Blackwell, Boyd D

McFarlane, Jim A

Fischer, Andrew M

Dollery, Brian E

2017

The economic structure of local government areas (LGAs) of the Northern Territory (NT) are mapped and analysed using economic base theory. Using a three-stage geospatial visualisation we find that: (i) Mining and agriculture are predominantly providing job concentration in a handful of remote LGAs. (ii) Employment growth is derived from public services, with private sector industries contributing almost equally in most LGAs. (iii) NT LGAs exhibit core-periphery characteristics including vulnerable peripheries, often alongside mature mining operations. (iv) However, mature mining is also found alongside diversified sub-cores, providing a model for more vulnerable LGAs.

Economic Papers, 36(3), p. 317-334

1759-3441

0812-0439

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22150

en

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia

Diversifying Cores but Stagnant Peripheries: Mining and Other Industry Employment Contributions to Development in Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory

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