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- Title
DEVELOPING A TYPOLOGY OF CHANGING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL REGIONS.
- Authors
Butt, Andrew
- Abstract
The classification of regions as functionally or socio- economically identifiable clusters lets us explore and describe geographies of seemingly complex and individualised change. It also improves our understanding of the varied nature of processes such as counter-urbanization and the formation of multi-functional rural regions. Using principal component analysis and subsequent cluster analysis, this study identified five types of regions in regard to characteristics of overall and newly resident communities. The study was undertaken for a broad region of Victoria, Australia that has experienced population growth and the decreasing influence of agriculture; typical conditions of counter-urbanisation. The results suggest that counter- urbanisation occurs in a variety of ways that are broadly consistent with explanations of processes such as rural gentrification, retirement mobility, exurbanisation and welfare-led migration. In addition, clustering included some areas where socio-economic change is less apparent, with a perseverance of rural characteristics.
- Subjects
URBANIZATION; GENTRIFICATION; PUBLIC welfare; SOCIOECONOMICS; INTERNAL migration; RURAL geography
- Publication
Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 2, p233
- ISSN
1324-0935
- Publication type
Article