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 the urbanisation and development of the Gold Coast. It addresses the historical circumstances, both accidental and intentional, that led to the Gold Coast's infamous transition from a collection of settlements unburdened by planning regulations or a city centre to become Australia's sixth largest city.

With chapters on tourism, environment, media, architecture, governance and politics, planning, transportation, real estate development and demographics, Off the Plan demonstrates the importance that historical analysis has in understanding present-day planning problems and the value of the Gold Coast as a model for the rapidly evolving western city.

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Yes, you can access Off the Plan by Caryl Bosman, Ayşın Dedekorkut-Howes, Andrew Leach, Caryl Bosman,Ayşın Dedekorkut-Howes,Andrew Leach in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Architecture & Urban Planning & Landscaping. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

CSIRO PUBLISHING

Year

2016

ISBN

9781486301850

Topic

Architecture

Subtopic

Urban Planning & Landscaping

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
Chapter 1 Considering the Gold Coast
Chapter 2 All that glitters: an environmental history ‘sketch’ of Gold Coast City
Chapter 3 Holidaying on the Gold Coast
Chapter 4 Transport: from cream cans and campers to city centres and commuters
Chapter 5 The Gold Coast: innovation incubator for the real estate development industry?
Chapter 6 Changing landscapes: Gold Coast residents and the impacts of rapid urban development
Chapter 7 Thirty years of Gold Coast architecture
Chapter 8 The politics of paradise: intergovernmental relations and the Gold Coast
Chapter 9 The changing face of local government on the Gold Coast
Chapter 10 Selling the city
Chapter 11 City with/out a plan
Chapter 12 Looking beyond the horizon
Bibliography
Index