| Description |
345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: The Challenges for community planning / Geoff Woolcock |
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Machine generated contents note: A Framework for Growth -- Early innovations and false starts / Darryl Low Choy -- The 200-kilometre city / Peter Spearritt -- The Legislative challenge / Philippa England -- A Climate for Growth? -- Climate will strangle growth - if we don't! / Ian Lowe -- Water politics / Brian Head -- Planning in climate change / Brendan Gleeson -- Planning in a Subtropical Region -- From green belts to greenspace / Darryl Low Choy -- Greening transit oriented development and subtropical design / Jason Byrne -- Residential density, layout and design: the unmet sustainability challenge / Tony Hall -- Landscapes of Infrastructure -- Transportation and the wheels of growth / Doug Baker -- Problems of structure: planning for industry and freight / Luis Ferreira -- Getting on and getting around: transport, mobility and disadvantage / Laurel Johnson -- Planning and Community -- Community voices, votes and action / Phil Heywood -- |
| Summary |
A Climate for Growth brings together expert contributors to address key topics in the growth debate. Peter Spearritt tracks the emergence of a '200-kilometre city' in south-east Queensland; while Ian Lowe gives a timely reminder of the serious resource shortages and environmental issues that have emerged |
| Notes |
Includes index. QSL |
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Part of the Asia Pacific Design Library. QSL |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-336) and index |
| Notes |
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page: http://www.uqp.com.au |
| Subject |
City planning -- Australia.
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City planning -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Housing policy -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Regional planning -- Australia.
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Housing policy -- Australia.
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Regional planning -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Urban policy -- Australia.
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Urban policy -- Australia -- Queensland, South East.
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Urban policy -- Australia -- Queensland.
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| Author |
Gleeson, Brendan, 1964-
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Steele, Wendy.
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| LC no. |
2011379688 |
| ISBN |
0702237760 (paperback) |
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9780702237768 (paperback) |
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