world cities and country towns

While the process of globalisation seems to pose problems throughout the world, which concern parties in all areas, another centralising process is occuring in many countries, in particular Australia, which is being ignored by all parties other than those with a direct involvement in the process. This ‘rural-urban migration’ has resulted in the decline of small towns and an increase in centralised areas, which have close realtionships with large ‘world cities’. The challenge faced by many rural towns throughout Australia ca...