Matthew Tonts
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 137149 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Matthew Tonts |
| NOMBRES | Matthew |
| APELLIDO | Tonts |
| FIRMA | TONTS M |
| AFILIACIONES | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3086-3793 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 51 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 503 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 12 |
Looking through a crystal ball
Comparative Rural Planning Cultures
It comes as no surprise that planning has an urban bias. Modern planning arose in the early twentieth century to address the problems of urbanization brought on by the Industrial Revolution. From s
Spatial Differentiation of Variegated Capitalisms
The globalization of firms is shaped at multiple scales by interdependencies and connections between places. The degree to which firm strategic behavior is global depends on capitalist variegation that reflects national particularity and path dependence linked to underlying global industry restructuring. This article develops an analytical framework for studying spatial differentiation of sectoral modes of variegated capitalism by applying a worl…
The global commodities boom and the reshaping of regional economies
Since the publication of Fagan and Webber’s Global Restructuring in 1994, Australia has experienced one of the most significant commodities-led economic booms in its history. Increasing global demand for iron ore, natural gas, coal and a host of other resources from the early 2000s contributed to a period of sustained economic growth, low unemployment and rising per capita incomes. While popular and political discourses have tended to focus on th…
Global restructuring’ two decades on
The Australian economy has changed dramatically over the past quarter of a century. The combination of neoliberal reform, increasing dependence on natural resources, the rise of the services economy and the restructuring of the nation’s manufacturing sector has collectively transformed the national spatial economy. The publication of Fagan and Webber’s Global Restructuring: The Australian Experience in 1994 provided an overview of the shifting ge…
Mining, development and well-being in Vietnam
Exploring Cities through a Population Ageing Matrix
In an increasingly urbanised and ageing world the spatial distribution of an older population is a matter of growing scholarly and policy interest. Much of the research on this topic has tended to draw on one of two key measures: structural ageing, or the ratio of older cohorts to the rest of the population, or numeric ageing, which simply counts the number of older people without reference to the rest of the population. This paper argues that, o…
Strengthening the performance of farming system groups
Farming system groups are fast emerging as key players in the generation and sharing of farmer relevant information in agriculture. These are groups of farmers who, in association with broader agricultural industry members, are involved in conducting locally relevant research and extension activities. The strength of these groups to a large extent depends on the voluntary cooperative participation of growers in group activities. This paper draws …
Sustainable livelihoods and indicators for regional development in mining economies
Exploring perceptions of the impacts of resource development
Metropolitan land-use patterns by economic function
This paper develops a comparative means by which to understand metropolitan spatial structure through the dynamics of economic activities. Clustering and suburbanization have been key processes within the contemporary urban landscape, but few scholarly accounts have systematically merged the two to explain the geographies of economic activity. Using firm location as a variable to discern sector- and industry-based locational requirements, we expl…
The resource boom and socio-economic well-being in Australian resource towns
The economy of Western Australia has long been characterized by a heavy dependence on extractive industries. The past decade, however, has seen the mining industry expand very rapidly, with significant implications for the small towns that support the sector. In this article, we consider the socio-economic performance of these towns through an assessment of unemployment, welfare dependence and incomes. In contrast to many other studies of resourc…
Strategic globalizing centers and sub-network geometries
Path Dependence and the Evolution of a Patchwork Economy
Within economic geography, the use of evolutionary concepts is gaining increasing traction in our understanding of the dynamics of capitalist space economies. There is an emerging literature exploring the nature of the processes driving path dependence on the assumption that such a process actually exists. In contrast, here, we consider the logically prior question of whether path dependence exists and how we might detect it at the regional scale…
Powering the world city system
The authors explore energy as an alternative but important landscape of globalisation, where spatial geometries of global power and control are defined by particular historic and contemporary geopolitical and territorial forces. From the application of a social network analysis to energy corporate locations, it is argued that network geographic, relational, and hierarchical perspectives are all critical in enhancing understandings of the world ci…
Path dependence, resilience and the evolution of new rural economies
The Amenity Principle, Internal Migration, and Rural Development in Australia
Arguably, rural land markets in Australia are currently in a high state of flux, with a panoply of competing interests seeking to capitalize on both the traditional and a range of newly emergent values anchored in land. Amenity-led migration is, we argue, an important strand of this renewed interest in rural lands, albeit one that is highly spatially selective. Employing a predictive and synoptic model of migration attractiveness across southeast…
Regional development, redistribution and the extraction of mineral resources
A creativity-led rural renaissance? Amenity-led migration, the creative turn and the uneven development of rural Australia
The Impacts of Temporary Labour Migration on Farming Systems of the Loess Plateau, Gansu Province, China
Across much of rural China, members of farm households spend parts of the year working in cities to generate additional income. This process of temporary labour migration has gathered pace in recent years as rural households capitalise on China's economic expansion and look to improve their own levels of well‐being. Yet, to date, relatively little research has examined the impacts of temporary migration on the structure and performance of farming…
Rural Migration, Agrarian Change, and Institutional Dynamics
Overall, this special issue provides insights into the mutually constitutive ways in which rapid economic development associated with industrialisation drives institutional change, migration and mobility, and, finally, altered relationships between – and conceptions of – rural and urban. The following papers pose important conceptual, normative as well as practical, policy‐relevant questions relating to the human consequences of these processes a…
A Multicultural and Multifunctional Countryside? International Labour Migration and Australia's Productivist Heartlands
In 2007, Michael Woods posited the notion of ‘the global countryside’ as a hypothetical space within which globalising tendencies are fully realised in the transformation of rural place. Rather than viewing rural change as being ‘determined’ by global processes, Woods sought to encourage more nuanced accounts that could ‘hold together’ multiple scales in their narratives of rural restructuring. After three decades of neoliberal trade and agricult…
Geographical Political Economy, Dirt Research and the Pilbara
The past few years have seen the issue of uneven development re-emerge as a source of popular and political debate within Australia, with widespread reference to a ‘two-speed economy’, or in more e
Income Growth and Employment in the Pilbara
There is a growing interest in the application of evolutionary concepts and methodologies in understanding the dynamics of capitalist space economies. This paper contributes to these debates through an analysis of income growth and employment in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. While much of the work on ‘evolutionary economic geography’ has focused on core industrial and service economies, the Pilbara offers a unique context within which …
Do History and Geography Matter? Regional Unemployment Dynamics in a Resource-Dependent Economy
Conceptual and methodological differences notwithstanding, both the 'new' economic geography and evolutionary economic geography insist that both history and geography matter when accounting for the changing spatial distribution of economic activities. To date, discourse has been conducted largely at a theoretical level, with few attempts to evaluate the empirical validity of either of these competing claims about the dynamics of the capitalist s…
Competitive sport and social capital in rural Australia
Boomtowns, Resource Dependence and Socio-economic Well-being
The issue of socio-economic well-being in resource-dependent communities has been one of ongoing interest for geographers, rural sociologists and economists. While much research focuses on the impacts of industry downturn and closure on well-being, this paper is focused on the implications of large-scale resource development and rapid growth in boomtowns. In contrast to a long tradition of research in other parts of the developed world, relativel…
Socio-economic wellbeing in Australian mining towns
Commodification and Creative Destruction in the Australian Rural Landscape
This paper examines the destructive tendencies associated with the commodification of rurality in some of Australia’s more scenic and accessible rural areas. While development based on the consumption of idealised rural landscapes and cultures can contribute to the accumulation of capital in rural areas, it can also result in the destruction of those aspects which consumers find attractive. These attributes include traditional farming landscapes,…
Strategic globalizing centers and sub-network geometries
A Multicultural and Multifunctional Countryside? International Labour Migration and Australia's Productivist Heartlands
In 2007, Michael Woods posited the notion of ‘the global countryside’ as a hypothetical space within which globalising tendencies are fully realised in the transformation of rural place. Rather than viewing rural change as being ‘determined’ by global processes, Woods sought to encourage more nuanced accounts that could ‘hold together’ multiple scales in their narratives of rural restructuring. After three decades of neoliberal trade and agricult…
Path dependence, resilience and the evolution of new rural economies
The resource boom and socio-economic well-being in Australian resource towns
The economy of Western Australia has long been characterized by a heavy dependence on extractive industries. The past decade, however, has seen the mining industry expand very rapidly, with significant implications for the small towns that support the sector. In this article, we consider the socio-economic performance of these towns through an assessment of unemployment, welfare dependence and incomes. In contrast to many other studies of resourc…
Rural Restructuring and the Changing Geography of Competitive Sport
The geography of sport has received relatively little attention from those interested in processes of rural social and economic change. This is despite the important role that sport plays in the structure of rural communities and regions. In addition to the obvious health benefits associated with physical activity, sport contributes to community identity and provides opportunities for social interaction. There is, however, considerable evidence t…
The Amenity Principle, Internal Migration, and Rural Development in Australia
Arguably, rural land markets in Australia are currently in a high state of flux, with a panoply of competing interests seeking to capitalize on both the traditional and a range of newly emergent values anchored in land. Amenity-led migration is, we argue, an important strand of this renewed interest in rural lands, albeit one that is highly spatially selective. Employing a predictive and synoptic model of migration attractiveness across southeast…
Evolutionary Perspectives on Rural Australia
An enduring concern within Australian rural geography has been to understand the nature and implications of change. Much of the intellectual effort has been focused on interpreting how rural economies, populations, social institutions, cultures, and land uses have been transformed through processes operating across a range of spatial and temporal scales. This paper offers a critical appraisal of recent rural research in Australia and how this bod…
Labour Market Dynamics in Resource Dependent Regions
Labour shortages have become an increasingly significant barrier to economic development in regional Australia. Many firms and government agencies are operating below capacity as a result of their inability to fill jobs. In the mineral resources sector, this has been compounded by rapidly rising demand for commodities and the very remote locations of many mine sites. This paper explores the dynamics of labour shortages in the minerals sector of t…
Powering the world city system
The authors explore energy as an alternative but important landscape of globalisation, where spatial geometries of global power and control are defined by particular historic and contemporary geopolitical and territorial forces. From the application of a social network analysis to energy corporate locations, it is argued that network geographic, relational, and hierarchical perspectives are all critical in enhancing understandings of the world ci…
Corporate Location, Concentration and Performance
The paper examines the geography of corporate headquarters in the Australian urban system, giving consideration to their location, control of capital and performance. The paper argues that, while considerable recent attention has been given to global cities in the networks of corporate power, the spatial organisation of company headquarters remains important within national urban systems. In the case of Australia, Sydney and Melbourne dominate th…
From state paternalism to neoliberalism in Australian rural policy
For much of this century, the rural policies of Australian governments were directed at providing a viable social and economic base for rural communities and country towns. Policies which provided the conditions for stable growth in the agricultural economy, together with equitable levels of access to services such as schools, hospitals and public housing, were seen as instrumental in the development of stable rural communities. More recently, ho…
Spatial Differentiation of Variegated Capitalisms
The globalization of firms is shaped at multiple scales by interdependencies and connections between places. The degree to which firm strategic behavior is global depends on capitalist variegation that reflects national particularity and path dependence linked to underlying global industry restructuring. This article develops an analytical framework for studying spatial differentiation of sectoral modes of variegated capitalism by applying a worl…
Economic Diversity and Regional Socioeconomic Performance
One of the truisms ingrained in much regional development policy and practice is the claimed importance of economic diversity in contributing to socio-economic stability and well-being. There is, however, very little recent research examining this contention in the context of rural Australia. This paper examines the extent to which economic diversity affects the socio-economic performance of local areas in the Western Australian grain belt. The r…
Spatially Uneven Development
This article does not have an abstract
Some recent trends in Australian regional economic development policy
Metropolitan land-use patterns by economic function
This paper develops a comparative means by which to understand metropolitan spatial structure through the dynamics of economic activities. Clustering and suburbanization have been key processes within the contemporary urban landscape, but few scholarly accounts have systematically merged the two to explain the geographies of economic activity. Using firm location as a variable to discern sector- and industry-based locational requirements, we expl…
The Impacts of Temporary Labour Migration on Farming Systems of the Loess Plateau, Gansu Province, China
Across much of rural China, members of farm households spend parts of the year working in cities to generate additional income. This process of temporary labour migration has gathered pace in recent years as rural households capitalise on China's economic expansion and look to improve their own levels of well‐being. Yet, to date, relatively little research has examined the impacts of temporary migration on the structure and performance of farming…
Do History and Geography Matter? Regional Unemployment Dynamics in a Resource-Dependent Economy
Conceptual and methodological differences notwithstanding, both the 'new' economic geography and evolutionary economic geography insist that both history and geography matter when accounting for the changing spatial distribution of economic activities. To date, discourse has been conducted largely at a theoretical level, with few attempts to evaluate the empirical validity of either of these competing claims about the dynamics of the capitalist s…
The Shifting Geography of Corporate Headquarters in Australia
Tonts M. and Taylor M. The shifting geography of corporate headquarters in Australia: a longitudinal analysis, Regional Studies. Over recent years there has been a renewed interest in the role of corporate headquarters in urban systems. While much of this focus has been oriented towards global or regional city networks, it is argued here that the locational dynamics of corporate headquarters remain important within national systems. This paper co…
The Historical Geographies of Showing Livestock
This paper examines changes in the entries of livestock to competitions at the Perth Royal Show in the course of the twentieth century. It identifies trends in the showing of animals at the Show and explains these with reference to the wider geographies of state and national agricultural change in Western Australia (WA). In doing so, it provides a longitudinal perspective on the socioeconomic contexts of farming in WA and identifies some of the k…
The global commodities boom and the reshaping of regional economies
Since the publication of Fagan and Webber’s Global Restructuring in 1994, Australia has experienced one of the most significant commodities-led economic booms in its history. Increasing global demand for iron ore, natural gas, coal and a host of other resources from the early 2000s contributed to a period of sustained economic growth, low unemployment and rising per capita incomes. While popular and political discourses have tended to focus on th…
Rural restructuring and social sustainability
Over the past three decades the Western Australian wheatbelt has undergone dramatic economic, environmental and social changes precipitated, primarily, by the process of rural restructuring. Farm amalgamation, environmental degradation, labour market adjustments and severe population decline have been consistently noted trends throughout much of the wheatbelt. The ongoing and integrated nature of these problems has led to increasing calls for a m…
Economic Restructuring and Small Town Adjustment
(1996). Economic Restructuring and Small Town Adjustment: Evidence from the Western Australian Central Wheatbelt. Rural Society: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 24-33
From state paternalism to neoliberalism in Australian rural policy
For much of this century, the rural policies of Australian governments were directed at providing a viable social and economic base for rural communities and country towns. Policies which provided the conditions for stable growth in the agricultural economy, together with equitable levels of access to services such as schools, hospitals and public housing, were seen as instrumental in the development of stable rural communities. More recently, ho…
Some recent trends in Australian regional economic development policy
Comparative Perspectives on Regional Development Policy in Australia and Ireland
The Exclusive Brethren and an Australian rural community
State Policy and the Yeoman Ideal
The signiŽcance of the ‘yeoman ideal’ in the formulation of WesternAustralian agricultural development policy between 1890 and 1914 is examined. It isargued that the colonial and, later, state governments of Western Australia regardedthemselves not only as the promoters of economic development, but also as the architectsof a desired cultural landscape and social class. This was re ected in numerousgovernment reports, legislation and advertising t…
Commodification and Creative Destruction in the Australian Rural Landscape
This paper examines the destructive tendencies associated with the commodification of rurality in some of Australia’s more scenic and accessible rural areas. While development based on the consumption of idealised rural landscapes and cultures can contribute to the accumulation of capital in rural areas, it can also result in the destruction of those aspects which consumers find attractive. These attributes include traditional farming landscapes,…
Niche Markets, Regional Diversification and the Reinvention of Western Australia's Sandalwood Industry
Diversification and niche marketing have become very important economic strategies for many rural small businesses, farmers and communities. As part of these strategies, new opportunities often emerge for traditional products and industries. In the case of Western Australia, this has contributed to the revitalisation of the sandalwood industry. While sandalwood has been exported from Western Australia for more than 150 years, for much of the seco…
Transition and Diversity in Rural Housing Provision
The purpose of this paper is to examine the changing dynamics of housing markets in an Australian rural community. With reference to the case of Narrogin, Western Australia, it argues that there is an increasing disjuncture between the social and demographic characteristics of rural residents and the modal form of housing in country towns, namely the detached family house. Factors contributing to this disjuncture include the ageing of the populat…
Spatially Uneven Development
This article does not have an abstract
The re-emergence of regional policy and planning in Western Australia
Competitive sport and social capital in rural Australia
Rural Restructuring and the Changing Geography of Competitive Sport
The geography of sport has received relatively little attention from those interested in processes of rural social and economic change. This is despite the important role that sport plays in the structure of rural communities and regions. In addition to the obvious health benefits associated with physical activity, sport contributes to community identity and provides opportunities for social interaction. There is, however, considerable evidence t…
Changing Electoral Structures and Regional Representation in Western Australia
Electoral systems in Australia have a long history of favouring rural voters over those living in cities. These systems of electoral malapportionment have their origins in the 19th and early 20th centuries when rural Australia was the driving-force behind the nation's economy. The widespread view was that, without strong political representation, those areas generating the nation's wealth might be left behind at the expense of the city. Nowhere w…
Qualitative housing analysis
Corporate Location, Concentration and Performance
The paper examines the geography of corporate headquarters in the Australian urban system, giving consideration to their location, control of capital and performance. The paper argues that, while considerable recent attention has been given to global cities in the networks of corporate power, the spatial organisation of company headquarters remains important within national urban systems. In the case of Australia, Sydney and Melbourne dominate th…
Economic Diversity and Regional Socioeconomic Performance
One of the truisms ingrained in much regional development policy and practice is the claimed importance of economic diversity in contributing to socio-economic stability and well-being. There is, however, very little recent research examining this contention in the context of rural Australia. This paper examines the extent to which economic diversity affects the socio-economic performance of local areas in the Western Australian grain belt. The r…
The Historical Geographies of Showing Livestock
This paper examines changes in the entries of livestock to competitions at the Perth Royal Show in the course of the twentieth century. It identifies trends in the showing of animals at the Show and explains these with reference to the wider geographies of state and national agricultural change in Western Australia (WA). In doing so, it provides a longitudinal perspective on the socioeconomic contexts of farming in WA and identifies some of the k…
Labour Market Dynamics in Resource Dependent Regions
Labour shortages have become an increasingly significant barrier to economic development in regional Australia. Many firms and government agencies are operating below capacity as a result of their inability to fill jobs. In the mineral resources sector, this has been compounded by rapidly rising demand for commodities and the very remote locations of many mine sites. This paper explores the dynamics of labour shortages in the minerals sector of t…
Global geographies of innovation diffusion
The geographies and histories of the introduction of cattle breeds to Australia in the period since white settlement are documented as an example of the diffusion of agricultural innovations. Three phases of development are identified: a colonial expansion phase from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century during which a number of primarily British cattle breeds were imported by the colonial settlers; an innovative phase in the mid twe…
Socio-economic wellbeing in Australian mining towns
The Shifting Geography of Corporate Headquarters in Australia
Tonts M. and Taylor M. The shifting geography of corporate headquarters in Australia: a longitudinal analysis, Regional Studies. Over recent years there has been a renewed interest in the role of corporate headquarters in urban systems. While much of this focus has been oriented towards global or regional city networks, it is argued here that the locational dynamics of corporate headquarters remain important within national systems. This paper co…
Boomtowns, Resource Dependence and Socio-economic Well-being
The issue of socio-economic well-being in resource-dependent communities has been one of ongoing interest for geographers, rural sociologists and economists. While much research focuses on the impacts of industry downturn and closure on well-being, this paper is focused on the implications of large-scale resource development and rapid growth in boomtowns. In contrast to a long tradition of research in other parts of the developed world, relativel…
Power, enterprise and employment growth in Australian small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms
Over recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the nature of the relationships between firms, and the ways in which these might contribute to processes of local and regional economic development. A significant body of literature suggests that local growth is often derived from social ties that bind firms together through trust, reciprocity, loyalty and forbearance. While there appears to be consensus in the literature that such relations…
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