This book offers a critical reflection on the ways in which migration has shaped Australia’s cities, especially over the past twenty years. Australian cities are among the world’s most culturally diverse and are home to most of the nation’s population. This edited collection brings together contemporary research carried out by scholars across a range of diverse disciplines, all of whom are concerned with the intersections between migration and urban change.
The chapters are organised under three sections: demographic, settlement and environmental transitions; urban form and housing transitions; and socio-cultural transitions. Drawing on diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, the chapters engage with a range of factors and influences affecting migration and urban development. This book will be of special interest to scholars and practitioners in the disciplines of sociology, urban planning, geography, public policy and environmental sustainability.
Author(s): Iris Levin, Christian A. Nygaard, Peter W. Newton, Sandra M. Gifford
Series: Global Diversities
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 372
City: Cham
Preface
References
Acknowledgements
Praise for Migration and Urban Transitions in Australia
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Cases
1: Migration and the Shaping of Australian Cities
Introduction
Migration and Australian Cities: Brief History and Recent Trends
A Profile of Migration, Population, and City Growth
Immigration, Impacts and Urban Transitions in Australia
Impact of Immigration on Environmental Sustainability
Industrial, Population and Settlement Transitions
Urban Form and Housing Transitions
Socio-Cultural Transitions
Conclusion
References
Part I: Demographic, Settlement and Environmental Transitions
2: Migration Policy: An Overview
Historical Context
The Rationale of Australian Migration Policy Is Changed: The 1990s
Policy Changes During the Howard Years: 2000–2007
Immigration and the Growth of Australian Cities: 1995–2019
Temporary Migration and the Changing Composition of Australian Cities: 2012–2019
References
3: Economic Policy, Migration and the Australian City
Introduction
Urban Australia: A Product of Migration
A Changing Picture: Selecting Migrants to Develop and Transition Economic Aims
Shaping Australia’s Prosperity: The Economic and Fiscal Migration Debate
Conclusion
References
4: There Are No Sustainable Cities in Australia
Australia Felix? The Context for Our Built Environment
Introduction to Sustainable Development
Australian Stocks and Flows Framework (ASFF)
Waste
Water
Energy and Scale
Cities
Conclusion
References
5: The Role of Immigration in Changing the Social Fabric of Australian Cities
Introduction
Levels of Spatial Segregation of Migrant and Australian-Born Populations in Australian Cities
The Spatial Patterns of Migrant Residential Location in Australia’s Major Capital Cities
The Geography of First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Sydney and Melbourne
Ethnic Segregation and Social Disadvantage: Exploring the Link
Conclusion
References
Part II: Urban Form and Housing Transitions
6: ‘I Will Call Australia My Home’: Migration and Housing Tenure
Introduction
The Shaping of Tenure and Housing Outcomes of Migrants to Australia
Migration Change: Policy and People
Housing Market and Policy Changes Contributing to Migrant Housing Outcomes
Migrants’ Tenure Outcomes
Conclusion
References
7: Understanding Migrant-Inclusive Urban Transitions in Australia via a ‘Housing Aspirations’ Lens
Introduction
Migrant Housing Preferences, Trade-Offs and Influences in International and Australian Context
Migrants’ Housing Aspirations: Conceptualisation, Data and Methodological Approach
Housing Aspirations as a Conceptual Lens
Australian Housing Aspirations (AHA) Survey Data
Profile of Migrant and Non-migrant Sample within the AHA Survey Data
Tenure
Dwelling Type and Size
Location
Migrants’ Housing Aspirations in Australian Context
Conclusion
References
8: Does the Room Come with Wi-Fi? Negotiating Digitally Mediated Arrival, Access and Settlement among International Students
Introduction
International Education as an Expanding Export Commodity
A Structural Shortage of Accommodation
Digital Housing Journeys Through Translocal Housing Networks
Accessing the Informal and Precarious Room Rental Sector
Uneven Access to Housing Close to Universities
Concluding Comments and Ways Forward
References
9: Is There a Problem with Migrant Concentrations? Evidence from Four Australian Cities
Introduction
Method
Prevalence and Geographical Distribution of LOTE Speakers in Four Australian Cities
Local Presence of LOTE Speakers and Socio-Economic Disadvantage
Conclusion
References
10: Migrant Housing and Urban Transition Futures
Migrant Housing and Urban Transition
McMansions
Migrant Housing in Australia
Invisibility: De-Ethnicisation and Futures of Migrant Housing
Conclusion
References
Part III: Socio-Cultural Transitions
11: Station Precincts as Key Sites Enabling Australian Urban Transitions
Introduction
Commodifying Diversity, Erasing Difference
Space and Language
Discussion
Conclusion
References
12: From Multicultural Nation to Intercultural City: The Case of Melton
Introduction
Part One: The Intercultural Cities Programme
Interculturalism and Multiculturalism
Part Two: Melton
The Australian Context
New Migration Trends and Novel Diversity Challenges
The Intercultural Turn
Conclusion
References
13: Cities of Welcome? Urban Transitions Through the Lens of Humanitarian Migrants
Introduction
A Brief Overview of Australia’s Refugee Settlement Programme
Australian Capital Cities and Humanitarian Migrants
Australian Regional Cities and Humanitarian Migrants
Urban Transitions Through the Lens of Humanitarian Migrants
Conclusions
References
14: Eating the City: The Transformation of the Australian City Through Migration and Food
Introduction
Early Migration
Ethnic Foodscapes and the City
The Next Settler Wave
The Chinese Imprint on Australia’s Culinary Culture
Chinatowns: Old and New
‘Old’ Chinatown, Melbourne CBD
‘New’ Chinatown, Box Hill
Canberra’s Chinatown, Dickson
Discussion
Conclusion
References
15: Epilogue
Introduction
The Transformative Role of Migration in Shaping Urban Transitions
Demographic, Settlement and Environmental Transitions
Urban Form and Housing Transitions
Socio-Cultural Transitions
Concluding Remarks
References
Index
