Eaqub, Shamubeel.

Growing Apart : Regional Prosperity in New Zealand. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (55 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1  Many Nations Beneath the Surface -- Different Regional Economies -- Regional Specialisations -- Economic Interconnections -- Differing Performance -- Inequality, Loss of Trust and Poverty -- Secular versus Local Factors -- 2  Forces Beyond Our Control -- Technology and Accelerating Change -- Unstoppable Urbanisation -- Globalisation and Its Discontents -- Ageing Fast -- 3  Consequences of Change -- A Growing Creative Class -- Educated and Connected -- The Provincial Trap -- 4  Voting with Their Feet -- Leaving, Ageing and Arriving -- Reversal of Decline Is Possible -- 5  Call to Action -- Hard Questions -- No Easy Solutions -- Agree on the Problem and the Goal -- Gather Evidence -- Develop a Strategy -- Collaboration -- Review and Refine -- Growing Together -- Notes and Further Reading -- Introducing BWB Texts -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author.

Shamubeel Eaqub highlights the changing economic fortunes of people in different parts of New Zealand - the growing gaps between our regions.

9781927277645


Cities and towns -- Growth.
Sociology, Urban.
Urbanization.


Electronic books.

HT371 -- .E278 2014eb

301.363