The Emergence of Post-Suburban Landscapes on the North Coast of New South Wales: A Case Study of Contested Space

Since 1980, population trends in Australia have indicated new patterns of urbanization involving substantial growth not only in the dominant conurbations, but also in suburban areas and in an extensive coastal zone (Paris, 1994). Comparisons can be made with the emergence of post-suburban forms and processes in other parts of the world (Kling et. al., 1991). The principal aim of this paper is to present an analysis of some of the major local development conflicts and planning and environmental protection issues that are being faced by developers, planners and local communities as the urban restructuring of Australia takes place. The paper draws on evidence of urbanization on the upper North Coast of New South Wales and provides a detailed examination of two shires in the region — Ballina and Byron — where a study was carried out by the authors in 1994 and 1995. Previous research on the population and development trends in Australia is reviewed to provide a context within which the patterns in New South Wales and its North Coast may be placed, and a discussion is presented of the implications of new development with reference to Ballina Shire and Byron Shire. The usefulness of the postfordist model as an explanatory framework for examining these post-suburban landscapes and contested space issues on the North Coast of NSW is also explored.     

Sustainable Tourism Management: Lessons from The Edge of Australia

Strategies of sustainable tourism are not easily implemented and there is a need to examine case studies of 'best practice' to offer ideas, solutions and models of organisation, funding and conflict resolution to guide others who seek to introduce similar approaches. This paper discusses the management of the Cape Byron Headland Reserve in New South Wales, Australia, which has faced problems of maintaining the integrity of the site from inappropriate uses and commercial exploitation. A review is made of the achievements of the Cape Byron Headland Trust as a model of sustainable tourism management, which has involved permanent, on-site management of the area, its own fund-raising activities and local community participation in its management.     

From the Global Food Crisis to the Age of Austerity: The Anxious Geopolitics of Global Food Security

The impacts of recent food, financial, and energy crises have reinvigorated a geopolitical enframing of global food security that makes foreign development assistance a primary component of national security strategies. This centres elite fears of hunger and underdevelopment and strongly shapes policies and strategies adopted in response. Geopolitical fears of hungry and food insecure populations are compounded by the politics of austerity and cuts to foreign aid budgets and social spending. This paper examines the geopolitics of food security, fear, and austerity as expressed in the rhetoric and strategies of major aid donor governments, especially the US and UK, and proposes an alternative geopolitics that builds from the affective dimensions of hunger, food insecurity, and vulnerability as experienced by the hungry and poor. The example of farmer suicides and agrarian political mobilisation in India demonstrates how this affective alternative geopolitics may be constructed and examined.     

PRIVATISATION O F ENERGY: WAS IT NECESSARY?

The economic circumstances of the time produced a favourable climate for energy privatisation. Significant economic benefits flowed from this. Nevertheless, determining the most appropriate approach to privatisation and the structure of regulation after privatisation are not straightforward and depend on technological and economic factors.     

美国陆军航空维护基地的大转变

吉米·盖登斯是得克斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂陆军维护基础的时事评论员.他获得过南阿肯色大学麦格诺里分校传媒专业的学士学位,正在得克萨斯州苔克斯卡那红河陆军训练营的陆军物资指挥领导中心进行质量保证内部课程的研究生学习.     

Competencies for the introductory accounting sequence

The purpose of this study was to examine the competencies demanded and supplied by the introductory accounting sequence. A random sample of Accounting faculty was surveyed to determine the topic coverage believed to be important to students majoring in accounting and the extent of conceptual knowledge and technical ability that accounting majors should achieve for each topic. To provide greater insight, the results of this survey were compared to the results of a survey of Finance, Management and Marketing faculty that used the same research instrument. Among the findings is that the most important competencies demanded by Accounting faculty are those related to financial accounting topics. The competencies demanded by Finance faculty are most closely aligned with those demanded by Accounting faculty, while Management and Marketing faculty demand more competencies related to managerial accounting topics. These and other findings should prove useful in the design and development of the introductory accounting sequence.