The accidental city : planning Sydney since 1788
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Critically traces the development and impact of modern town planning in the City of Sydney while setting it in a broad social context. Plans and planning devices - most of which died on drawing boards or were never implemented - are examined.
Main title:
The accidental city : planning Sydney since 1788 / by Paul Ashton
Author:
Imprint:
Sydney : Hale & Iremonger, 1993
Collation:
128 pages : illustrations, maps.
Notes:
Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust Collection
Contents:
The dry bones of civic life: regulating growth in nineteenth-century Sydney -- In the interests of economy and efficiency: national efficiency and the city beautiful -- A new battleship just launched?: planning Sydney between the wars -- A race between planning and chaos: post-war reconstruction -- Generating 'political steam': participatory democracy and strategic planning -- Losing ground: post-boom planning -- Chronology -- Select bibliography -- Index.
ISBN:
0868065889
Dewey class:
307.12
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
112841
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 307.12 ACC | Available |