Transformation of Resource Towns and Peripheries

Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies and Co-Director of UNBC’s Community Development Institute, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Introduction – Political Economy Perspectives on the Transformation of Resource Towns and Peripheries

Greg Halseth

Section 1: Global-local Perspectives on Restructuring

Introduction: Geography and History Matter

Roger Hayter

2 Australia – Trap or opportunity? Natural resource dependence, scale, and the evolution of new economies in the space/time of New South Wales’ Northern Tablelands

Neil Argent

3 British Columbia – Localization AND globalization: Industrial re-organization in Mackenzie, British Columbia

Greg Halseth, Laura Ryser, and Sean Markey

4 Finland – Global – local links and industrial restructuring in a resource town in Finland: The case of Lieksa

Markku Tykkyläinen, Eero Vatanen, Maija Halonen, and Juha Kotilainen

5 New Zealand – Restructuring of the New Zealand economy: Global-local links and evidence from the West Coast and Southland regions

Sean Connelly and Etienne Nel

Section 2: Labour and Employment Perspectives on Restructuring

Introduction: Jobs and Labour Power Under Threat

Roger Hayter

6 Australia – Labour/capital relations and sustainable development in the NSW Northern Tablelands

Neil Argent

7 British Columbia – Contentious flexibility: Job losses in labour restructuring in Mackenzie, BC

Greg Halseth, Laura Ryser, and Sean Markey

8 Finland – Industrial labour in a resource town in Finland: The case of Lieksa

Maija Halonen, Eero Vatanen, Markku Tykkyläinen, and Juha Kotilainen

9 New Zealand – Employment and labour in New Zealand: Recent trends and reflections on developments in the West Coast and Southland regions

Sean Connelly and Etienne Nel

Section 3: Community Implications

Introduction: "Whatever you can do at Ocean Falls you can do better somewhere else"

Roger Hayter

10 Australia – Community Development in an Age of Mounting Uncertainty: Armidale, Australia

Tony Sorensen

11 British Columbia – Building for the future: Community responses to economic restructuring in Mackenzie, BC

Greg Halseth, Laura Ryser, and Sean Markey

12 Finland – Resource town transitions in Finland: Local impacts and policy responses in Lieksa

Juha Kotilainen, Maija Halonen, Eero Vatanen, and Markku Tykkyläinen

13 New Zealand – Community Responses to Restructuring

Sean Connelly and Etienne Nel

14 Rural Restructuring – Conclusion

Sean Markey and Greg Halseth