Local – If Possible: How the Spatial Networking of Economic Relations amongst Farm Enterprises Aids Small Town Survival in Rural Australia

Autor:	Anthony Sorensen, Lisa Bourke, John Martin, Phil McManus, Scott Baum, Bill Pritchard, Neil Argent, Jim Walmsley
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Economic growth business.industry Population General Social Sciences Environmental studies Business economics Consolidation (business) Geography Agriculture Human settlement Rural area education business Developed country General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Regional Studies. 46:539-557
ISSN:	1360-0591 0034-3404
DOI:	10.1080/00343404.2010.504704
Popis:	Pritchard B., Argent N., Baum S., Bourke L., Martin J., McManus P., Sorensen A. and Walmsley J. Local – if possible: how the spatial networking of economic relations amongst farm enterprises aids small town survival in rural Australia, Regional Studies. Over recent decades, the tendency in developed countries has been the consolidation of farms into fewer and larger units, and a shifting of economic functions from smaller to larger population settlements. This paper uses data from face-to-face interviews with 115 Australian farmers in agriculture-dependent regions to investigate how the spatial pattern of farm expenditure affects these processes. It is concluded that in these spatial contexts, stability, attachment, and reliance on ‘the local’ remain vital components in farm–town economic links, notwithstanding substantial adaptation by farmers to restructured economic and community circumstances. Such expenditures help sustain small towns, thus tempering judgements on rural decline. Pritchard B., Argent ...
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