| Description |
xviii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Foreword -- Preface -- 1. The public city : a new urban imaginary / Brendan Gleeson and Beau B. Beza -- Part 1. Public urbanist -- 2. An activist and scholar in the making / Erica Cervini -- 3. Interrogating the public city / Jago Dodson -- Part 2. Urban publics -- 4. The public city and diversity : rethinking the "public interest" / Kurt Iveson and Ruth Fincher -- 5. Revealing Melbourne's long-obscured planning culture / Jean Hillier -- 6. Public plan-making : a deliberative approach / Crystal legacy -- Part 3. Public movement -- 7. Public transport : elements for success in a car-oriented city / John Stone and Beau B. Beza -- 8. Financing infrastructure : a multibillion-dollar exercise in private rent-seeking / Kenneth Davidson -- 9. The journey to work / Lucy Groenhart and Paul Mees -- 10. Suburban destiny : disrupting the density debate / Matthew Burke and Jago Dodson -- 11. Public transport beyond the fringe / Tim Petersen -- Part 4. Urban governance -- 12. Urban public transport : a study in Commonwealth-state relations / Patrick Troy -- 13. Canberra's forgotten transport history / Paul Mees and Lucy Groenhart -- 14. Metro "transport" planning and governance in Auckland / Muhammad Imran -- 15. The rise of micro-government : strata title, reluctant democrats and the new urban vertical polity / Bill Randolph and Hazel Easthope -- 16. Afterword : a blueprint for the public city / Beau B. Beza and Brendan Gleeson |
| Summary |
Annotation. Paul Mees' urban ideal counted on watchful, confident and well-informed citizenry to work collectively in a quest for fair and just cities. As such, The Public City is largely a critique of neo-liberalism and its arguably negative influence on urban prospects. As Mees explained it, neo-liberal urbanism was much more than a political aberration; it was a threat that imposed many costly failures in an age overshadowed by grave ecological challenges. Fifteen of Australia and New Zealand's leading urban scholars, including Professor Emeritus Jean Hillier and Professor Brendon Gleeson, have contributed to this collection. The Public City includes a foreword by the late Professor Sir Peter Hall, a world leader in urban planning from Britain. Kenneth Davidson, one of Australia's top economic columnists, has also contributed a chapter. The collective works in this book extend beyond an analysis of urban patterns to provide a blueprint for the improvement of civic and institutional purpose in the creation of the public city |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mees, Paul, 1961-
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Cities and towns -- Australia.
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City planning -- Australia.
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Civil society -- Australia.
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Local transit -- Australia.
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Local transit.
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Sociology, Urban -- Australia.
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Urban transportation policy -- Australia.
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Urbanization -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Author |
Beza, Beau, editor
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Gleeson, Brendan, 1964- editor
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| ISBN |
9780522867305 |
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