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SEGRA 2016 Conference Special Edition Editorial: creating naturally stronger regions for regional Australia
Rural Society Pub Date : 2017-09-02 , DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2017.1364889
Angela T. Ragusa 1, 2 , Kate Charters 3, 4
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In celebration of SEGRA’s (Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia) 20th anniversary, Rural Society is pleased to provide readers with this special edition that showcases research presented at the SEGRA National Conference held 25–28 October 2016 in Albany and the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Focused upon building “naturally stronger regions for regional Australia”, this conference explored factors enabling regions to transform natural assets while growing, maintaining and retaining local values around the environment and lifestyles. With SEGRA’s mission, “to explore the key issues affecting regional, rural and remote Australia and be part of providing positive sustainable outcomes to ensure future prosperity” (http://2016.segra.com.au/about/index.html) and Rural Society publishing “social research of interest and relating to rural communities and societies” (http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journa lCode=rrso20) that explores social problems for the purpose of building sustainable communities, this edition features five topics critical to rural and regional Australia’s sustainable future. First, the topic of biodiversity conservation on private land at rural–urban nexuses is explored in the first manuscript by Associate Professor Rosemary Black and Dr. Luisa Perez-Mujica of Charles Sturt University and Dr. Shelby Laird of Stephen F Austin State University, Texas in the United States. Drawing upon survey findings of residents’ attitudes, knowledge and behaviours, the research offers practical insights local government and conservation organisations may utilise to increase biodiversity strategies and conservation actions in regional and rural communities. Second, the hot topic of renewable energy experiences in Queensland and South Australia is examined by using multiple data sources by Dr. Breda McCarthy and Professor Lynne Eagle of James Cook University in Queensland. Taking a “complex systems” approach, the authors critically review the vastly different experiences of these two Australian states’ experiences with, and approaches towards, energy provision, deducing that greater collaboration is required, along with addressing energy security concerns, to minimise conflict and enhance future energy transitions that can deliver more sustainable alternatives. Third, we learn how Australia’s experience with community food hubs compares with international models as Dr. Nicholas Rose from the William Angliss Institute in Melbourne presents a critical literature review and case study arguing the potential of food hubs for regional economies, producers and consumers alike. Advocating for the necessity of transitioning to more sustainable agriculture, this manuscript applies a social justice lens to our global food system, offering excellent food for thought in the process! Fourth, we encounter the concept of “resilience”, a term that loosely links each of these five manuscripts together as all work to conceptualise and articulate how we may collectively build robust, resilient rural and regional communities. In the article penned by Professor Paul Plummer and Dr. Fiona Haslam McKenzie at the University of Western Australia, this concept is put to robust economic modelling to offer an empirically informed analysis of

中文翻译:

SEGRA 2016 Conference Special Edition社论:为澳大利亚地区创造自然更强大的地区

为庆祝SEGRA(澳大利亚区域可持续经济增长)成立20周年,农村社会很高兴为读者提供这一特别版,展示了2016年10月25日至28日在奥尔巴尼和西部大南部地区举行的SEGRA全国会议上提出的研究成果。澳大利亚。这次会议的重点是为“澳大利亚地区建立自然更强的地区”,探讨了促使地区改变自然资产的各种因素,同时围绕环境和生活方式发展,维持和保留当地价值。SEGRA的使命是“探讨影响澳大利亚地区,农村和偏远地区的关键问题,并成为提供积极的可持续成果以确保未来繁荣的一部分”(http://2016.segra.com.au/about/index。html)和农村社会出版的“感兴趣的社会研究以及与农村社区和社会有关的社会研究”(http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journa lCode = rrso20),该研究探讨了以建筑为目的的社会问题。可持续社区,此版本以对澳大利亚农村和地区的可持续未来至关重要的五个主题为主题。首先,查尔斯·斯特尔特大学的罗斯玛丽·布莱克副教授和路易莎·佩雷斯-穆吉卡博士以及德克萨斯州斯蒂芬·奥斯丁州立大学的谢尔比·莱尔德博士的第一篇手稿探讨了城乡结合部私有土地上生物多样性保护的主题。在美国。根据居民的态度,知识和行为的调查结果,该研究提供了地方政府和保护组织可以用来增加区域和农村社区的生物多样性战略和保护行动的实用见解。其次,昆士兰州詹姆斯·库克大学的布雷达·麦卡锡博士和林恩·伊格尔教授使用多个数据源研究了昆士兰州和南澳大利亚州可再生能源经验的热门话题。作者采用“复杂系统”方法,严格审查了这两个澳大利亚州在提供能源方面的经验和方法,并得出了不同的结论,认为需要加强合作,同时解决能源安全问题,以最大程度地减少冲突和增强未来的能源转型,可以提供更多可持续的替代方案。第三,我们将了解澳大利亚在社区食品枢纽方面的经验与国际模式之间的比较,墨尔本威廉·安格里斯学院的Nicholas Rose博士对食品枢纽对于区域经济体,生产者和消费者的潜力进行了重要的文献综述和案例研究。该手稿倡导向更可持续的农业转型的必要性,将社会正义的视角应用到我们的全球粮食系统中,在此过程中为人们提供了令人深思的食物!第四,我们遇到“复原力”的概念,该术语将这五种手稿中的每一个松散地联系在一起,因为所有这些工作都在概念化和阐明了我们如何共同建设健壮,复原力的农村和区域社区。在Paul Plummer教授和Dr.
更新日期:2017-09-02
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