Arid Zone Settlement in Australia: A Focus on Alice Springs (1985)

Arid Zone Settlement in Australia: A Focus on Alice Springs (1985)

		Introduction: Arid zones and Australia's relation
		1. Australia's arid zone: Geographical setting
		2. Ecological setting and urbanization processes
		3. Population and ecological groupings
		4. Settlers' attitudes
		5. Migration and adjustment
		6. Tertiary activities and urban growth in arid zone towns
		7. Education and spatial disadvantage
		8. Health service provision and perceptions of service adequacy
		9. Aboriginal and non-aboriginal health
		10. Reflections on a remote settlement and its arid zone setting
		Conclusion: Urbanization and Alice Springs
		Appendix A: Example of a completed open-ended response schedule, Alice Springs surveys 1980 and 1981 (responses are in italic print)
		Appendix B: Explanation of subcategory titles (adapted from Brealey and Newton 1978, appendix B)
		Appendix C: Detailed summary of major and minor response categories (refer to table 4.3 in text)
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