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dc.contributor.authorBurton, P
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T23:40:19Z
dc.date.available2019-02-25T23:40:19Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0263-7960
dc.identifier.doi10.2148/benv.41.4.504
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/141536
dc.description.abstractSince European settlement in the late eighteenth century, Australia has embraced a suburban lifestyle with considerable enthusiasm. Despite continuing attempts to promote a more compact and cosmopolitan form, detached living in suburban settings remains the preferred housing type and setting of most Australians. And in the face of a host of 'clichés of suburban doom', to modify slightly Ruth Glass's expression, developers continue to build suburban estates further into the peri-urban hinterland and to sell them successfully. But what is the experience of those who buy into and live in these contemporary suburban enclaves? Do they get to live the dreams set out in full colour in the developers' brochures, or is the reality different? And how might these pioneers cope in a dystopian future in which the benefits of living in 'the countryside' begin to be outweighed by the costs of living a long way from business districts, shopping precincts and service hubs and centres of culture? This article draws on exploratory research among a group of peri-urban pioneers in South East Queensland, one of the fastest growing regions of Australia, to explore these questions and to examine how the lifestyles imagined in the developers' brochures are experienced in practice.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageenglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAlexandrine Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom504
dc.relation.ispartofpageto518
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBuilt Environment
dc.relation.ispartofvolume41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchitecture
dc.subject.fieldofresearchUrban and regional planning
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther built environment and design not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3301
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3304
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode339999
dc.titleThe Australian Good Life: The Fraying of a Suburban Template
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Alexandrine Press. This is the preprint version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorBurton, Paul A.


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