Sustainable Regions for a Competitive Australia

大都市、农村和偏远地区如何在经济和就业增长与环境和社会可持续性之间取得平衡？ 该倡议建立了一个研究人员网络，就环境最佳做法、社区发展、区域治理、劳动力市场、经济发展和技术转让等问题开展协作。 该网络的愿景是找到利用现有和未来研究的方法，帮助澳大利亚各地区在世界市场上更具竞争力，在环境上更具可持续性，并帮助建立更强大的区域社区。 该网络跨越传统的学科界限，为澳大利亚各地区面临的真实的问题找到综合解决办法。

How can metropolitan, rural and remote regions balance economic and job growth, with environmental and social sustainability? This Initiative establishes a Network of researchers to work collaboratively on questions of environmental best practice, community development, regional governance, labour markets, economic development and technology transfer. The Network's vision is to find ways to use existing and future research to help make Australia's regions more competitive on world markets and more environmentally sustainable, and to help build stronger regional communities. The Network cuts across traditional discipline boundaries to find integrated solutions to the real problems confronting Australian regions.