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UNINA9910792033903321 |
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Autore |
Dovey Kim. |
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Titolo |
Fluid city : transforming Melbourne's urban waterfront / / Kim Dovey with Leonie Sandercock. [et al.] |
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Sydney, N.S.W., Australia : , : University of New South Wales Press |
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-15971-8 |
0-203-85780-1 |
1-299-28524-4 |
1-135-15972-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (291 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban renewal - Australia - Melbourne (Vic.) |
Waterfronts - Australia - Melbourne (Vic.) |
City planning - Australia - Melbourne (Vic.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-272) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. A. Riverscapes -- pt. B. Dockscapes -- pt. C. Bayscapes. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Fluid City traces the transformation of the urban waterfront of Melbourne, the re-vitalization of the Yarra River waterfront, Melbourne Docklands and Port Philip Bay. As the financial and industrial centre of Australia, in the late nineteenth century, Melbourne developed a new world exuberance. Yet the twentieth century saw Melbourne suffering from a declining industrial and economic base. The city in the 1980s was de-industrialising, and the re-facing of the city to the water was a key urban strategy of the 1980s and 90s and a catalyst for economic transformation. Thi |
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