Settlements at the Edge

Edited by Andrew Taylor, Senior Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Dean B. Carson, Professor, Charles Darwin University and Flinders University, Australia, Umeå University and Centre for Rural Medicine, Sweden, Prescott C. Ensign, Dobson Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada, Lee Huskey, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Alaska, Anchorage, US, Rasmus Ole Rasmussen, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio – Nordic Centre for Spatial Development and Nordic Council of Ministers, Stockholm, Sweden and Gertrude Saxinger, Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria and Adjunct Researcher, Yukon College, Canada

'This book is truly international in relevance and its authorship - with over 50 authors from at least 10 different countries. The topics covered are wide-ranging yet comprehensive and unified by an interesting descriptive theory (the 8 D's of Beyond Periphery). The book's contents, and the 8D's theory in particular, should be essential reading and provide rich food for thought (and possibly debate) for anyone researching the demographics or economics of remote communities, or more generally anyone grappling with the complexities of trying to contribute to sustainable futures for these communities.'

• Contents:Foreword by Tomas MörtsellPreface PART I SETTLEMENT HISTORIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIONS1 Introduction: settlements at the edgeAndrew Taylor2 The dynamic history of government settlements at the edgeLee Huskey and Andrew Taylor3 Boom back or blow back? Growth strategies in mono-industrial resource towns – ‘east’ and ‘west’ Gertrude Saxinger, Andrey Petrov, Natalia Krasnoshtanova, Vera Kuklina and Doris A. Carson4 International migration and the changing nature of settlements at the edge Kate Golebiowska, Tom Carter, Alicia Boyle and Andrew Taylor5 Gender matters: the importance of gender to settlements at the edge of the Nordic Arctic Lisbeth Harbo and Johanna Roto6 Place-based planning in remote regions: Cape York Peninsula, Australia and Nunavut, Canada Sharon Harwood, Ed Wensing and Prescott C. EnsignPART II UNDERSTANDING SETTLEMENT POPULATIONS IN SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS7 Sources of data for settlement level analyses in sparsely populated areas Paul Peters, Andrew Taylor, Dean B. Carson and Huw Brokensha8 New mobilities – new economies? Temporary populations and local innovation capacity in sparsely populated areas Doris A. Carson, Jen Cleary, Suzanne de la Barre, Marco Eimermann and Roger Marjavaara9 Land rights and their influence on settlement patternsJan Salmon and Wayne Edwards10 Re-evolution of growth pole settlements in northern peripheries? Reflecting the emergence of an LNG hub in Northern Australia with experiences from Northern Norway Sveinung Eikeland, Trond Nilsen and Andrew Taylor11 Contemporary Aboriginal settlements: understanding mixed-market approaches Judith Lovell, Don Zoellner, John Guenther, François Brouard and J.J. McMurtry12 Modelling settlement futures: techniques and challenges Paul Peters, Andrew Taylor, Dean B. Carson and Andreas KochPART III FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR SETTLEMENTS AT THE EDGE13 Climate change and settlement level impactsDeanne Bird, Robert McLeman, Gudrún Gísladóttir, Ilan Kelman, Marius Warg Næss and Gurun Jóhannesdóttir 14 Recruitment and retention of professional labour: the health workforce at settlement level Dean B. Carson, Elizabeth Wenghofer, Patrick Timony, Adrian Schoo, Peter Berggren and Brian Charters15 Renewing and re-invigorating settlements: a role for tourism? Bruce Prideaux, Michelle Thompson and Sharon Harwood16 The local demography of resource economies: long-term implications of natural resource industries for demographic development in sparsely populated areasDean B. Carson, Peter Sköld, Doris A. Carson and Lena Maria Nilsson17 Entrepreneurship and innovation at the edge: creating inducements for people and placePrescott C. Ensign and Odd Jarl Borch18 The ultimate edge: the case for planning media for sustaining space communities John Cokley, William Rankin, Marisha McAuliffe, Pauline Heinrich and Phillipa Hanrick19 Conclusion Dean B. CarsonIndex