Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
1. Considering the Gold Coast / Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, Caryl Bosman and Andrew Leach -- 2. All that glitters: An environmental history?sketch? of Gold Coast City / Jason Byrne and Donna Houston -- 3. Holidaying on the Gold Coast / Noel Scott, Sarah Gardiner and Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes -- 4. Transport: From cream cans and campers to city centres and commuters / Daniel O?Hare and Matthew Burke -- 5. The Gold Coast: Innovation Incubator for the Real Estate Development Industry? / Eddo Coiacetto, Sacha Reid and Andrew Leach -- 6. Changing landscapes: Gold Coast residents and the impacts of rapid urban development / Cary Bosman -- 7. Thirty Years of Gold Coast Architecture / Andrew Leach -- 8. The politics of paradise: Intergovernmental relations and the Gold Coast / Michael Howes -- 9. The changing face of local government on the Gold Coast / Paul Burton -- 10. Selling the City / Ruth Potts, Sarah Gardiner and Noel Scott -- 11. City With/out a Plan / Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes and Severine Mayere -- 12. Looking Beyond the Horizon / Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes and Caryl Bosman |
Summary |
The Gold Coast is a well-known and loved destination for local and international tourists, a city of surf and sun, pleasure and leisure. However, it is also one of the fastest growing cities in Australia, occupying the largest urban footprint outside the state capitals |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
City planning -- Australia -- Gold Coast (Qld.)
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Urban policy -- Australia -- Gold Coast (Qld.)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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City planning
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Planning
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Urban policy
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SUBJECT |
Gold Coast (Qld.) -- History
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Gold Coast (Qld.) -- Planning
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Subject |
Queensland -- Gold Coast
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bosman, Caryl, editor
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Dedekorkut-Howes, Aysin, editor
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Leach, Andrew, 1976- editor.
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LC no. |
2015514893 |
ISBN |
9781486301843 |
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1486301843 |
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