Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront
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Book Information
Publisher: | Routledge |
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Publish Date: | 08/08/2016 |
Pages: | 290 |
ISBN-13: | 9781138144149 |
ISBN-10: | 1138144142 |
Language: | English |
Full Description
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.