Social Values of the Daly Region Final Report

M. Young
Charles Darwin University, School for Social and Policy Research

The current report adopts a fairly broad perspective to assess the value of the Daly Region to the society within which it is situated. In this sense it seeks to document and assess the meanings and values different groups ascribe to the area, and how these values may be incorporated into the CRG process. It attempts to incorporate the perspectives of those groups who may not have a direct commercial or other vested interest in the place, but for who the place is nonetheless meaningful, and who maintain an active and valid interest in the region’s management and future. In short it is concerned with the reasons why the Daly Region is a publicly valuable place. It is specifically guided by the following research question: What are the shared public understandings of the meaning and significance of the Daly Region? How do these understandings overlay, interrelate or conflict?

A report that covers a number of different social values in the Daly Region, which can be related back to management and development issues in the area.