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Prof. Amanda Davies
The University of Western Australia

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Journal article
Published: 11 June 2021 in Journal of Rural Studies
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This paper explores the role of local volunteers in demonstrating transformational and transactional leadership in rural communities. Applying the lens of the Full Range Leadership Model and drawing on data from a case study of volunteers based in rural Western Australia, the nature of volunteer leadership was characterised. This characterisation revealed a mix of transformational and transactional leadership traits were applied across different volunteering activities in rural communities. The role of transformational leaders in introducing new initiatives was highlighted as was the importance of trustworthiness. A perennial concern for rural volunteering organisations is volunteer shortages, particularly in leadership roles. The study revealed that an individual's own perceptions about their transactional leadership capacities can present a barrier to their taking on a volunteering role. The study concludes by recommending that rural volunteer recruitment and retention strategies should focus on supporting volunteers to develop necessary transactional skills.

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Amanda Davies; Leonie Lockstone-Binney; Kirsten Holmes. Recognising the value of volunteers in performing and supporting leadership in rural communities. Journal of Rural Studies 2021, 86, 136 -144.

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Amanda Davies, Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Kirsten Holmes. Recognising the value of volunteers in performing and supporting leadership in rural communities. Journal of Rural Studies. 2021; 86 ():136-144.

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Amanda Davies; Leonie Lockstone-Binney; Kirsten Holmes. 2021. "Recognising the value of volunteers in performing and supporting leadership in rural communities." Journal of Rural Studies 86, no. : 136-144.

Journal article
Published: 30 May 2021 in Australian Population Studies
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Amanda Davies; Sarah Prout Quicke. Population mobility, ‘usual residence’ and the census: the case of Australia’s grey nomads. Australian Population Studies 2021, 5, 9 -17.

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Amanda Davies, Sarah Prout Quicke. Population mobility, ‘usual residence’ and the census: the case of Australia’s grey nomads. Australian Population Studies. 2021; 5 (1):9-17.

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Amanda Davies; Sarah Prout Quicke. 2021. "Population mobility, ‘usual residence’ and the census: the case of Australia’s grey nomads." Australian Population Studies 5, no. 1: 9-17.

Journal article
Published: 11 March 2021 in World
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The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health measures necessitated many workplaces to permit workers to work from home. The question is now asked can the temporary transition to enable workers to work from home become more permanent and how will this shape the spatial distribution of employment opportunities and, in turn, workforces. This paper focuses on the potential for ICT-supported working from home arrangements to reshape employment opportunities in rural settings. With limited local employment opportunities being a major driver of rural out-migration, enabling rural residents to access a broader range of employment through ICT may result in a longer term disruption to rural out-migration patterns. Despite the potential of ICT to support remote working, uptake in rural areas has been relatively low. This paper argues that the recent increase in use of ITC-supported working from home arrangements promoted by COVID-19 public health measures may erode of two of the major barriers to participation in remote working—these being negative perceptions by the employer and employer about working from home and limited knowledge within workplaces about how to manage a partly or fully remote workforce. For rural populations it is plausible that the rapid transition to ICT-supported working from home arrangements will open up more diverse employment opportunities. However, it remains that for some rural areas and populations the urban-rural digital divide persists as a barrier to participation in ICT-supported remote working.

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Amanda Davies. COVID-19 and ICT-Supported Remote Working: Opportunities for Rural Economies. World 2021, 2, 139 -152.

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Amanda Davies. COVID-19 and ICT-Supported Remote Working: Opportunities for Rural Economies. World. 2021; 2 (1):139-152.

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Amanda Davies. 2021. "COVID-19 and ICT-Supported Remote Working: Opportunities for Rural Economies." World 2, no. 1: 139-152.

Articles
Published: 07 September 2020 in Australian Geographer
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In the latter part of 2019 and into 2020, Australia experienced an unprecedented bushfire season, with major bushfires burning more than 18 million hectares. The scale of the fires served to highlight Australia’s heavy reliance on rural volunteer firefighters, bringing into sharp focus the long-term issues that many volunteer bushfire brigades have faced with recruitment and retention. Against the backdrop of long-term government dis-investment into the provision of essential services in rural communities, and with rural volunteer participation at saturation, a deeper understanding of the factors that influence involvement in volunteer bushfire brigades is vital. This review paper examined the factors that have contributed to rural volunteer shortages, particularly in the Australian context. The research revealed that increased time and financial demands on volunteers hampered attraction and retention efforts. The time and financial costs for individuals to volunteer had risen as a result of increased centralised regulation of volunteer provided services. Given the reliance of Australia’s broader population, environment and economy on the work of volunteer firefighters, there is a critical need for new empirical research to investigate how organisational cultures, changes in attitudes to different forms of volunteering and changes in employment practices will impact rural volunteer bushfire services.

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Mary O’Halloran; Amanda Davies. A shared risk: volunteer shortages in Australia’s rural bushfire brigades. Australian Geographer 2020, 51, 421 -435.

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Mary O’Halloran, Amanda Davies. A shared risk: volunteer shortages in Australia’s rural bushfire brigades. Australian Geographer. 2020; 51 (4):421-435.

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Mary O’Halloran; Amanda Davies. 2020. "A shared risk: volunteer shortages in Australia’s rural bushfire brigades." Australian Geographer 51, no. 4: 421-435.

Encyclopedia
Published: 04 December 2019 in International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
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The international scholarship on aging and mobility recognizes that the migrations of older people have considerable implications for the economic, social, and environmental functions of sending and receiving communities. Knowing where and why older people move is fundamental to the design and implementation of good community development policy. While most migrations by older people are local and are undertaken to achieve a housing adjustment, others seek to move to different countries or regions that offer vastly different cultural, economic, environmental, and political conditions. Migrations by older people represent an important livelihood strategy for maintaining independence and improving quality of life. Migrations are complex and can involve a series of backward or onward moves. The spatial unevenness of old age migration flows within countries and between countries is generated by underlying unevenness in social, cultural, political, financial, and environmental factors that operate in both sending and receiving communities. The nature of migration flows is informed by the inequalities that exist between individuals regarding opportunities to participate in particular migration flows. Old age migration has implications for the well-being of migrants as well as for the residents of the sending and receiving communities.

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Amanda Davies. Aging and Migration. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography 2019, 73 -77.

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Amanda Davies. Aging and Migration. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. 2019; ():73-77.

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Amanda Davies. 2019. "Aging and Migration." International Encyclopedia of Human Geography , no. : 73-77.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2018 in Journal of Rural Studies
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This paper examines the demographic characteristics of the current pool of volunteers for rural areas and how volunteering relates to individuals’ rural background, sense of connection to the community and future intentions to remain in the community. The paper uses data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and a survey of rural households in the state of Western Australia. The survey received 10,444 valid responses and this paper used a subset of 6666 responses from the non-retired population. The analysis confirmed a high rate of volunteering in rural communities, and identified this was the case for both males and females across most age groups. The rural background of volunteers, the nature of their employment, family structure and their sense of community was associated with involvement in volunteering. The study revealed that an important volunteer cohort was planning to leave their community within a few years and a major reason for this planned outmigration was the lack of essential services in rural towns. We conclude that if governments wish to maintain or enhance the utilisation of local volunteers for essential and non-essential service delivery in rural areas, attention must be given to better supporting the existing rural volunteer workforce and to addressing the underlying causes of rural outmigration.

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Amanda Davies; Leonie Lockstone-Binney; Kirsten Holmes. Who are the future volunteers in rural places? Understanding the demographic and background characteristics of non-retired rural volunteers, why they volunteer and their future migration intentions. Journal of Rural Studies 2018, 60, 167 -175.

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Amanda Davies, Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Kirsten Holmes. Who are the future volunteers in rural places? Understanding the demographic and background characteristics of non-retired rural volunteers, why they volunteer and their future migration intentions. Journal of Rural Studies. 2018; 60 ():167-175.

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Amanda Davies; Leonie Lockstone-Binney; Kirsten Holmes. 2018. "Who are the future volunteers in rural places? Understanding the demographic and background characteristics of non-retired rural volunteers, why they volunteer and their future migration intentions." Journal of Rural Studies 60, no. : 167-175.

Journal article
Published: 28 November 2017 in Geographical Research
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Amanda Davies. Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica KlausDodds, Alan D.Hemmings and PederRoberts (editors), Cheltenham, United Kingdom, Edger Elgar Publishing Inc. 2017, xx + 610pp, ISBN 978 1 78471 767 4 (cased), £189.00. Geographical Research 2017, 55, 478 -479.

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Amanda Davies. Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica KlausDodds, Alan D.Hemmings and PederRoberts (editors), Cheltenham, United Kingdom, Edger Elgar Publishing Inc. 2017, xx + 610pp, ISBN 978 1 78471 767 4 (cased), £189.00. Geographical Research. 2017; 55 (4):478-479.

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Amanda Davies. 2017. "Handbook on the Politics of Antarctica KlausDodds, Alan D.Hemmings and PederRoberts (editors), Cheltenham, United Kingdom, Edger Elgar Publishing Inc. 2017, xx + 610pp, ISBN 978 1 78471 767 4 (cased), £189.00." Geographical Research 55, no. 4: 478-479.

Research article
Published: 05 October 2017 in PLOS ONE
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It is widely acknowledged that women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) fields are underrepresented in leadership globally. However, little is known about how leadership styles of women in STEMM relate to this underrepresentation. This article discusses findings from a survey examining how 61 women in STEMM define leadership and describe their own leadership styles. Using content analysis and drawing on Full Range Leadership Model factors, findings suggest that women define leadership and describe their own leadership styles using transformational factors. However, there was no consistency in how participants defined ideal leadership or how they defined their own leadership styles. This finding unsettles ideas of distinctly gendered leadership styles. We argue that expectations that leadership will be performed in distinctly gendered styles may be contributing to the underrepresentation of women in leadership roles in STEMM.

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Meredith Nash; Amanda Davies; Robyn Moore. What style of leadership do women in STEMM fields perform? Findings from an international survey. PLOS ONE 2017, 12, e0185727 .

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Meredith Nash, Amanda Davies, Robyn Moore. What style of leadership do women in STEMM fields perform? Findings from an international survey. PLOS ONE. 2017; 12 (10):e0185727.

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Meredith Nash; Amanda Davies; Robyn Moore. 2017. "What style of leadership do women in STEMM fields perform? Findings from an international survey." PLOS ONE 12, no. 10: e0185727.

Journal article
Published: 03 May 2017 in Australian Geographer
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Amanda Davies; Bobbie Oliver. Life within and life of a mining town: the historical geography of Western Australia’s first iron ore town. Australian Geographer 2017, 49, 25 -40.

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Amanda Davies, Bobbie Oliver. Life within and life of a mining town: the historical geography of Western Australia’s first iron ore town. Australian Geographer. 2017; 49 (1):25-40.

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Amanda Davies; Bobbie Oliver. 2017. "Life within and life of a mining town: the historical geography of Western Australia’s first iron ore town." Australian Geographer 49, no. 1: 25-40.

Review
Published: 02 January 2017 in Australian Planner
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Dr Margaret Anne Feilman (OBE) (1921–2013) was one of Western Australia’s most notable and influential planners. With qualifications in architecture and planning, she pioneered an approach to town design that integrated the built form with the natural environment. Her work resulted in, inter alia, the establishment of innovative residential neighbourhoods across Western Australia. Over her 34 year professional career she subscribed to many of the philosophies of the New Town Movement, but also recognised the need to adapt British planning solutions to the Australian social, economic and environmental context. She was an advocate of individualised and situational planning and of incorporating community values and concerns. She also fiercely argued that planning schemes needed to be realistic in their scope and take account of the resources and needs of communities.

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Amanda Davies; Julie Brunner. A review of the practice and legacy of Australian planning pioneer Margaret Feilman. Australian Planner 2017, 54, 41 -50.

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Amanda Davies, Julie Brunner. A review of the practice and legacy of Australian planning pioneer Margaret Feilman. Australian Planner. 2017; 54 (1):41-50.

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Amanda Davies; Julie Brunner. 2017. "A review of the practice and legacy of Australian planning pioneer Margaret Feilman." Australian Planner 54, no. 1: 41-50.

Book chapter
Published: 27 September 2016 in Labour Force Mobility in the Australian Resources Industry
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Growth during the recent boom in the number of Australian resources industry fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) workers choosing to work on Australian-based mines or oil and gas sites, but live outside of Australia, has attracted considerable media and public attention. However, until now, the motivations for entering into transnational FIFO arrangements from a foreign base, and the specific challenges and rewards that such decisions bring for both workers and their differently positioned spouses, have received little scholarly attention. This chapter explores the case of expatriate FIFO resources sector workers who are undertaking transnational commutes from Bali to worksites in Australia. It considers why Bali has emerged as their preferred home location. The chapter argues that in electing to engage in transnational FIFO arrangements, many are thinking strategically about balancing their income earning potential and conditions of employment while maximizing lifestyle possibilities for themselves and their families. This involves negotiating a complex, of often, contradictory priorities and expectations.

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Aileen Hoath; Amanda Davies. International Long-distance Commuting in the Resources Sector: Why Do Resource Workers Choose to Work in Australia but Live in Bali? Labour Force Mobility in the Australian Resources Industry 2016, 171 -190.

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Aileen Hoath, Amanda Davies. International Long-distance Commuting in the Resources Sector: Why Do Resource Workers Choose to Work in Australia but Live in Bali? Labour Force Mobility in the Australian Resources Industry. 2016; ():171-190.

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Aileen Hoath; Amanda Davies. 2016. "International Long-distance Commuting in the Resources Sector: Why Do Resource Workers Choose to Work in Australia but Live in Bali?" Labour Force Mobility in the Australian Resources Industry , no. : 171-190.

Journal article
Published: 12 August 2016 in New Zealand Geographer
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Amanda Davies. Ageing resource communities: new frontiers of rural population change, community development and voluntarism. New Zealand Geographer 2016, 72, 160 -161.

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Amanda Davies. Ageing resource communities: new frontiers of rural population change, community development and voluntarism. New Zealand Geographer. 2016; 72 (2):160-161.

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Amanda Davies. 2016. "Ageing resource communities: new frontiers of rural population change, community development and voluntarism." New Zealand Geographer 72, no. 2: 160-161.

Research article
Published: 23 December 2015 in Event Management
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This article considers how local leadership capacities can be developed through locally organized festivals and argues that this skill development can be an important legacy of festivals. It draws on the case study of SnowFest, a festival held annually from 2000 to 2003 in a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia. It is argued that festivals provide a useful setting for the development of local leadership capacities. Through reviewing the events leading up to and following SnowFest it was found that seven followers learned new leadership skills through their involvement in SnowFest. Four of these followers had since moved into leadership roles in the community. The particular nature of the leadership of the SnowFest leaders was important in enabling followers to develop their own leadership skills. The article contributes to the growing body of scholarly work that argues the impacts and benefits of locally organized festivals can extend beyond the spatial and temporal limits of the festival event and therefore beyond the scope of typical evaluation tools. The findings of this study are particularly relevant to small rural communities that are negotiating major socioeconomic changes, where effective local leadership has been identified as being crucial to the success of bottom-up community adaptation initiatives.

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Amanda Davies. Life After a Festival: Local Leadership and The Lasting Legacy of Festivals. Event Management 2015, 19, 433 -444.

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Amanda Davies. Life After a Festival: Local Leadership and The Lasting Legacy of Festivals. Event Management. 2015; 19 (4):433-444.

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Amanda Davies. 2015. "Life After a Festival: Local Leadership and The Lasting Legacy of Festivals." Event Management 19, no. 4: 433-444.

Journal article
Published: 13 October 2015 in Geographical Research
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The factors underpinning the migration of Australian residents to Bali, Indonesia, and the demographic characteristics of the Australian expatriate population in Bali are examined. It is argued that in undertaking a move to Bali, Australian expatriates are employing a deliberate strategy to utilise their existing financial resources and social networks to gain a lifestyle they perceive would not be available to them if they were to remain in Australia. However, it is also argued that there is considerable diversity in the factors underpinning migration decisions. Through a survey of 236 Australians living in Bali, it was found that a complex of place-based and non-place-based factors influenced migration decisions. It was also found that some factors underpinning migration were broadly associated with phase in the life course. While the survey identified only a minor overrepresentation of Australian retirees living in Bali, given the factors that were identified as underpinning migration to Bali, and with the large baby boomer population nearing retirement, it is probable that as Australia's population ages, there will be further growth in the number and proportional share of older Australian's living in Bali.

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Amanda Davies; Aileen Hoath. The Migration of Australians to Bali, Indonesia: More than Retirees and Surfers. Geographical Research 2015, 54, 35 -51.

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Amanda Davies, Aileen Hoath. The Migration of Australians to Bali, Indonesia: More than Retirees and Surfers. Geographical Research. 2015; 54 (1):35-51.

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Amanda Davies; Aileen Hoath. 2015. "The Migration of Australians to Bali, Indonesia: More than Retirees and Surfers." Geographical Research 54, no. 1: 35-51.

Journal article
Published: 03 May 2012 in Urban Studies
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This paper investigates the role that property titling legislation has had on the form of high-density residential development. A conceptual framework is developed for theorising the role of property legislation in moderating the impact of urban land use policy. It is argued that the impact of legislation on urban form is much more significant and direct than is often implied or suggested in reviews of planning policy. It is argued that property legislation has a greater role than simply supporting the implementation of urban planning policy. Property legislation has a moderating influence on policy and provides a barrier to the implementation of urban policy. To support this argument, the paper considers the development and implications of Western Australia’s strata titling legislation for the form of high-density development in that state’s capital city.

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Amanda Davies; Mark Atkinson. The Moderating Influence of Property Legislation on Planning Policy and Urban Form. Urban Studies 2012, 49, 3479 -3494.

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Amanda Davies, Mark Atkinson. The Moderating Influence of Property Legislation on Planning Policy and Urban Form. Urban Studies. 2012; 49 (16):3479-3494.

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Amanda Davies; Mark Atkinson. 2012. "The Moderating Influence of Property Legislation on Planning Policy and Urban Form." Urban Studies 49, no. 16: 3479-3494.

Review
Published: 01 February 2012 in Journal of Heritage Tourism
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This paper considers the potential role literary tourism has in the economic future of rural regions. In many rural areas, literary tourism is critically important to the economic prosperity and social identities of those places. We argue that as many rural communities look to diversify their economic activities, previously unrecognised literary assets could be useful in establishing new economic activity. However, through a review of literary tourism in rural Western Australia, we find that to develop a successful literary tourism industry more than just an established literary canon is required. The nature of literary attractions and their geographical location are critical to the successful development of literary tourism.

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John N. Yiannakis; Amanda Davies. Diversifying rural economies through literary tourism: a review of literary tourism in Western Australia. Journal of Heritage Tourism 2012, 7, 33 -44.

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John N. Yiannakis, Amanda Davies. Diversifying rural economies through literary tourism: a review of literary tourism in Western Australia. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 2012; 7 (1):33-44.

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John N. Yiannakis; Amanda Davies. 2012. "Diversifying rural economies through literary tourism: a review of literary tourism in Western Australia." Journal of Heritage Tourism 7, no. 1: 33-44.

Journal article
Published: 30 April 2011 in Journal of Rural Studies
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Amanda Davies. On constructing ageing rural populations: ‘Capturing’ the grey nomad. Journal of Rural Studies 2011, 27, 191 -199.

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Amanda Davies. On constructing ageing rural populations: ‘Capturing’ the grey nomad. Journal of Rural Studies. 2011; 27 (2):191-199.

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Amanda Davies. 2011. "On constructing ageing rural populations: ‘Capturing’ the grey nomad." Journal of Rural Studies 27, no. 2: 191-199.

Journal article
Published: 26 October 2010 in Geographical Research
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Amanda Davies. Agri-Food Commodity Chains and Globalising Networks - Edited by C. Stringer and R. Le Heron. Geographical Research 2010, 48, 443 -444.

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Amanda Davies. Agri-Food Commodity Chains and Globalising Networks - Edited by C. Stringer and R. Le Heron. Geographical Research. 2010; 48 (4):443-444.

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Amanda Davies. 2010. "Agri-Food Commodity Chains and Globalising Networks - Edited by C. Stringer and R. Le Heron." Geographical Research 48, no. 4: 443-444.

Journal article
Published: 31 May 2010 in Marine Policy
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Stakeholder consultation is being adopted as standard practice in the planning and management of natural resource management programs. While the utility of stakeholder participation has been investigated for the evaluation and implementation phases of natural resource management programs, few studies have examined the utility of stakeholder consultation during the initial phases of developing such programs. This paper presents a case study from a project developing a marine and coastal monitoring program for the Pilbara and Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. Via a series of workshops held in the region, stakeholders were asked to prioritise future research needs using several voting procedures. During the analyses of the results from the different voting procedures, it became apparent that there were high levels of inconsistency, poor correlation, and contradiction, between participants’ responses. Despite the rigour of the selection process used to identify ‘suitable’ stakeholders for the workshops, these results show that stakeholders did not have the technical or broader contextual knowledge about marine ecosystems to effectively and objectively contribute to the research prioritisation and planning process. Based on the outcomes of this study, we argue that project designers need to be clear about why they are involving stakeholders in a project, particularly in light of the costs involved (financial, time, resources, costs to the stakeholder) in stakeholder consultation. Stakeholder involvement may be appropriate in later stages of developing natural resource management programs (implementation and management), however, stakeholder involvement is not appropriate in the initial phases of such programs, where scientific expertise is essential in formulating scientific concepts and frameworks.

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Brett A. Human; Amanda Davies. Stakeholder consultation during the planning phase of scientific programs. Marine Policy 2010, 34, 645 -654.

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Brett A. Human, Amanda Davies. Stakeholder consultation during the planning phase of scientific programs. Marine Policy. 2010; 34 (3):645-654.

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Brett A. Human; Amanda Davies. 2010. "Stakeholder consultation during the planning phase of scientific programs." Marine Policy 34, no. 3: 645-654.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2009 in Geographical Research
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Amanda Davies. Understanding Local Leadership in Building the Capacity of Rural Communities in Australia. Geographical Research 2009, 47, 380 -389.

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Amanda Davies. Understanding Local Leadership in Building the Capacity of Rural Communities in Australia. Geographical Research. 2009; 47 (4):380-389.

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Amanda Davies. 2009. "Understanding Local Leadership in Building the Capacity of Rural Communities in Australia." Geographical Research 47, no. 4: 380-389.