W(h)ither Development Geography in Australia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5877105
AutoresBarbara Rugendyke (0000-0002-4849-1625, University of New England, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume43
Fascículo3
Páginas306-318
Data de publicação2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-5871.2005.00330.x
OpenAlexW2071623493
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4

This paper explores the changing focus and role of development geography in Australian university teaching and research. It is based primarily on interviews with Emeritus Professors Harold Brookfield and David Lea and Professor John Connell, which were conducted as part of the Institute of Australian Geographers’ Millennium Project on Geography and Geographers. Drawing on the collective wisdom of these geographers, the evolution and characteristics of development geography in Australia and the reasons for its past strength are outlined. Additionally, the contributions made by this branch of the discipline to Geography are described, reasons for the parlous state of development geography in Australia today are presented and a number of issues related to its future survival are raised. The paper argues that, for the discipline of Geography in Australia to retain social relevance, a continuing focus on global inequality and its impacts at the local scale is essential

Cartography · Critical geography · Development geography · Economic geography · Five themes of geography · Geography · Historical geography · Human geography · Political science · Regional science · Social geography · Social science · Sociology · Strategic geography · Time geography · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Rural development and sustainability · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development