathways that emerge over time. 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 ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Lapland Comparative Population Studies (CPoS) (E-Journal) Comparative Population Studies 41 3-4 |
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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 the pace, duration and frequency of population growth and decline. The framework finally includes social unit considerations, emphasising that demographic change affects different social groups in different ways. The results of the case studies suggest that considering demographic change as adaptation or transformation rather than decline may be more useful for identifying new – and qualitatively different – demographic pathways that emerge over time. 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 ... |
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Decline, Adaptation or Transformation:New Perspectives on Demographic Change in Resource Peripheries in Australia and Sweden |
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Decline, Adaptation or Transformation:New Perspectives on Demographic Change in Resource Peripheries in Australia and Sweden |
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Decline, Adaptation or Transformation:New Perspectives on Demographic Change in Resource Peripheries in Australia and Sweden |
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Decline, Adaptation or Transformation:New Perspectives on Demographic Change in Resource Peripheries in Australia and Sweden |
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Decline, Adaptation or Transformation:New Perspectives on Demographic Change in Resource Peripheries in Australia and Sweden |
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