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Le città sono la soluzioneUn viaggio nell’Italia dei comuni innovativi
Questo volume presenta al pubblico un viaggio nell'Italia delle grandi, medie e piccole città che, attraverso interventi capaci di migliorare la qualità della vita degli abitanti, hanno scelto di confrontarsi con altre realtà urbane europee. Un diario di bordo del percorso compiuto da amministrazioni e comunità che hanno saputo mettersi in gioco, per affrontare alcuni tra i temi di maggiore…
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Future ParkImagining Tomorrow's Urban Parks
The first public parks were created on urban 'greenfields'. Once these designated sites had been used, cities looked towards post-industrial sites, and built parks in places that had suffered from environmental degradation, neglect, abandonment and conflict. With finite stocks of urban post-industrial land now also approaching exhaustion, more ways of making parks are required to create inclusi…
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Off the PlanThe Urbanisation of the Gold Coast
The Gold Coast is a well-known and loved destination for local and international tourists, a city of surf and sun, pleasure and leisure. However, it is also one of the fastest growing cities in Australia, occupying the largest urban footprint outside the state capitals. How did the Gold Coast come to be what it is today? Off the Plan is the first in-depth, multidisciplinary academic study on t…
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The Future of the FringeThe Crisis in Peri-Urban Planning
Peri-urban landscapes are some of the world's most vulnerable areas. Although they are often thought of simply as land awaiting development, these landscapes retain important natural resources and make valuable contributions to agriculture, water use, biodiversity conservation, landscape preservation and human well-being. Billions of people use them and enjoy their natural values. Their continu…
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TransitionsPathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Australia
Formidable challenges confront Australia and its human settlements: the mega-metro regions, major and provincial cities, coastal, rural and remote towns. The key drivers of change and major urban vulnerabilities have been identified and principal among them are resource-constraints, such as oil, water, food, skilled labour and materials, and carbon-constraints, linked to climate change and a ne…
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Changing Land ManagementAdoption of New Practices by Rural Landholders
There is a rich and extensive history of research into factors that encourage farmers to change their land management practices, or inhibit them from doing so. Yet this research is often under-utilised in practice. Changing Land Management provides key insights from past and cutting-edge research to support decision-makers as they attempt to influence or assist rural communities adapting to cha…
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Responding to Climate ChangeLessons from an Australian Hotspot
South East Queensland has been one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, both in terms of its rapidly growing population and an ever-expanding built environment. It is also one of the most vulnerable regions likely to suffer from the adverse impacts of climate change, especially increased flooding, storms, coastal erosion and drought. Responding to Climate Change: Lessons from an Austra…
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Geelong's Changing LandscapeEcology, Development and Conservation
Geelong's Changing Landscape offers an insightful investigation of the ecological history of the Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula region. Commencing with the penetrating perspectives of Wadawurrung Elders, chapters explore colonisation and post-World War II industrial development through to the present challenges surrounding the ongoing urbanisation of this region. Expert contributors provide t…
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Social Mix and the CityChallenging the Mixed Communities Consensus in Housing…
Concern about rising crime rates, high levels of unemployment and anti-social behaviour of youth gangs within particular urban neighbourhoods has reinvigorated public and community debate into just what makes a functional neighbourhood. The nub of the debate is whether concentrating disadvantaged people together doubly compounds their disadvantage and leads to 'problem neighbourhoods'. This deb…
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Australia's Unintended CitiesThe Impact of Housing on Urban Development
Australia's Unintended Cities identifies and researches housing and housing-related urban outcomes that are unintended consequences of other policies, the structure of incentives and disincentives for the housing market, and governance arrangements for metropolitan areas and planning and service delivery. It is argued that unintended consequences have a greater impact on the housing market and …
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