Urban Nation
Australia's Planning Heritage
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Description
Urban Nation: Australia's Planning Heritage provides the first national survey of the historical impact of urban planning and design on the Australian landscape. This ambitious account looks at every state and territory from the earliest days of European settlement to the present day. It identifies and documents hundreds of places - parks, public spaces, redeveloped precincts, neighbourhoods, suburbs up to whole towns - that contribute to the distinctive character of urban and suburban Australia. It sets these significant planned landscapes within the broader context of both international design trends and Australian efforts at nation and city building.
- Provides an unprecedented national historical review of urban planning in Australia
- It makes a strong case for the potential heritage value of diverse planned environments from local neighbourhood features through regional parks and plans to whole suburbs and towns
- Extensive bibliography
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. A National Narrative
2. Imagining Ideal Places
3. Founding the Capital Cities
4. A Nation of Planned Towns
5. Metropolitan Strategies
6. Suburban Dreams
7. Renewing Cities
8. Parks, Precincts and the Public Realm
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Sample
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Readership
Planning and built environment professionals and university students, urban planners, heritage and conservation professionals, landscape architects, historians, and urban-research focused scholars in the broader social sciences, humanities and design areas.
Author Information
Rob Freestone is Professor of Planning and Urban Development at the University of New South Wales. His research interests are in planning history and metropolitan restructuring. He is a Fellow of both the Planning Institute of Australia and the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. His other books include Designing Australia’s Cities: Culture, Commerce and the City Beautiful 1900–1930 (2007) and Model Communities: The Garden City Movement in Australia (1989).
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