A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns

This positioning paper provides a context for examining housing market dynamics in four Australian resource boom towns: Kalgoorlie and Karratha in Western Australia, and Emerald and Moranbah in Queensland. The impact of the resource boom on housing affordability is examined, as are its effects on a...

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Main Authors: McKenzie, Fiona Haslam, Brereton, D., Birdsall-Jones, Christina, Phillips, R., Rowley, Steven
Format: Report
Published: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute 2008
Online Access:http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p80370
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37640
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author McKenzie, Fiona Haslam
Brereton, D.
Birdsall-Jones, Christina
Phillips, R.
Rowley, Steven
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description This positioning paper provides a context for examining housing market dynamics in four Australian resource boom towns: Kalgoorlie and Karratha in Western Australia, and Emerald and Moranbah in Queensland. The impact of the resource boom on housing affordability is examined, as are its effects on a variety of other related socio- economic indicators in those towns, including the availability and appropriateness of housing, community development, social cohesion and exclusion.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-376402017-01-30T14:04:59Z A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns McKenzie, Fiona Haslam Brereton, D. Birdsall-Jones, Christina Phillips, R. Rowley, Steven This positioning paper provides a context for examining housing market dynamics in four Australian resource boom towns: Kalgoorlie and Karratha in Western Australia, and Emerald and Moranbah in Queensland. The impact of the resource boom on housing affordability is examined, as are its effects on a variety of other related socio- economic indicators in those towns, including the availability and appropriateness of housing, community development, social cohesion and exclusion. 2008 Report http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37640 http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p80370 Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute restricted
spellingShingle McKenzie, Fiona Haslam
Brereton, D.
Birdsall-Jones, Christina
Phillips, R.
Rowley, Steven
A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns
title A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns
title_full A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns
title_fullStr A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns
title_full_unstemmed A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns
title_short A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns
title_sort review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns
url http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p80370
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37640