- Title
- Functional specialisation and socio-economic factors in population change : A clustering study in non-metropolitan Australia
- Creator
- Mardaneh, Karim
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/162103
- Identifier
- vital:12623
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098015577340
- Identifier
- ISBN:0042-0980
- Abstract
- Although research has examined population growth and decline using functional specialisation, little attention has been paid to the possible combined effects of functional specialisation and socio-economic factors on population change. Using the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census Data 2001–2006 for statistical local areas, this study presents an investigation of the role of both functional specialisation and socio-economic factors in population change in non-metropolitan areas under the sustenance framework. The uniqueness of the study is twofold. Conceptually it develops a framework to compare the combined role of functional specialisation and socio-economic factors on population change; and, empirically it uses data mining (cluster analysis) techniques to investigate the extent of this combined role. The results show the significance of both functional specialisation and socio-economic factors. Policy implications of the study indicate the need to examine regional development and population change in relation to functional specialisation and socio-economic factors and their impact on viability of non-metropolitan areas. © Urban Studies Journal Limited 2015.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Relation
- Urban Studies Vol. 53, no. 8 (2015), p. 1591-1616
- Rights
- Copyright © Urban Studies Journal Limited 2015.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1205 Urban and Regional Planning; 1402 Applied Economics; 1604 Human Geography; Clustering; Data mining; Functional specialisation; K-means; Population; Regional; Sustenance
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