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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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ORCID: 0000-0001-5284-6428 and Dollery, BE 2017
, 'Diversifying cores but stagnant peripheries: mining and other industry employment contributions to development in local government areas of the Northern Territory'
, Economic Society of Australia. Economic Papers, vol. 36, no. 3
, pp. 317-334
, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-3441.12182.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Authors/Creators: | Blackwell, BD and McFarlane, JA and Fischer, AM and Dollery, BE |
| Keywords: | employment, growth, mining, Northern Territory, specialisation |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Economic Society of Australia. Economic Papers |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia |
| ISSN: | 0812-0439 |
| DOI / ID Number: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-3441.12182 |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright 2017 The Economic Society of Australia |
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