Main entry:

Weller, Richard.

Title & Author:

Boomtown 2050 : scenarios for a rapidly growing city / Richard Weller.

Publication:

Crawley, W.A. : UWAP/UWA Pub., ©2009.

Description:

453 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Cover title.
Preface by Charles Waldheim.
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Database -- Local culture -- Mapping Bau City -- The cutting edge -- Bau+ -- New scenarios -- Horizontal scenarios -- Vertical scenarios -- Divercity -- Dream homes.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Perth, a city of 1.5 million relatively complacent people, is changing at a phenomenal rate. Latest predictions are that the city will grow from 1.5 million people to 4.2 million by 2056. To meet this increase the entire city and its infrastructure needs to double in the next 4 decades. This will have huge consequences for the culture and ecology of the city: Perth's long term survival is at stake. This book is designed to help the community visualize the results of planning decisions and get everyone involved in the debate about how the city should grow. This is an important and timely book for Perth, but it also presents a model piece of research that could be emulated in any city experiencing rapid change."--Publisher's description

ISBN:

9781921401213 (hbk.)
1921401214 (hbk.)

Subject:

City planning Australia Perth (W.A.)
Cities and towns Australia Perth (W.A.)
Urban policy Australia Perth (W.A.)
Villes Australie Perth (Austr.-Occ.)
Politique urbaine Australie Perth (Austr.-Occ.)
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Urban policy.
Perth (W.A.) History.
Western Australia Perth.

Form/genre:

Statistics.
History.

Added entries:

Waldheim, Charles

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287196
Call No.: BIB 228084
Status: Available