Publications
This page provides access to ALGA's publications on related ageing issues.
- Ageing-in-place: Implications for local government
- ALGA has developed this occasional paper series - Ageing-in-place: Implications for local government - to offer academics and practitioners a forum for the dissemination of the latest ideas in ageing research relevant to local government and local communities. The papers presented in this first edition add considerable informed analysis to the social and economic implications of an ageing population for local government.
- Age-friendly built environments: Opportunities for local government
- In Australia, low density urban development, a characteristic of many communities, is not particularly age-friendly. Features, such as rapid suburbanisation, dispersed development patterns, the lack of footpaths, separation of land uses and automobile dependency all present significant obstacles to the independence of seniors. In this paper you'll find six fact sheets which cover a range of age-friendly built environment issues, which are relevant to local councils including case studies.
- Awareness to action
- The first section of Awareness to action: Local government's response to population ageing highlights the main reasons why population ageing is a significant issue for local government. The next section provides an initial framework for understanding seniors and their needs now and into the future. The final section of the paper discusses the importance of timely action by local government in response to population ageing.
- Australia's ageing population
- Australia's ageing population: Economic implications for local government. The study examined the productivity, labour supply and fiscal implications of likely demographic trends over the next 40 years, to further improve understanding of the challenges and opportunities resulting from an ageing Australia.
- An older Australia (Discussion paper)
- An older Australia: Identifying areas for local government action was used in the development of the Australian Local Government Population Ageing Action Plan. The paper provides information and data on issues of importance to local government in relation to population ageing. To provoke discussion, key questions are put forward about how local government might: respond to demographic change; identify opportunities and challenges; and deliver the results.
- 2003-2004 State of the Regions report
- The report provides a comprehensive stocktake on the economic performance of Australia's 64 metropolitan and rural regions. The major theme of this year's report is the impact of ageing, population and demographic change on Australian regions and local government authorities. For the first time, the report identifies key drivers for economically successful regional cities as well as 'nightwatchmen' - those regional cities with the potential to be economically successful. Access to the report can be ordered from ALGA for $165. It provides access to the State of the Regions website as well as online access to pdf documents that can be downloaded and printed.
