Expectations of a better world : planning Australian communities
Wright, Bruce2001
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Review: "While there was no recognised planning profession in Australia until the 1950s, towns and cities had by then been built by the score in this most urbanised of societies, and many of them reflected deliberate plans. From Governor Phillip's 1788 plan for Sydney Cove (the first but not the last town plan in Australia to be bypassed by developers), through the early development of what soon became infectious inner city slums, through the post-war spread of suburbia, to today's concerns for liveable and sustainable cities, Bruce Wright traces the impact of planning - and sometimes the lack of it - on the lives of Australians."
Main title:
Expectations of a better world : planning Australian communities / Bruce Wright.
Imprint:
Canberra, ACT : Royal Australian Planning Institute, 2001.
Collation:
108 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits.
Notes:
Roger Nethercote Collection
Contents:
1. "Ideas have wings" -- 2. Our very first planners -- 3. Migrants and myxomatosis -- 4. Co-ordination and strategies -- 5. A new groundswell -- Appendices.
ISBN:
0909258090
Dewey class:
307.12
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
319032
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 307.12 EXP | Available |