D J Walmsley
Biographic Data
| ID | 1521706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D J Walmsley |
| GIVEN NAMES | D J |
| FAMILY NAME | Walmsley |
| SIGNATURE | WALMSLEY D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 185 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
People and Environment: Behavioural Approaches in Human Geography
First published in 1994. This book comprises a second edition of Human Geography, behavioural approaches, first published in 1984. The first edition attempted to synthesize the massive volume of geographical literature to have appeared mainly since 1960 concerned with both how people come to know the environment in which they live and with the way in which such knowledge influences subsequent ‘spatial behaviour’. As with the first edition, the ra…
Contemporary Social Change as the Context for Geographical Enquiry: Towards a Reinvigoration of the Concept of Place
The nature of contemporary social change is explored by posing questions about the implications of neoliberalism, the character of leisure, the perils of materialism, and the shift from consumption to consumerism. Momentum is a powerful force in human affairs. Investigating its nature illustrates how the concept of equilibrium has been given undue emphasis in models of human behaviour. Momentum encourages 'more of the same' and is implicated in t…
From the Inside Looking out and the Outside Looking in: Whatever Happened to 'Behavioural Geography
As part of the Institute of Australian Geographers' Millennium Project, this article examines the shift of behavioural geography from a cutting edge sub-discipline to a branch of enquiry that is now much less prominent in mainstream human geography, especially in Australia. Through an exploration of the rationale for behavioural geography, a brief outline of the nature of the work that was done, and a consideration of the critiques of behavioural…
The Work‐Life Balance: Geographical Perspectives on Lifestyle, Leisure, Stuff and the Future Presidential Address to the Institute of Australian Geographers’ Conference, Hobart, July 2008 1
The work‐life balance is a pressing social issue in Australia but one on which geographers have been relatively silent. Predictions of ‘a leisure society’ have not been fulfilled. Instead, work has come to dominate life in Australia and in many other advanced western societies. The reasons for this are explored. Materialism is at the heart of the work‐life imbalance. There is, however, evidence of a changing work ethic and the emergence of leisur…
Rural Tourism: A case of lifestyle-led opportunities
Tourism is often seen as a panacea for the ills of declining rural communities. The paper argues that there is an element of blind optimism in this view although a shift of focus from production to consumption within advanced economies like Australia's will undoubtedly provide opportunities for the development of the leisure, recreation and tourism industries, both in metropolitan and rural areas. The paper suggests that an increased focus on lif…
Community, Place and Cyberspace
It is over 30 years since the concept of community without propinquity was first proposed. According to this concept, communities might be spatially far-flung, but nevertheless close-knit, intimate and held together by shared interests and values, rather than by geographical proximity. Although the idea of community without propinquity has been heavily criticised, the advent of advanced telecommunications and the emergence of cyberspace mean that…
Evaluative Images and Tourism: The Use of Personal Constructs to Describe the Structure of Destination Images
Prior research at the regional scale suggests that two components underlie people's evaluations of tourist destina tions: arousing-sleepy and pleasant-unpleasant. A study was undertaken to see if these dimensions also apply at the international and local levels. Although their relevance at the local level appeared to be masked by individuals' personal experiences and knowledge, their applicability at the international scale supports the existence…
Migration to the New South Wales North Coast 1986–1991: Lifestyle motivated counterurbanisation
Globalisation and the pattern of inbound tourism in Australia
International tourist flows to Australia are examined from the perspective of globalisation. The factors influencing such flows are identified and their geographical impact outlined. Inbound tourism is shown to be growing quickly in both absolute and relative terms and to have a metropolitan emphasis that contrasts with the non‐metropolitan focus of domestic tourism. Tourism illustrates many of the social and cultural changes occurring in contemp…
Fiscal Federalism and Social Well–Being in Australia
Australia’s federal system is characterised by both vertical and horizontal financial imbalance. This is overcome by Commonwealth‐state transfer payments. The nature of such transfers has changed over time as attempts have been made to redefine fiscal federalism. Currently, the budgetary position of the states, notions of co‐operative federalism, and pleas for micro‐economic reform are altering the nature of government activity as more and more i…
Is Australia becoming more unequal
Several researchers have argued that Australia is becoming more unequal. This paper briefly explores the reasons why this might be the case before undertaking a social indicator based examination of whether income inequality extends to well‐being generally. Using 176 regions and eight social indicators and focusing on the period 1976–91, the paper shows that inequality has increased, particularly in the last intercensal period. The pattern of ‘wi…
Mental maps of tourists: A study of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Appraisive images of tourist areas: Application of personal constructs
Personal construct theory was used to study the appraisive images held by tourists visiting the North Coast of New South Wales. In the first stage of the research, subjects produced a wide variety of constructs in differentiating between tourist places. This enabled the identification of six key evaluative constructs. In the second stage of the research, these constructs were incorporated into repertory grids that revealed how places were viewed.…
Tourism cognitive mapping of unfamiliar environments
Contemporary Australia: Explorations in Economy, Society and Geography
This text aims to provide an understanding of the contemporary economic and social conditions of Australia. It provides coverage of Australian living conditions and of the economic, social and political processes that influence them. Topics covered include the demographic distribution of the continent, the nature of the economy, the quality of life, the role of the government and Australia's place in the world economy. Contemporary Australia is n…
Locational Conflict in Metropolitan areas: Melbourne and Sydney, 1989
A content analysis of newspaper reports of locational conflict in Melbourne and Sydney in 1989 revealed very similar overall patterns. Although locational conflict peaked in central areas, it was widespread in both cities, with the main disputes being about noxious nuisances and transport facilities. The main difference between the cities was that Melbourne had more conflicts relating to commercial land use. Overall, a great many locational confl…
Changing retail structure in Southern Sydney
Analysis of the retail structure in three local government areas in southern Sydney revealed many changes over the period 1969–1989: the number of establishments grew by more than 20 per cent despite a significant population decline; there was considerable evidence of the suburbanisation of the professions; and the composition of shopping centres reflected changing suburban lifestyles, notably as regards an increased concern for eating out, fitne…
Down under or centre stage? The world images of Australian students
As part of a major international study, 219 first‐year geography students at three Australian universities drew sketch maps of the world. These maps were overwhelmingly Sinocentric in orientation. In terms of content, Australian students tended to include slightly fewer countries than students elsewhere. The level of inclusion of individual countries in the sketch maps was influenced greatly by the area and population of the countries in question…
Contemporary Australia: Exploration in Economy, Society and Geography
AGS–25 Years On
The High Court and the Constitution
Urban industrial and social change
Australian local government in the 1970s
Australian local government was the subject of a great deal of debate in the 1970s as attention focused on geographical boundaries, legal and constitutional jurisdiction, and financial imbalance. Little came of moves to reform boundaries or to alter the scope of activities. More success was achieved in applying the principle of fiscal equalisation to local government's parlous financial situation. Stability and resistance to change are however th…
Public Information Flows in Rural Australia
Geographical studies of the transmission of information have focussed overwhelmingly on private information flows based on direct, face-to-face contact. Very little attention has been directed to media-based public information flows despite the potential importance of this type of flow in regional development. Yet an examination of newspaper content for the New England region of New South Wales for 1971 and 1977 reveals that major changes are occ…
Variability in Crime Rates: A Study of the New South Wales North Coast
Although crime statistics are relatively less developed in Australia than in many other advanced western nations, the information that is available suggests that crime is on the increase. To talk of overall crime rates is, however, to overlook important differences between crimes, between geographical areas, and between different time periods. Examination of crime statistics for the New South Wales north coast reveals just how difficult it is to …
Migration to the New South Wales North Coast 1986–1991: Lifestyle motivated counterurbanisation
Tourism cognitive mapping of unfamiliar environments
Appraisive images of tourist areas: Application of personal constructs
Personal construct theory was used to study the appraisive images held by tourists visiting the North Coast of New South Wales. In the first stage of the research, subjects produced a wide variety of constructs in differentiating between tourist places. This enabled the identification of six key evaluative constructs. In the second stage of the research, these constructs were incorporated into repertory grids that revealed how places were viewed.…
Rural Tourism: A case of lifestyle-led opportunities
Tourism is often seen as a panacea for the ills of declining rural communities. The paper argues that there is an element of blind optimism in this view although a shift of focus from production to consumption within advanced economies like Australia's will undoubtedly provide opportunities for the development of the leisure, recreation and tourism industries, both in metropolitan and rural areas. The paper suggests that an increased focus on lif…
Community, Place and Cyberspace
It is over 30 years since the concept of community without propinquity was first proposed. According to this concept, communities might be spatially far-flung, but nevertheless close-knit, intimate and held together by shared interests and values, rather than by geographical proximity. Although the idea of community without propinquity has been heavily criticised, the advent of advanced telecommunications and the emergence of cyberspace mean that…
The Influence of Distance on Hospital Usage in Rural New South Wales
A survey of in‐patients and out‐patients at the Coffs Harbour and District Hospital for the years 1972–3 and 1973–4 showed that the use made of a general health care facility is partly a function of its siting in that the chances of admission diminish the further a patient lives from a hospital. Moreover, the hospital out‐patient department appears to serve as a primary health care facility for a substantial proportion of the population. The plan…
Positivism and Phenomenology in Human Geography
Is Australia becoming more unequal
Several researchers have argued that Australia is becoming more unequal. This paper briefly explores the reasons why this might be the case before undertaking a social indicator based examination of whether income inequality extends to well‐being generally. Using 176 regions and eight social indicators and focusing on the period 1976–91, the paper shows that inequality has increased, particularly in the last intercensal period. The pattern of ‘wi…
Mass Media and Spatial Awareness
Spatial bias in Australian news reporting
Although the mass media in Australia have attracted a good deal of academic comment, their significance as sources of spatial information has scarcely been examined despite the fact that the ‘agenda setting’ approach to the study of media impact affords a practical method of assessing how media content may contribute to spatial awareness. News reports constitute a major source of spatial information and, accordingly, a content analysis of New Sou…
Australian local government in the 1970s
Australian local government was the subject of a great deal of debate in the 1970s as attention focused on geographical boundaries, legal and constitutional jurisdiction, and financial imbalance. Little came of moves to reform boundaries or to alter the scope of activities. More success was achieved in applying the principle of fiscal equalisation to local government's parlous financial situation. Stability and resistance to change are however th…
Mental maps of tourists: A study of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Locational Conflict in Metropolitan areas: Melbourne and Sydney, 1989
A content analysis of newspaper reports of locational conflict in Melbourne and Sydney in 1989 revealed very similar overall patterns. Although locational conflict peaked in central areas, it was widespread in both cities, with the main disputes being about noxious nuisances and transport facilities. The main difference between the cities was that Melbourne had more conflicts relating to commercial land use. Overall, a great many locational confl…
From the Inside Looking out and the Outside Looking in: Whatever Happened to 'Behavioural Geography
As part of the Institute of Australian Geographers' Millennium Project, this article examines the shift of behavioural geography from a cutting edge sub-discipline to a branch of enquiry that is now much less prominent in mainstream human geography, especially in Australia. Through an exploration of the rationale for behavioural geography, a brief outline of the nature of the work that was done, and a consideration of the critiques of behavioural…
Contemporary Australia: Explorations in Economy, Society and Geography
This text aims to provide an understanding of the contemporary economic and social conditions of Australia. It provides coverage of Australian living conditions and of the economic, social and political processes that influence them. Topics covered include the demographic distribution of the continent, the nature of the economy, the quality of life, the role of the government and Australia's place in the world economy. Contemporary Australia is n…
AGS–25 Years On
Retail spatial structure in Suburban Sydney
(1974). Retail spatial structure in Suburban Sydney. Australian Geographer: Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 401-418
Contemporary Social Change as the Context for Geographical Enquiry: Towards a Reinvigoration of the Concept of Place
The nature of contemporary social change is explored by posing questions about the implications of neoliberalism, the character of leisure, the perils of materialism, and the shift from consumption to consumerism. Momentum is a powerful force in human affairs. Investigating its nature illustrates how the concept of equilibrium has been given undue emphasis in models of human behaviour. Momentum encourages 'more of the same' and is implicated in t…
Globalisation and the pattern of inbound tourism in Australia
International tourist flows to Australia are examined from the perspective of globalisation. The factors influencing such flows are identified and their geographical impact outlined. Inbound tourism is shown to be growing quickly in both absolute and relative terms and to have a metropolitan emphasis that contrasts with the non‐metropolitan focus of domestic tourism. Tourism illustrates many of the social and cultural changes occurring in contemp…
Down under or centre stage? The world images of Australian students
As part of a major international study, 219 first‐year geography students at three Australian universities drew sketch maps of the world. These maps were overwhelmingly Sinocentric in orientation. In terms of content, Australian students tended to include slightly fewer countries than students elsewhere. The level of inclusion of individual countries in the sketch maps was influenced greatly by the area and population of the countries in question…
The High Court and the Constitution
The Work‐Life Balance: Geographical Perspectives on Lifestyle, Leisure, Stuff and the Future Presidential Address to the Institute of Australian Geographers’ Conference, Hobart, July 2008 1
The work‐life balance is a pressing social issue in Australia but one on which geographers have been relatively silent. Predictions of ‘a leisure society’ have not been fulfilled. Instead, work has come to dominate life in Australia and in many other advanced western societies. The reasons for this are explored. Materialism is at the heart of the work‐life imbalance. There is, however, evidence of a changing work ethic and the emergence of leisur…
Fiscal Federalism and Social Well–Being in Australia
Australia’s federal system is characterised by both vertical and horizontal financial imbalance. This is overcome by Commonwealth‐state transfer payments. The nature of such transfers has changed over time as attempts have been made to redefine fiscal federalism. Currently, the budgetary position of the states, notions of co‐operative federalism, and pleas for micro‐economic reform are altering the nature of government activity as more and more i…
Changing retail structure in Southern Sydney
Analysis of the retail structure in three local government areas in southern Sydney revealed many changes over the period 1969–1989: the number of establishments grew by more than 20 per cent despite a significant population decline; there was considerable evidence of the suburbanisation of the professions; and the composition of shopping centres reflected changing suburban lifestyles, notably as regards an increased concern for eating out, fitne…
Variability in Crime Rates: A Study of the New South Wales North Coast
Although crime statistics are relatively less developed in Australia than in many other advanced western nations, the information that is available suggests that crime is on the increase. To talk of overall crime rates is, however, to overlook important differences between crimes, between geographical areas, and between different time periods. Examination of crime statistics for the New South Wales north coast reveals just how difficult it is to …
The Simple Behaviour System: An Appraisal and an Elaboration
which they relate, their predominantly descriptive nature gives them very little general appeal and an illustration of this can be seen in models of the industrial structure of particular metropoles (see Keeble, 1967: 409) for, although these afford some degree of general insight, they remain primarily local studies. A reaction against such restricted models is to be found in the geographer's search for general formulations that are applicable to…
The Country Party's performance
Positivism and Phenomenology in Human Geography
Retail spatial structure in Suburban Sydney
(1974). Retail spatial structure in Suburban Sydney. Australian Geographer: Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 401-418
Country Town Planning: Temporal, Regional and Organizational Perspectives
The types of planning needed in country towns, the appropriate regional scale for this planning, and the agencies able to undertake such planning are examined. A distinction is drawn between commitment, contingency and adaptive planning and each is associated with a different time perspective and a different type of knowledge of the future conditions in country towns. It is argued that although the present planning machinery, based on local gover…
Congruence of Overt Behavior with Preference Structures
The Influence of Distance on Hospital Usage in Rural New South Wales
A survey of in‐patients and out‐patients at the Coffs Harbour and District Hospital for the years 1972–3 and 1973–4 showed that the use made of a general health care facility is partly a function of its siting in that the chances of admission diminish the further a patient lives from a hospital. Moreover, the hospital out‐patient department appears to serve as a primary health care facility for a substantial proportion of the population. The plan…
Time and human geography
A review and discussion of Tommy Carlstein, Don Parkes and Nigel Thrift (eds). Making Sense of Time (Arnold, 1978, $29.80), Human Activity and Time Geography (Arnold, 1978, $52.40), and Time and Regional Dynamics (Arnold, 1978, S29 80)
Welfare Delivery in Post-Industrial Society
Post-industrial society can be seen as a special case of the system-based concept of turbulent environments. A model of organizational behaviour in such enivronments reveals that short-term adaptation to emerging trends is the form of behaviour most likely to ensure organizational survival and success. Public sector welfare provision is seldom seen in this light and yet it is possible to identify several criteria whereby successful adaptation to …
Spatial bias in Australian news reporting
Although the mass media in Australia have attracted a good deal of academic comment, their significance as sources of spatial information has scarcely been examined despite the fact that the ‘agenda setting’ approach to the study of media impact affords a practical method of assessing how media content may contribute to spatial awareness. News reports constitute a major source of spatial information and, accordingly, a content analysis of New Sou…
Variability in Crime Rates: A Study of the New South Wales North Coast
Although crime statistics are relatively less developed in Australia than in many other advanced western nations, the information that is available suggests that crime is on the increase. To talk of overall crime rates is, however, to overlook important differences between crimes, between geographical areas, and between different time periods. Examination of crime statistics for the New South Wales north coast reveals just how difficult it is to …
Mass Media and Spatial Awareness
Public Information Flows in Rural Australia
Geographical studies of the transmission of information have focussed overwhelmingly on private information flows based on direct, face-to-face contact. Very little attention has been directed to media-based public information flows despite the potential importance of this type of flow in regional development. Yet an examination of newspaper content for the New England region of New South Wales for 1971 and 1977 reveals that major changes are occ…
Urban industrial and social change
Australian local government in the 1970s
Australian local government was the subject of a great deal of debate in the 1970s as attention focused on geographical boundaries, legal and constitutional jurisdiction, and financial imbalance. Little came of moves to reform boundaries or to alter the scope of activities. More success was achieved in applying the principle of fiscal equalisation to local government's parlous financial situation. Stability and resistance to change are however th…
The High Court and the Constitution
AGS–25 Years On
Down under or centre stage? The world images of Australian students
As part of a major international study, 219 first‐year geography students at three Australian universities drew sketch maps of the world. These maps were overwhelmingly Sinocentric in orientation. In terms of content, Australian students tended to include slightly fewer countries than students elsewhere. The level of inclusion of individual countries in the sketch maps was influenced greatly by the area and population of the countries in question…
Contemporary Australia: Exploration in Economy, Society and Geography
Contemporary Australia: Explorations in Economy, Society and Geography
This text aims to provide an understanding of the contemporary economic and social conditions of Australia. It provides coverage of Australian living conditions and of the economic, social and political processes that influence them. Topics covered include the demographic distribution of the continent, the nature of the economy, the quality of life, the role of the government and Australia's place in the world economy. Contemporary Australia is n…
Locational Conflict in Metropolitan areas: Melbourne and Sydney, 1989
A content analysis of newspaper reports of locational conflict in Melbourne and Sydney in 1989 revealed very similar overall patterns. Although locational conflict peaked in central areas, it was widespread in both cities, with the main disputes being about noxious nuisances and transport facilities. The main difference between the cities was that Melbourne had more conflicts relating to commercial land use. Overall, a great many locational confl…
Changing retail structure in Southern Sydney
Analysis of the retail structure in three local government areas in southern Sydney revealed many changes over the period 1969–1989: the number of establishments grew by more than 20 per cent despite a significant population decline; there was considerable evidence of the suburbanisation of the professions; and the composition of shopping centres reflected changing suburban lifestyles, notably as regards an increased concern for eating out, fitne…
Tourism cognitive mapping of unfamiliar environments
Mental maps of tourists: A study of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Appraisive images of tourist areas: Application of personal constructs
Personal construct theory was used to study the appraisive images held by tourists visiting the North Coast of New South Wales. In the first stage of the research, subjects produced a wide variety of constructs in differentiating between tourist places. This enabled the identification of six key evaluative constructs. In the second stage of the research, these constructs were incorporated into repertory grids that revealed how places were viewed.…
Geography (26 works) · Political science (21 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Economics (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Economic geography (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (8 works) · Law (8 works)