| Description |
453 pages : illustrations (cheifly color), maps, plans ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Database -- 3. Local culture -- 4. Mapping -- 5. Method -- 6. Bau city -- 7. The cutting edge -- 8. Bau+ -- Wungong urban water: an innovative model by Brett Wood Gush -- A suburb 'as if the landscape really mattered?' by Richard Weller -- 9. New scenarios -- 10. Horizontal scenarios -- POD city -- Food city -- Car free city -- Seachange city -- Treechange city -- 11. Vertical scenarios -- Sky city -- Perth's new waterfront -- River city -- The path of density by Anthony Duckworth-Smith -- Surf city -- 12. Diversity -- 13. Dream homes -- Dream homes by Dale Alcock -- Hyper housing by Simon Anderson -- Think brick by Iredale Pedersen Hook -- Prix d'Amour by Jon Tarry and Darryn Ansted -- Index |
| Summary |
"The Western Australian capital, Perth, is the world's most isolated city, in one of the world's most precious biological regions. Already sprawled further than most major international cities, Perth is predicted to grow from 1.5 million people to 4.2 million by 2056. To meet this increase the entire city and its infrastructure needs to double in the next four decades. This will have huge consequences for the culture and ecology of the city: Perth's long term survival is at stake. The result of a two-year research project headed by award-winning landscape architect Richard Weller, Boomtown 2050 is designed to help the community become informed and involved in the debate about how Perth should grow. To date low density suburbia has served us well, but is it the right form of urbanism for the 21st century? This book goes well beyond the sprawl versus anti-sprawl debates and shows various ways the whole city could be creatively re-organised to suit the challenges of the 21st century. With cutting-edge development scenarios that can be applied to any city experiencing rapid change, Boomtown 2050 is essential reading for all urban design professionals." - UWA Press |
| Analysis |
Towns |
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Urban renewal |
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Policy |
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Town planning |
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Perth |
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Urban consolidation |
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Social policy |
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Interstate comparisons |
| Notes |
Cover title |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
City planning -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth
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Cities and towns -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth
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Urban policy -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Perth
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| SUBJECT |
Perth (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79011231
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Perth (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79011231 -- Government policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005269
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| ISBN |
9781921401213 hardback |
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1921401214 hardback |
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