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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299370603321

Autore

Bolleter Julian

Titolo

The Ghost Cities of Australia : A survey of New City Proposals and Their Lessons for Australia’s 21st Century Development / / by Julian Bolleter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-89896-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 117 p. 29 illus., 18 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Geography, , 2211-4165

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Urban geography

Urban economics

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)

Urban Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Australia Unlimited -- Chapter 3. Decentralisation Fever -- Chapter 4. Incidental Decentralisation -- Chapter 5. An Informed Urban Vision for the North.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines failed new city proposals in Australia to understand the hurdles – environmental, societal, and economic – that have curtailed such visions. The lessons from these relative failures are important because, if projections for Australia’s 21st century population growth are borne out, we will need to build new cities this century. This is particularly the case in northern Australia, where the federal government projects a four-fold increase in population in the next four decades. The book aims that, when we commence 21st century new city dreaming, we have learnt from the mistakes of the past and, are not doomed to repeat them. .