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Towards Better Practice in the Production and Use of Small Area Demographic Forecasts

Summary
This project, conducted under the IPC Infrastructure Program, aims to contribute to the development of better practice in both the production and use of small area forecasts in infrastructure planning.
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Funding: Indicative Planning Council for the Housing Industry (IPC)
Participants: Dr Martin Bell (GISCA)
Professor Graeme Hugo (GISCA)
Professor Pieter Hooimeijer (University of Utrecht)
Ms Dianne Rudd (Geography, University of Adelaide)
Mr Jim Cooper (Demographics Australia)
Mr Michael Geddes (Kinhill)
Completion date: March 1997
Publications: Bell, M. [1996]: Small Area Forecasting in Australia: Contemporary Practice, Working Paper 1, Prepared for the Workshop on Small Area Population Forecasting held at the University of Adelaide on July 19 1996, Centre for Social Applications of GIS, The University of Adelaide.

Bell, M. & Coffee, N. [1996]: Establishing priorities for small area forecasting research, paper presented to the eighth national conference of the Australian Population Association, Adelaide, 2-6 December.

Bell, M., with Demographics Australia and Kinhill Engineers [1997]: Small Area Forecasting for Infrastructure Planning: Towards Better Practice: Study Report,. Indicative Planning Council for the Housing Industry, Canberra

Cooper, J. [1996]: Small Area Forecasting in Australia: Data Availability and Deficiencies, Working Paper 2, Prepared for the Workshop on Small Area Population Forecasting held at the University of Adelaide on July 19 1996, Centre for Social Applications of GIS, The University of Adelaide.

Hooimeijer, P. [1996]: Small Area Forecasting in Australia: A View From Overseas, Working Paper 4, Prepared for the Workshop on Small Area Population Forecasting held at the University of Adelaide on July 19 1996, Centre for Social Applications of GIS, The University of Adelaide.

Kinhill Engineers [1996]: Small Area Forecasting in Australia: Applications in Planning and Urban Management, Working Paper 3, Prepared for the Workshop on Small Area Population Forecasting held at the University of Adelaide on July 19 1996, Centre for Social Applications of GIS, The University of Adelaide.

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