Geospatial analysis of local economic structures in the rangeland areas of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia

Title
Geospatial analysis of local economic structures in the rangeland areas of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia
Publication Date
2018
Author(s)
Blackwell, Boyd
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-158X
Email: bblackw2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:bblackw2
Dollery, Brian E
Fischer, Andrew M
McFarlane, Jim A
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1071/RJ17065
UNE publication id
une:23602
Abstract
We examine the economic structure of Australian local government areas in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia using economic base theory and location quotients. Whereas the economic base approach is long established, in this paper we extend the three-staged geospatial visualisation method of Blackwell et al. (2017) to two additional state jurisdictions. Focusing on the economic structure of rangeland local government areas, we find that these vary significantly, implying that no single generic development policy is likely to be effective, but rather these need to be crafted individually. We demonstrate that geospatial visualisations of employment location quotients can identify local economic vulnerability as well as opportunity.
Link
Citation
The Rangeland Journal, 40(3), p. 251-262
ISSN
1834-7541
1036-9872
Start page
251
End page
262

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