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Predicting the economic and demographic impacts of long distance commuting in the resources sector: A Surat basin case study
Predicting the economic and demographic impacts of resource development on regional areas is difficult to assess because of limited availability of analysis, difficulties of predicting where workforce are likely to be based, and different impacts on communities because of variations in size and economic structures. In this study modelling has been employed to identify future employment and demographic impacts of future resource developments on communities in the Surat Basin in southern Queensland, Australia. The analysis summarises potential employment increases over multiple projects and uses multipliers from Input–Output models to assess likely impacts by local government area when future workforce might commute to or live locally in the region. The results demonstrate that recent moves to commuting workforces limit the economic impacts on local and regional communities in complex ways.
Funding
Category 2 - Other Public Sector Grants Category
History
Volume
38Issue
4Start Page
723End Page
732Number of Pages
10eISSN
1873-7641ISSN
0301-4207Location
NetherlandsPublisher
ElsevierPublisher DOI
Full Text URL
Language
en-ausPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- No
Acceptance Date
2013-03-01External Author Affiliations
Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainability (IRIS); School of Business and Law (2013- );Era Eligible
- Yes