Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront

by Kim Dovey

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415359236
• ISBN13: 9780415359238
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"