A geographical study on the changing social structure of Australian metropolitan areas focusing both on the impacts of Neo-liberalism reform and Asian engagement

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24401036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: TSUTSUMI Jun 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 准教授 (90281766)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIDA Michiyo 和歌山大学, 観光学部, 教授 (40368395) ; YEH Chienwei 茨城大学, 人文学部, 教授 (30242332) ; TSUTSUI Yukino 追手門学院大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (10368186) ; MATSUI Keisuke 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 教授 (60302353)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: オーストラリア / 多文化社会 / ネオ・リベラリズム / アジア化 / GIS

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project coved the consideration of how major old ethnic communities were involved in the expanding Australian metropolitan areas; and how cultural diversity influenced urban spaces and places. A GIS-based mapping with “table-builder data” distributed by Australian Bureau of Statistics was used to identify the process. Leichhardt in the inner suburb of Sydney as an example of Italian communities, Gungahlin in Canberra as an example of Chinese communities and Virginia in Adelaide as an example of Vietnamese communities were selected for detailed interview surveys. Majority of ethnic communities consists of people who have lived in Australia for more than several decades. However, newcomers have been very common in Australian Metropolitan Areas recently because they take the opportunity of studying in Australian Universities to begin living in Australia. Their English is generally proficient and tend to get better-paid jobs.

Free Research Field

人文地理学