A history of vision and plans for the transformation of a coastal tourism city into a knowledge city: Australia's Gold Coast

Many coastal mass tourism centres have attempted to reinvent themselves as they have grown from informal coastal towns into large cities. Lifestyle migration boosts urban growth as these cities become home to ‘permanent tourists’ attracted by the characteristics that attract tourism. Australia’s best known resort, the Queensland Gold Coast, provides a case study of a resort region experiencing similar transformations to those noted in Honolulu, Miami and Sitges, Spain. These cities have pursued broader socioeconomic resilience rather than the common strategy of simply expanding or improving their tourism appeal. Using literature review and documentary research, this paper traces how ideas of a ‘knowledge city’ have featured in Gold Coast planning history since the 1980s, through proposals including an ‘innovation corridor’, ‘research triangle’, a designated knowledge precinct and the development of universities and hospitals under plans and strategies for economic development. Although implementation has been sporadic, the case study demonstrates a continuity in narrative that has shaped outcomes towards the desired ‘knowledge city’, thereby creating a more cohesive urban structure integrating knowledge nodes, town centres and urban transport infrastructure investments. This case study will add knowledge to inform planners grappling with the transformation of similar coastal tourism areas into significant cities

The Changing Child Population of the United States: Analysis of Data From the 2010 Census

Provides an overview of 2000-10 trends in the U.S. child population, including rate of growth compared with previous decades, changes in the share of Latino and racial minority populations, and changes at the state level and in large cities

Data on Children in Foster Care From the Census Bureau

Explores 2000 census data on foster children, data quality and potential for analysis, limitations, and the causes of those limitations. Highlights socioeconomic and other characteristics of foster families from 2006 American Community Survey data

Why Are Young Children Missed So Often in the Census?

Analyzes data on the high net undercount of children, examines contributing factors and consequences, and considers prospects for the 2010 census. Makes recommendations for child advocacy groups and nonprofits, including partnering with the Census Bureau

Stories matter

Concordia University’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS), http://storytelling.concordia.ca, is currently developing new oral history database software, entitled Stories Matter. As Michael Frisch notes, “[the] Deep Dark Secret of oral history is that nobody spends much time listening to or watching recorded and collected interview documents.”Instead, oral historians tend to privilege transcripts over voices, losing the meanings inherent in their interviews. By returning the orality to oral history, Stories Matter will make it possible for oral historians to engage with their interviews and their collections in a more holistic way