1st Edition

Service Provision and Rural Sustainability Infrastructure and Innovation

Edited By Greg Halseth, Sean Markey, Laura Ryser Copyright 2019
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Access to quality services and community infrastructure are vital parts of supporting sustainable and resilient rural and small town places. Renewing outdated infrastructure and supporting the delivery of services in rural communities present significant challenges from the constrained fiscal and policy realities of the 21st century. Drawing upon contributors from five Organization for... Read more



Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction Part II: Shaping New Service Arrangements through Government Policies 2. The Needy Rural: Does Living in a Rural Area Mean That You Are in Need? 3. Service Tasmania: Australia’s First Whole-of-Government Initiative 4. Shared Services in Australian Local Government: The Case of the Common Service Model Part III: New Service Arrangements 5. Rural Health Service Delivery Challenges in an Era of Neoliberalism in New Zealand 6. Partnering for Health Care Sustainability in Smaller Urban Centres: Why and How a Health Authority Chose to ‘Go Upstream’ 7. Residential Models of Dementia Care in Rural Australian Communities 8. Philanthropic Organizations to the Rescue? Alternative Funding Solutions for Rural Sustainability Part IV: New Infrastructure Arrangements 9. Innovations for Sustaining Rural Drinking Water Services 10. Remotely Connected? A Comparative Analysis of the Development of Rural Broadband Infrastructure and Initiatives 11. Pursuing Alternative Infrastructure Arrangements to Strengthen Rural Service Provision in British Columbia, Canada Part V: Moving Forward 12. Emerging Issues for New Rural Service and Infrastructure Models

Biography



Greg Halseth is the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies in the Geography Program at University of Northern British Columbia, Canada.





Sean Markey is a professor with the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, Canada.





Laura Ryser is the research manager of Rural and Small Town Studies in the Geography Program at University of Northern British Columbia, Canada.