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Routledge Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront

Name: Routledge Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront
Brand: Routledge
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Explore the evolution of Melbourne through Fluid City by Routledge. This book tracks the significant transformation of the urban waterfront, covering the revitalization of the Yarra River waterfront, the Melbourne Docklands, and Port Philip Bay. As Australia's financial and industrial center in the late nineteenth century, Melbourne experienced a period of new world exuberance. However, the twentieth century brought economic shifts and a declining industrial base. This text examines how the city underwent de-industrialization during the 1980s. Learn how the re-facing of the city toward the water served as a primary urban strategy during the 1980s and 1990s. This movement acted as a catalyst for economic transformation, turning industrial zones into modern urban spaces. It is an essential read for those interested in landscape architecture and the history of urban development.

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Detailed history of the Yarra River waterfront revitalization and its impact on the city.

Analysis of the Melbourne Docklands and Port Philip Bay urban developments.

Examination of Melbourne's transition from a nineteenth-century industrial center to a modern economy.

Study of the urban strategies used during the 1980s and 1990s to re-face the city.

Insights into how de-industrialization triggered significant economic and structural changes.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 1138144142
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Architecture > Landscape
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 08 August 2016
Listed Since: 08 May 2016

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