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Settlement systems in sparsely populated regions : the United States and Australia /
Settlement Systems in Sparsely Populated Regions.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Pergamon Press,
�1981.
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| Colección: | Comparative rural transformation series.
Pergamon policy studies on urban affairs. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Settlement Systems in Sparsely Populated Regions: The United States and Australia; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Lands of Distant Promise; ARE SPARSELANDS DIFFERENT?; IDENTIFYING SPARSELY POPULATED REGIONS; THE POTENTIAL OF THE SPARSELANDS; MAJOR POLICY ISSUES; BASES FOR COMPARISON; NOTES; Chapter 2. Human Settlements in Sparsely Populated Areas: A Conceptual Overview, With Special Reference to the U.S.; THE LOCATION OF SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS; THE VALUE OF SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS; SPARSELANDS PAST AND PRESENT; CHARACTERISTICS OF SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS.
- PERSPECTIVES ON SPARSELAND FUTURESSUMMARY; NOTES; Chapter 3. Some Distinctive Characteristics of U.S. Sparselands; LOW POPULATION DENSITY; RESTRICTIVE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; MIGRATION AND POPULATION CHANGE; SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND QUALITIES; SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF MINORITY GROUPS; NOTES; Chapter 4. Sparsely Populated Regions of Australia; NATIONAL IMPACT OF SPARSELANDS; MAJOR ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT OF SPARSELANDS; ENVIRONMENT AND LAND USE; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION DENSITY AND SERVICE PROVISION; MEASURES OF ACCESSIBILITY; SPARSELAND TOWNS.
- THE INFLUENCE OF SPARSELANDS ON NATIONAL POLICY-MAKINGNOTES; Chapter 5. Population Change and Social Inequalities in Sparsely Populated Regions in Australia; REGIONAL POPULATION CHANGE; HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN SPARSELY POPULATED REGIONS OF AUSTRALIA; APPENDIX 1: THE METHOD OF MORTALITY STANDARDIZATION; APPENDIX 2: TESTING FOR SIGNIFICANCE; NOTES; Chapter 6. Population Trends in Sparsely Settled Areas of the United States: The Case of the Great Plains; DATA AND PROCEDURES; A COMPARISON OF GROWTH TRENDS; FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NONMETROPOLITAN NET MIGRATION; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES.
- Chapter 7. Changing Functions of Villages in Sparsely Populated Areas: The American WestPREVIOUS RESEARCH; DATA EMPLOYED; VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS
- WEST AND EAST COMPARED; PATTERNS OF CHANGE; THE CONTEMPORARY RURAL VILLAGE; NOTES; Chapter 8. New Towns in Isolated Settings in Australia; TOWN TYPES AND LOCATIONS; PHYSICAL FABRIC OF ISOLATED NEW TOWNS; SOCIAL FABRIC OF NEW AND REJUVENATED MINING TOWNS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; NOTES; Chapter 9. Problems of Living in Isolated Communities: The Eyre Peninsula and Port Lincoln, South Australia; THE PROBLEM.
- THE EYRE PENINSULA: POPULATION TRENDS IN AN ISOLATED REGIONTHE EYRE PENINSULA: SERVICES PROVISION IN AN ISOLATED REGION; THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PORT LINCOLN; ISOLATED COMMUNITIES IN REMOTE AREAS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNMENTS; NOTES; Chapter 10. Travel Behavior of Isolated Rural Populations in Inland Queensland; PERSPECTIVES ON ADJUSTMENTS TO ISOLATION; SOURCES OF DATA; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR: A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE; COMPOSITION OF TRIPS TO MAIN SERVICE CENTER; RECURRENCE INTERVAL OF REGULAR TRIPS TO MAIN SERVICE CENTER; MEAN FREQUENCIES AND WEEKLY DISTANCES OF REGULAR TRIPS.