Fluid City
Author | : Kim Dovey |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2013-03-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781135159719 |
ISBN-13 | : 1135159718 |
Rating | : 4/5 (718 Downloads) |
Download or read book Fluid City written by Kim Dovey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.