| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Australian history |
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Australian history (Monash University Publishing)
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| Contents |
COVER; About the authors; Contents; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; INTERVIEWEES AND INFORMANTS; INTRODUCTION; PRECURSORS; A DECADE OF TURBULENCE; PATRICIANS, TRENDIES AND RADICALS; WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? ; THE RISE OF COMMUNITY POLITICS; BIG BRAWLS; QUIET REVOLUTIONS; GRASSROOTS PARTICIPATION; GENTRIFICATION AND TRENDIFICATION; A NEW PARADIGM? ; INDEX; PHOTOGRAPHS |
| Summary |
In the 1960s and 70s, Australia's inner cities experienced an upheaval which left them changed forever. People from all walks of life who valued their suburbs - places like Balmain, Battery Point, Carlton, Indooropilly, North Adelaide, or Subiaco - resisted large-scale development projects for freeways, 'slum clearance, ' and mass-produced high rises. Unlikely alliances - of post-war migrants, university students and staff, construction workers and their unions, long-term residents, and city workers - challenged land-grabs and inappropriate development. When the dust settled, Australian cities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 28, 2015) |
| Subject |
Urban renewal -- Australia -- History
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Urban renewal -- Australia -- Citizen participation
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Housing -- Australia
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City planning -- Australia
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City planning -- Australia -- Citizen participation
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City planning -- Citizen participation.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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City planning
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City planning -- Citizen participation
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Housing
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Social conditions
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Urban renewal
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Urban renewal -- Citizen participation
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Social conditions -- 1965-
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| Subject |
Australia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nichols, David (David Graham), author.
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Davison, Graeme, 1940- author.
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| ISBN |
9781921867439 |
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1921867434 |
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