Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Section 1: Rethinking Regional Development and Social Infrastructure in Northern Australia -- 1. Place-Based Land Use Planning and Development in Northern Australia: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland -- 2. Place-Based Agricultural Development: A New Way of Thinking about an Old Idea in Northern Australia -- 3. Investing in the Future: Human and Social Service Development in Northern Australia -- 4. Underpinning Development: Health and Health Workforce in Northern Australia -- Section 2: Economic and Business Development in the North -- 5. Pulse and Pause: Researching the Economic Future of Northern and Remote Australia -- 6. Issues in the Future Directions of Tourism in Northern Australia -- 7. Economic Equity and Major Development -- 8. Other Views of Northern Australian Aspirations: Pre‑Notions, Ideologies and Remoteness -- 9. National Data: Reflecting Northern Australian Aspirations? -- Section 3: Demographic Trends and Migration: Key Issues Facing Further Development in Northern Australia -- 10. The Demography of Developing Northern Australia -- 11. Attracting and Retaining International Migrants: A Key Issue in Developing Northern Australia -- Section 4: Water, Land and Energy in the North -- 12. A Case-Based Discussion on the Disjuncture between Local Values and Federal, State and Territory Development Policy in Northern Australia -- 13. Land Tenure and Development in Northern Australia -- 14. Governing the Community-Based Natural Resource Management System in Northern Australia: Challenges and Opportunities -- 15. Comparing Roles and Rights of Indigenous Groups in Local Governance of Trepang Fisheries in Northern Australia and Eastern Indonesia -- 16. Dry Thinking, Wet Places: Conceptualising Fluid States -- Section 5: Thriving in Northern Climates.

17. Timing and Climate: Rainfall Variability in Northern Australia -- 18. Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Developing Northern Australian Adaptive Capabilities to Sustainably Develop Competent and Thriving Communities Capable of Responding Effectively to Natural Hazards -- 19. Perceptions About Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation-Case Studies from Indigenous Communities in Northern and Central Australia -- 20. Design for Liveability in Tropical Australia -- Section 6: Governance Systems in Northern Australia -- 21. New Pathways for the Governance of Northern Development -- 22. Collaborative Research into Contemporary Indigenous Governance -- 23. Local Knowledge and the Challenge of Regional Governance -- 24. Revisiting Governance Systems Analysis in Northern Australia: Exploring Critical Systems Thinking as a Framework for Engaging with Multiplicity and Incommensurability -- 25. Building Regional Research Capacity: The Northern Research Futures Collaborative Research Network.