Urban design in Australia : report
Australia. Prime Minister's Urban Design Task Force1994
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Report on the quality of urban design in Australia. Discusses examples of good work being done around Australia and concentrates on the fundamental changes that need to take place to provide the basis for higher quality urban design in the future. Points to directions for change rather than providing an exhaustive analysis.
Main title:
Urban design in Australia : report / by the Prime Minister's Urban Design Task Force.
Imprint:
Canberra ACT : Australian Government Publishing Service, November 1994.
Collation:
Various paginations : colour photographs c1994.
Variant title:
Mant report
Notes:
Roger Nethercote collectionAGPS Cat. No. 9431482.Additional numbered pages 1-32 have been inserted between pages 62 and 63 of text."16 November 1994"."Our Charter. The Prime Minister has requested us to respond to the following brief. "The Task Force should review the quality of urban design in Australia and make recommendations for improvement. It should particularly focus on ways in which the day-to-day working, residential and recreational environment of most Australians might be enhanced by more thoughtful attention to urban design..."
Contents:
Urban design - Environmental design - City design - Urban development design - Public space design - Community design - Why is urban design important - What is good urban design - Improving Australian settlements - Coastal development - Aboriginal settlements - Infrastructure development - Linking urban design to broader issues - Ecologically sustainable design - Cultural development - Regional development - Improving organisations and processes - The role of government - The development industry - Education - Research - Enhanced tools for urban design
ISBN:
064222224X
Dewey class:
711.409711.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
318742
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