Modelling the Causes of Regional Disparities across Australia

本项目旨在解释2001年至2011年期间澳大利亚区域经济表现的变化模式，其背景是两个发展：世界贸易和商品价格的重大结构性转变催生了大规模的采矿业增长和其他地方（例如制造业）的负面汇率影响；金融危机结束了信贷繁荣，使东海岸经济陷入困境。由此产生的地区差异对教育和技能培训、住房负担能力、基础设施提供和社区可持续性产生了政策影响。这些问题将使用新的功能经济区地理和最先进的空间建模工具进行调查，并辅以区域案例研究。

This project aims to explain the changing patterns of regional economic performance across Australia between 2001-2011 in the context of two developments: major structural shifts in world trade and commodity prices spawning massive mining growth and negative exchange rate impacts elsewhere (for example, manufacturing); and the financial crisis ending the credit boom leaving east coast economies struggling. The resulting regional disparities have policy implications for education and skills training, housing affordability, infrastructure provision, and community sustainability. These issues will be investigated using a new functional economic regions geography and state of art spatial modelling tools supplemented by regional case studies.