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Australia in global flows

Australia in global flows. KGA171 The Global Geography of Change Presented by Associate Professor Elaine Stratford Semester 1. Part 1. Looking back, looking forward. Revising Lecture 7.2.

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Australia in global flows

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  1. Australia in global flows KGA171 The Global Geography of Change Presented by Associate Professor Elaine Stratford Semester 1

  2. Part 1 Looking back, looking forward

  3. Revising Lecture 7.2 Name some of the salient characteristics of liberalism. How would you distinguish between classical and social liberalism? Why is that distinction important in terms of welfare? What did John Locke mean by the term fungible property in relation to land? How did Kant’s view of property differ from Locke’s and why is this a concern for geographers? Define usufruct. Can you explain its relationship to modern ideas of sustainability? What is neoliberalism and what are its major characteristics? Describe economic globalization’s key elements, and explain the two reasons Bergman and Renwick argue we need to pay attention to this phenomenon. What is foreign direct investment and how has it transformed economic relations across states? Exemplify one instance each of cultural homogenization, hybridity and resistance. A Woman Thinking

  4. Learning Objectives Module 7 Lecture 3 KGA171 demonstrate knowledge of geographical concepts, earth and social systems and spatial patterns of change create and interpret basic maps, graphs and field data identify and analyse different viewpoints to contribute to debates about global development communicate in reflective and academic writing, referencing literature when needed • be able to • explain the relationship between Australia’s experiences of colonization and modernization with particular reference to • demographic trends • patterns of economic activity and • characteristics of postindustrial society

  5. Textbook Reading Bergman and Renwick (2008) pp.491-99 Critical reading What is the author’s purpose? What key questions or problems does the author raise? What information, data and evidence does the author present? What key concepts does the author use to organize this information, this evidence? What key conclusions is the author coming to? Are those conclusions justified? What are the author’s primary assumptions? What viewpoints is the author writing from? What are the implications of the author’s reasoning? [from Foundation for Critical Thinking] Old Woman Reading a Lectionary, Gerard Dou

  6. Part 2 the dynamics of population – shaping a global australia?

  7. Australia’s population: a recent burst of growth Population 25 May 2010: 22.35 million ABS (2009) Cat No 4102.0 Australian Social Trends Data Cube – Population, 30 June 2009

  8. Nascent ideas of a carrying capacity Griffith Taylor, taken during tenure at the University of Toronto, where he went after being vilified by the ‘boosterists’ for his views on population limits in Australia. See Joe Powell (1997) The pulse of citizenship: reflections on Griffith Taylor and ‘nation-planning ‘, Australian Geographer 28(1) pp.39-52.

  9. FERTILITY Rising since 2004 to highest rate since 1977 • TFR • 2.01 • 2001 1.73 • 1.77 • 2007 1.92 • 2008 1.97 ABS (2009) Births 2008, 3301.0. ABS, Canberra, pp.8, 12, 13.

  10. Life Expectancy Life expectancy of indigenous Australians is 17 years shorter than average 49% and 61% of indigenous Australian adults are smokers and diagnosed as obese respectively (compared to the national average of 22% and 48% respectively) ABS (2006) Measures of Australia’s Progress 2006, 1370.0. ABS, Canberra, p.26.

  11. Net Overseas Migration (NOM)directly dependent on policy, highly variable, now at unprecedented levels ABS (2009)Births 2008, 3301.0. ABS, Canberra, p.22. NOM (000s) 1988 173 1990 97 1992 51 1994 56 1996 97 1998 89 2000 111 2002 110 2004 106 2006 182 2008 253 2009* 297 ABS (2006) Measures of Australia’s Progress 2006, 1370.0. ABS, Canberra, p.26. *Sept 08-Sept 09

  12. Population Projections: the twenty-first century?It is all about choice: that is, without immigration, population growth will shift from positive to negative ABS (2009) Australian Social Trends 2009 4102.0, ABS, Canberra.

  13. A suburban-coastal society % of pop Major cities 65.9 Inner regional 20.6 Outer regional 10.5 Remote 1.8 Very remote 1.1 See also Bradfield water scheme dream lives on ABS (2003) Social Trends 2003, ABS, Canberra, pp.7-8

  14. A multicultural society Sydney: people not fluent in English Immigrant composition (percent) Europe 11 Asia 6 N & S America 1 N Africa/Mid East 1 Sub Saharan Africa 1 Red >20% ABS (2006) Measures of Australia’s Progress 2006, 1370.0. ABS, Canberra, pp.26-28.

  15. -ve change +ve change Australia’s progress1998-2008 ABS (2009) Measures of Australia’s Progress 2009, 1383.0.55.001 ABS, Canberra.

  16. Part 3 Global and post-industrial?

  17. The Big Picture The opening of the Parliament of Australia on 9 May 1901, Melbourne, Australia Tom Roberts, 1903

  18. Australia – an urban nation

  19. From Australia’s century since Federation at a glance “Economic growth (Chart 1) in the first five decades following Federation was highly volatile. Years of very strong economic growth of over 5 and 10 per cent were interspersed with years of very large declines in activity” (http://www.treasury.gov.au/documents/110/PDF/round3.pdf).

  20. Generalised affluence and ‘progress’

  21. An emerging picture of a shifting economic base

  22. Change in percentage employed in industry groups in each mainland capital in 1971 and 1991 Forster, C. (2004) Australian cities: continuity and change, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, pp. 1-34.

  23. Economic development “progressively increasing the value of goods and services that a place is able to produce in order to enjoy or to export” (Bergman and Renwick 2008, p.496).

  24. Characteristics of postindustrial society • gender roles and relations – workforce changes, non-traditional familism • politics – civil rights, peace, environmentalism, feminism • education –innovation, global professions, knowledge economies; see Gillard’s university reforms • leisure – consumerism, tourism, world music/food • values – secularism, multiculturalism, new age spirituality • place – global village, local heritage

  25. Getting ready for exam revision? Please do not hesitate to contact me about any aspect of lectures in KGA171. Mobile 0409 956 384 Landline 6226 2462 Email Elaine.Stratford@utas.edu.au For issues related to unit coordination, see Joanna.Ellison@utas.edu.au and for issues related to workshops see either Karen.Eyles@utas.edu.au or Brigid.Morrison@utas.edu.au.

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