Fluid City - Kim Dovey

Fluid City

Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
290 Seiten
2004
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-35923-8 (ISBN)
59,80 inkl. MwSt
This book traces the transformation of the urban waterfront of Melbourne, the re-vitalization of the Yarra River waterfront, Melbourne Docklands and Port Philip Bay.
Fluid City traces the transformation of the urban waterfront of Melbourne, the re-vitalization of the Yarra River waterfront, Melbourne Docklands and Port Philip Bay.

As the financial and industrial centre of Australia, in the late nineteenth century, Melbourne developed a new world exuberance. Yet the twentieth century saw Melbourne suffering from a declining industrial and economic base. The city in the 1980s was de-industrialising, and the re-facing of the city to the water was a key urban strategy of the 1980s and 90s and a catalyst for economic transformation.

This book bridges significant gaps between different discourses about the city and to challenge singular ways of viewing the city.

Kim Dovey is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne. Educated at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Melbourne and Curtin University, he has also taught at RMIT and UC Berkeley. Professor Dovey has been engaged for over 20 years in research in social and cultural issues in architecture and urban design. He has also broadcast widely in the mass media and is a recipient of the RAIA Award for Architecture in the Media. He has published on a broad range of issues encompassing the structure and meaning of architecture and urban design.

Introduction. 1. Flows Part 1 Riverscapes 2. Riverscapes I - Overview 3. Riverscapes II - Precincts and Projects 4. Appropriations 5. Urban Living 6. Federation Part 2 Dockscapes 7. Dockscapes I - Overview Phase I: Kick-starting Phase II: Docklands 8. Dockscapes II - Precincts and Projects 9. Grollo Tower 10. Hype and Hope 11. Constructing Desires Part 3 Bayscapes 12. Creating and Defending Urban Character 13. Loose Ends. Bibliography. Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 2.12.2004
Zusatzinfo 20 Line drawings, black and white; 79 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 245 mm
Gewicht 540 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-415-35923-6 / 0415359236
ISBN-13 978-0-415-35923-8 / 9780415359238
Zustand Neuware
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