| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Mees, Paul, 1961-
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Urbanization -- Political aspects -- Australia
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Civil society -- Australia
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Cities and towns -- Australia
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Sociology, Urban -- Australia
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Urbanization -- Australia
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Neoliberalism -- Australia
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Urban policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mees, Paul, 1961- honouree
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Gleeson, Brendan, 1964- editor
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Beza, Beau, editor
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EBSCOhost
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| ISBN |
9780522867312 (electronic bk.) |
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0522867316 (electronic bk.) |
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