Urban Nation: Australia's Planning Heritage
Author(s): Robert Freestone
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.
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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.
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- : CSIRO Publishing
- : CSIRO Publishing
- : 0.839
- : 31 March 2010
- : 245mm X 170mm X 20mm
- : Australia
- : books
Special Fields
- : Robert Freestone
- : Paperback
- : 307.12160994
- : 336
- : full colour illustrations