The public city : essays in honour of Paul Mees / edited by Brendan Gleeson and Beau B Beza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gleeson, Brendan, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Mees, Paul, 1961- honouree.

Beza, Beau, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Australia.

Cities and towns.

Urbanization--Australia.

Urbanization.

Neoliberalism--Australia.

Neoliberalism.

Sociology, Urban--Australia.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria, Austalia : Melbourne University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Paul Mees' urban ideal counted on watchful, confident and well-informed citizenry to work collectively in a quest for fair and just cities. As such, The Public City is largely a critique of neo-liberalism and its arguably negative influence on urban prospects. As Mees explained it, neo-liberal urbanism was much more than a political aberration; it was a threat that imposed many costly failures in an age overshadowed by grave ecological challenges. Fifteen of Australia and New Zealand's leading urban scholars, including Professor Emeritus Jean Hillier and Professor Brendan Gleeson, have contributed to this collection. The Public City includes a foreword by the late Professor Sir Peter Hall, a world leader in urban planning from Britain. Kenneth Davidson, one of Australia's top economic columnists, has also contributed a chapter. The collective works in this book extend beyond an analysis of urban patterns to provide a blueprint for the improvement of civic and institutional purpose in the creation of the public city.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Figures and Tables

Contributors

1 The Public City: A New Urban Imaginary

PART 1 Public Urbanist

2 An Activist and Scholar in the Making

3 Interrogating the Public City

PART 2 Urban Publics

4 The Public City and Diversity: Rethinking the 'Public Interest'

5 Revealing Melbourne's Long-obscured Planning Culture

6 Public Plan-making: A Deliberative Approach

PART 3 Public Movement

7 Public Transport: Elements for Success in a Car-oriented City

8 Financing Infrastructure: A Multibillion-dollar Exercise in Private Rent-seeking

9 The Journey to Work

10 Suburban Destiny: Disrupting the Density Debate

11 Public Transport beyond the Fringe

PART 4 Urban Governance

12 Urban Public Transport: A Study in Commonwealth-State Relations

13 Canberra's Forgotten Transport History

14 Metro 'Transport' Planning and Governance in Auckland

15 The Rise of Micro-government: Strata Title, Reluctant Democrats and the New Urban Vertical Polity

16 Afterword: A Blueprint for the Public City

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522867312

0522867316

OCLC:

1162209172