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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786629303321

Autore

Eaqub Shamubeel

Titolo

Growing apart : regional prosperity in New Zealand / / Shamubeel Eaqub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wellington, New Zealand : , : BWB Texts, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-927277-64-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (55 p.)

Disciplina

301.363

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Growth

Sociology, Urban

Urbanization

New Zealand Economic conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1  Many Nations Beneath the Surface; Different Regional Economies; Regional Specialisations; Economic Interconnections; Differing Performance; Inequality, Loss of Trust and Poverty; Secular versus Local Factors; 2  Forces Beyond Our Control; Technology and Accelerating Change; Unstoppable Urbanisation; Globalisation and Its Discontents; Ageing Fast; 3  Consequences of Change; A Growing Creative Class; Educated and Connected; The Provincial Trap; 4  Voting with Their Feet; Leaving, Ageing and Arriving; Reversal of Decline Is Possible; 5  Call to Action; Hard Questions

No Easy SolutionsAgree on the Problem and the Goal; Gather Evidence; Develop a Strategy; Collaboration; Review and Refine; Growing Together; Notes and Further Reading; Introducing BWB Texts; Acknowledgements; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Shamubeel Eaqub highlights the changing economic fortunes of people in different parts of New Zealand - the growing gaps between our regions.