Housing in the North: Policies and Markets

This monograph represents the results of a research project, and comes into the context of symposium contributions and two invited papers. The contributions represent a wide range of interests within the housing context, from the private sector to government departments, to academia. Participants in the symposium that formed the monograph’s context encompassed a wide range of interests, from major mining company executives to representatives of Aboriginal housing associations to builders. The papers within the volume reflect the heterogeneity of the group of housing providers and the fact that it was the first time such a group had been drawn together within the Territory. It discusses what is sometimes regarded as “abnormal” housing supply structure in the Northern Territory. That is, a situation in which less than one third of families own or are purchasing their own homes. The Northern Territory Housing Commission influences the supply of housing by being the landlord to half of those in rental property, whilst also providing three quarters of all mortgage finance The monograph’s four sections are based on the focus and nature of the approach the contributors adopted. First, overviews of the housing supply system in Australia provide background for discussion of “Top End” markets. Second, accounts are given of the roles and policies adopted by the Department of Lands and the Housing Commission. Third, three papers deal with contemporary issues within the housing system: building industry employment structure, problems of non-government mortgage financing, and problems facing the private sector in trying to erode government dominance in the housing markets. Fourth, three specific housing markets are discussed. These are the rental market in Darwin, special market towns and Aboriginal attitudes towards housing and how these may be incorporated in the planning process. The paper should form a useful basis for further studies of the housing market in the Top End

The third world city

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Des villes comme Alice...

Towns like Alice : race and class in aboriginal Australia. — Australian Aborigines have suffered from exploitation by white Australians since the British first arrived almost two hundred years ago. Throughout this period there have been several changes in the nature of the articulation process. In each stage, ethnic discrimination has played an important role in justifying economic exploitation, but since 1950 the process has begun to involve class conflict to a much greater degree. This paper examine the evolution of such relationships in the setting of Alice Springs, one of the major urban centres of Aboriginal Australia.Les Aborigènes australiens ont subi l'exploitation des Blancs depuis l'arrivée des Anglais, il y a presque deux siècles. Depuis cette date, on perçoit des évolutions dans l'articulation des deux principaux modes de production; si, à chaque étape de cette évolution, le critère ethnique joue un rôle moteur pour justifier l'exploitation économique des Aborigènes, il sous-tend, depuis 1950, un véritable conflit de classe de plus grande ampleur. Cet article analyse précisément l'évolution des relations entre Blancs et Aborigènes, à Alice Springs, un des centres urbains les plus importants de l'Australie aborigène.Drakakis-Smith David, Antheaume Benoît. Des villes comme Alice.... In: Espace géographique, tome 12, n°1, 1983. pp. 5-17

La gestion des capitales de l'Asie du Sud-Est depuis les années 1960

Managing Southeast Asia's capital cities since the 1960s. - Attention is focused on the changing functions of the state in the capital cities of Southeast Asia since the 1960s. Changes in the nature of central state-local state relations are considered before detailing the ways in which the different states have managed their capital cities through the provision of services, enforcement of structural adjustment, and the use of coping mechanisms to offset any dislocative consequences arising from their activities. These functions are illustrated by reference to housing, street vending and transport to emphasise the marked diversity in the form and practices of individual economies and their capitals.L'accent est ici mis sur l'évolution des fonctions de l'Etat dans les capitales de l'Asie du Sud-Est depuis les années 1960. Des modifications dans la nature des relations entre Etat central et Etat local sont décrites, puis les auteurs analysent comment les différents Etats ont géré leurs capitales à travers la fourniture de services, la réorganisation des structures économiques et l'emploi de mécanismes visant à compenser les effets pervers de leurs interventions. Ces fonctions sont illustrées à propos du logement, de la vente ambulante et des transports, afin de mettre en évidence la diversité des formes et des pratiques dans les capitales de chaque pays.J. Rimmer Peter, Drakakis-Smith David, Béguin Hubert. La gestion des capitales de l'Asie du Sud-Est depuis les années 1960. In: Espace géographique, tome 11, n°4, 1982. pp. 259-268