Abstract
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 the national benefits of the boom, in reality the processes at play were complex, spatially uneven and highly contested. In this paper, we offer a multi-scalar interpretation of how the global commodities boom has reshaped Australia’s space economy. It reflects on the experience of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, arguing that the boom contributed to fundamental shifts in the nature of territorial development, socio-spatial relations, and economic governance.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 383-395 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Australian Geographer |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 26 Oct 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Fingerprint
Cite this
}
The global commodities boom and the reshaping of regional economies : the Australian experience. / Ellem, Bradon; Tonts, Matthew.
In: Australian Geographer, Vol. 49, No. 3, 2018, p. 383-395.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - The global commodities boom and the reshaping of regional economies
T2 - the Australian experience
AU - Ellem, Bradon
AU - Tonts, Matthew
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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 the national benefits of the boom, in reality the processes at play were complex, spatially uneven and highly contested. In this paper, we offer a multi-scalar interpretation of how the global commodities boom has reshaped Australia’s space economy. It reflects on the experience of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, arguing that the boom contributed to fundamental shifts in the nature of territorial development, socio-spatial relations, and economic governance.
AB - 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 the national benefits of the boom, in reality the processes at play were complex, spatially uneven and highly contested. In this paper, we offer a multi-scalar interpretation of how the global commodities boom has reshaped Australia’s space economy. It reflects on the experience of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, arguing that the boom contributed to fundamental shifts in the nature of territorial development, socio-spatial relations, and economic governance.
KW - economic development
KW - labour
KW - Pilbara
KW - Resource extraction
KW - social relations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85032806047&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00049182.2017.1388761
DO - 10.1080/00049182.2017.1388761
M3 - Article
VL - 49
SP - 383
EP - 395
JO - Australian Geographer
JF - Australian Geographer
SN - 0004-9182
IS - 3
ER -