Special Issue: Counter-urbanisation in Australia: reviewing current trends in migration from urban to regional places. (Special Issue: Counter-urbanisation in Australia: reviewing current trends in migration from urban to regional places.)

ABSTRACT

The six articles in this special issue together present a range of methods, case studies and disciplinary perspectives that help to highlight the complexity of Australian counter-urbanisation, along with other related contemporary issues and theories. An important issue examined is the impact of COVID-19 on population movement away from the city. The fundamental question of this as a potent sociological event that transforms how Australians live, work and value their places, particularly a move away from urban places and lifestyles, remains difficult to determine. However, the articles presented in this special issue give some insight into how the pandemic may or may not alter future counter-urban trends.