Building a Golden Grove ‘Community’: A Study of Suburban Production Processes in South Australia, 1970s-1980s

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Bosman, C
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2009
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Ideals of community have been associated with the practice of planning for over a century. Proponents of the Golden Grove Development considered particular ideals of community to be fundamental to the financial and social success of the new suburban development. This paper will analyse the early planning processes that underpinned the production of community ideals and argue that these planning processes took place at the transition between welfarism and neo-liberalism. This study will offer provocative glimpses into late 20th century suburban planning practices; practices that establish the Golden Grove Development as a ...
View more >Ideals of community have been associated with the practice of planning for over a century. Proponents of the Golden Grove Development considered particular ideals of community to be fundamental to the financial and social success of the new suburban development. This paper will analyse the early planning processes that underpinned the production of community ideals and argue that these planning processes took place at the transition between welfarism and neo-liberalism. This study will offer provocative glimpses into late 20th century suburban planning practices; practices that establish the Golden Grove Development as a model of late 20th century suburban production processes.
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View more >Ideals of community have been associated with the practice of planning for over a century. Proponents of the Golden Grove Development considered particular ideals of community to be fundamental to the financial and social success of the new suburban development. This paper will analyse the early planning processes that underpinned the production of community ideals and argue that these planning processes took place at the transition between welfarism and neo-liberalism. This study will offer provocative glimpses into late 20th century suburban planning practices; practices that establish the Golden Grove Development as a model of late 20th century suburban production processes.
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Journal Title
Planning Perspectives
Volume
24
Issue
2
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© 2009 Routledge. This is an electronic version of an article published in Planning Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-240. Planning Perspectives is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com with the open URL of your article.
Subject
Urban and regional planning
History and theory of the built environment (excl. architecture)
Heritage, archive and museum studies
Historical studies