Regional/Rural Workforce Transitions for Post-COVID-19 Resilience

H. Babacan
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The pandemic has intensified the way we think about global challenges. Humanity now faces a ‘triple conjuncture’ of global crises: climate change and ecological breakdown; a systemic crisis of global capitalism; and the current global Coronavirus pandemic (Gills, 2020). The impacts of the pandemic are not experienced uniformly. They are amplified by social and economic vulnerabilities, labour market structures, precarious employment in some industries, and pre-existing inequities (Babacan et al., 2021, Spash, 2020). Regional/rural economies in Australia have undergone significant structural change and adjustment in the last three decades. Economies also have distinct characteristics and diverse strengths and needs and have been experiencing economic change at different magnitudes, speeds and intensities. Climate change is one of the greatest ecological events of our time. Scientists continue to give dire warnings about climate change amidst major global debate about the nature and extent of climate change.  How well a place or region can adapt is complex. A study into the adaptive capacity of regions showed a strong correlation between low levels of adaptive capacity and remoteness (Productivity Commission 2017). Factors that contribute to adaptive capacity are linked to education, skills, levels of income, employment, health, access to infrastructure and services, and natural resources. Alarmingly, most of rural and regional Queensland falls below average adaptive capacity. Addressing future policy and regulatory challenges for the future of work requires a more in-depth understanding of the fragmentation impacts of work, changing employer arrangements and workplaces, and workers’ conditions across different regional/rural locales. 
区域/农村劳动力转型促进covid -19后复原力
这场大流行病加强了我们思考全球挑战的方式。人类现在面临着全球危机的“三重危机”:气候变化和生态崩溃;全球资本主义的系统性危机;以及当前的全球冠状病毒大流行(吉尔斯,2020)。这一大流行病的影响并不均匀。社会和经济脆弱性、劳动力市场结构、某些行业的不稳定就业以及先前存在的不平等加剧了这些问题(Babacan等人,2021年,Spash, 2020年)。澳大利亚的区域/农村经济在过去三十年中经历了重大的结构变化和调整。各经济体也有不同的特点、不同的优势和需求,经历着不同幅度、速度和强度的经济变革。气候变化是我们这个时代最大的生态事件之一。在全球就气候变化的性质和程度展开激烈辩论之际,科学家们继续对气候变化发出可怕的警告。一个地方或地区的适应能力是复杂的。一项关于地区适应能力的研究表明,适应能力水平低与偏远程度之间存在很强的相关性(生产力委员会2017年)。促进适应能力的因素与教育、技能、收入水平、就业、健康、获得基础设施和服务的机会以及自然资源有关。令人担忧的是,昆士兰州大部分农村和地区的适应能力低于平均水平。要解决未来工作的政策和监管挑战,需要更深入地了解工作的碎片化影响、不断变化的雇主安排和工作场所,以及不同地区/农村地区的工人条件。
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