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  • All that glitters: an environmental history 'sketch' of Gold Coast City

    Author(s)
    Byrne, Jason
    Houston, Donna
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Byrne, Jason A.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Since ancient times, most cities have been established in locations that possess natural attributes that are essential for the survival and wellbeing of their citizens. Such attributes have included harbours, permanent freshwater sources, forests, fertile agricultural land, building materials and defensible topography. More recently, however, some cities have seemingly transcended these biophysical limitations by exploiting resources found in ‘hinterlands’ that stretch hundreds or even thousands of kilometres from the urban core. Such cities ostensibly defy the biophysical constraints of the environments upon which they depend. ...
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    Since ancient times, most cities have been established in locations that possess natural attributes that are essential for the survival and wellbeing of their citizens. Such attributes have included harbours, permanent freshwater sources, forests, fertile agricultural land, building materials and defensible topography. More recently, however, some cities have seemingly transcended these biophysical limitations by exploiting resources found in ‘hinterlands’ that stretch hundreds or even thousands of kilometres from the urban core. Such cities ostensibly defy the biophysical constraints of the environments upon which they depend. Some of these cities, like Las Vegas, exist overtly for pleasure and commerce rather than industry or culture. Davis and Monk (2007) suggest they are underpinned by the production and marketing of distinctive environmental imaginaries of cornucopian abundance. In reality, these ‘paradises’ manifest ecological degradation, social polarisation and boom-bust growth. Could Australia’s Gold Coast be this type of city?
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    Book Title
    Off the Plan: The Urbanisation of the Gold Coast
    Publisher URI
    http://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7289
    Subject
    History and Theory of the Built Environment (excl. Architecture)
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141977
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