ABSTRACT
The goal of the Asia Pacific Anomie research project is to develop a working model of the way in which accelerating rates of social change, conducive to the development of anomic structures, impact upon quality of life, particularly within urban areas in the Asia Pacific region. Marked increases in rates of urbanisation accompanying the emergence of post-industrial cities, polycentric and multi modal in form, go hand-in-hand with globalisation. In an increasingly international economy it is difficult to open borders for movements of information, commodities and capital and yet close them to people. Increases in capital flows and population movement between Australia and countries within the region have partly been responsible for the “Asianisation” of Australian life. Increasing involvement in the global economy has changed the way in which Australians live their lives. The Australian study has produced significant findings which will contribute importantly to the development of an early detecti.
