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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348240303321

Autore

Forsyth Ann <1963, >

Titolo

Constructing suburbs : competing voices in a debate over urban growth / / Ann Forsyth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Australia : , : Gordon and Breach Publishers, an imprint of Overseas Publishers Association, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-30010-0

1-135-30011-9

1-280-14641-9

9786610146413

0-203-98526-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Cities and regions: planning, policy and management ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

307.76

711.58

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Growth

City planning

Suburbs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction to the Series; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Big Projects in a Time of Uncertainty: Facing the Future in a Contemporary Urban Development; CHAPTER TWO Five Images of a Suburb: Competing Perspectives on the Economy, Environment, and Family Life; CHAPTER THREE Visual Rhetorics in Growth Debates: Sydney's Future as a Los Angeles, Toronto, or Canberra; CHAPTER FOUR  Formal Planning Processes: The Privileged Language of Professional Planning

CHAPTER FIVE Hard and Soft Privatization: Unequal Impacts of Government WithdrawalCHAPTER SIX Urban Development and the Power of Ideas; Abbreviations; Chronology; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the debate between activists and professional planners over the vision of the future of a large growth corridor in Sydney, Australia,



this case study maps the history of development from the late-1960s to the mid-1990s, during which time serious environmental and financial problems arose.