How, if possible, to re-populate declining rural and regional areas? Examining this crucial and complex issue in relation to Australia, this book explores how a

Festivals have burgeoned in rural areas, revitalising old traditions and inventing new reasons to celebrate. How do festivals contribute to tourism, community a

By addressing themes such as social and economic change, government policy and gender relations, this volume tackles the thematic complexities of sustainability

The distribution and re-distribution of people across the landscape has signi cant implications for ecological, economic and social dynamics. Movement of people

There is a rich and extensive history of research into factors that encourage farmers to change their land management practices, or inhibit them from doing so.