The Ghost Cities of Australia A survey of New City Proposals and Their Lessons for Australia's 21st Century Development /

This book examines failed new city proposals in Australia to understand the hurdles - environmental, societal, and economic - that have curtailed such visions. The lessons from these relative failures are important because, if projections for Australia's 21st century population growth are borne...

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Main Author: Bolleter, Julian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Geography,
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ISBN:9783319898964
ISSN:2211-4165
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Summary:This book examines failed new city proposals in Australia to understand the hurdles - environmental, societal, and economic - that have curtailed such visions. The lessons from these relative failures are important because, if projections for Australia's 21st century population growth are borne out, we will need to build new cities this century. This is particularly the case in northern Australia, where the federal government projects a four-fold increase in population in the next four decades. The book aims that, when we commence 21st century new city dreaming, we have learnt from the mistakes of the past and, are not doomed to repeat them. .
Item Description:Earth and Environmental Science
Physical Description:XV, 117 p. 29 illus., 18 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319898964
ISSN:2211-4165