Past matters : heritage and planning history : case studies from the Pacific Rim / edited by Caroline Miller and Michael Roche.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, C. L. (Caroline Lomax)

Roche, M. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Pacific Area--History--Congresses.

City planning.

Landscape design--Pacific Area--History--Congresses.

Landscape design.

Historic preservation--Pacific Area--History--Congresses.

Historic preservation.

Cultural property--Protection--Pacific Area--History--Congresses.

Cultural property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Past Matters brings together a group of largely Australian and New Zealand academics who in a series of case studies consider how planning concepts were adopted, adjusted, adapted and extended in a Pacific Rim setting. The early chapters explore the interplay between British and American planning models and local circumstances in Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. The main body of chapters recount difficulties faced by indigenous peoples with respect to housing needs and more generally re-as...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

" ... papers presented at the Eighth Planning/Urban History Conference held at Massey University's Wellington campus, New Zealand in 2006."--P. [1].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-19095-4

9786612190957

1-4438-0719-2

OCLC:

827209368