Designing the Global City Book by Robert Freestone
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Designing the Global City

Designing the Global City


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​1 Introduction2 Property Development, Governance and Design Excellence3 Global Sydney: Economy, Planning and Environment
4 A Pre-history of Design Excellence in Sydney
5 The City of Sydney's Competitive Design Policy: Context, Genesis and Operation6 Competitive Projects and Their Design Outcomes
7 Competitions and Excellence: Three Case Studies
8 The Benefits and Drawbacks of Mandatory Design Competitions9 Design Competitions as Public Policy
10 Conclusion

About the Author:

Robert Freestone is Professor of Planning in the Faculty of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. He has held appointments in the NSW Department of Planning, the Department of Geography at the University of Melbourne, and the Urban Research Program at the Australian National University. His books include Place and Placelessness Revisited (2016) and The Planning Imagination (2014).

Gethin Davison is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW, Australia. He has a background in human geography, planning and urban design, and has previously worked as a planner in local government and private practice. Both his teaching and research are situated at the intersection of planning and urban design, with a focus on issues of governance and social equity.

Richard Hu is Professor of Planning and Urban Design at the University of Canberra, Australia. Heading the Globalization and Cities Research Program, his research cuts across urban design, urban science, and urban policy to investigate issues concerning global cities, urban competitiveness, and sustainable development.



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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789811320552
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 353
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 648 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9811320551
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jan 2019
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Design Excellence, Competitions and the Remaking of Central Sydney
  • Width: 148 mm


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