The problems faced by urban Australia have become more prevalent in recent years. They spring from the public cost of urban growth, the negative environmental impact of cities, the importance of global competitiveness, tensions between the three tiers of government and declining standards of living in our cities. This book, written by a team of leading authors, offers a fresh exploration of key issues in the debates about cities. Incisive and up-to-date, it will be an important contribution to discussion about urban planning and policy.
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"...North American readers with an interest in urban policy will find much of value in this collection as we grapple with common social and economic challenges of urbanization." Gary Paget, Pacific Affairs
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The problems faced by urban Australia have become more prevalent in recent years. This book, written by a team of leading authors, offers a fresh exploration of key issues in the debates about our cities. Incisive and up-to-date, it will be an important contribution to discussion about urban planning and policy.
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Few people who each day battle traffic jams, suffer from pollution, or face shortages of services in far-flung suburbs appreciate how much the modern urban landscape is a creation of the past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
metropolitan strategic planning, urban consolidation, fringe households, more equitable cities, regional environmental plan, residential organisation, physical infrastructure services, middle suburbs, metropolitan strategy, urban debate, productive city, floor space ratios, planning administrator, national urban policy, infrastructure authorities, developer charges, locational disadvantage, new urban development, fringe development, metropolitan fringe, pool income, metropolitan plans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New South Wales, South Australia, Planning Review, Leichhardt Council, Court of Appeal, Gold Coast, Los Angeles, Ballast Point, World War, Commissioners of Inquiry, Industry Commission, Balmain Development Trust, Department of Planning, United States, Building Better Cities, National Housing Strategy, Balmain Power Station, North America, Sandra Nori, Brian Howe, Commonwealth Grants Commission, Dawn Fraser, Development Act, Helen Styles, Mark Peel New!
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Few people who each day battle traffic jams, suffer from pollution, or face shortages of services in far-flung suburbs appreciate how much the modern urban landscape is a creation of the past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
metropolitan strategic planning, urban consolidation, fringe households, more equitable cities, regional environmental plan, residential organisation, physical infrastructure services, middle suburbs, metropolitan strategy, urban debate, productive city, floor space ratios, planning administrator, national urban policy, infrastructure authorities, developer charges, locational disadvantage, new urban development, fringe development, metropolitan fringe, pool income, metropolitan plans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New South Wales, South Australia, Planning Review, Leichhardt Council, Court of Appeal, Gold Coast, Los Angeles, Ballast Point, World War, Commissioners of Inquiry, Industry Commission, Balmain Development Trust, Department of Planning, United States, Building Better Cities, National Housing Strategy, Balmain Power Station, North America, Sandra Nori, Brian Howe, Commonwealth Grants Commission, Dawn Fraser, Development Act, Helen Styles, Mark Peel New!
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- Final report by South Australia on 4 pages
- Urban planning in Australia: Critical readings (Australian studies) by J. Brian McLoughlin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Review of Road Cost Recovery on page 243, and Back Matter
- Final report by Great Britain in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Urban Political Economy: The Australian Case by Leonie Sandercock in Back Matter
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