'At the centre of the world-economy, one always finds an exceptional state, strong,
aggressive and privileged, dynamic, simultaneously feared and admired.'-Fernand Braudel …

Urban Nation: Australia's Planning Heritage provides the first national survey of the historical
impact of urban planning and design on the Australian landscape. This ambitious account …

Are national galleries different from other kinds of art gallery or museum? What value is
there for the nation in a collection of international masterpieces? How are national galleries …

Offering a fresh perspective, this timely book analyzes the socio-cultural and physical
production of planned capital cities through the theoretical lens of feminism. Dorina Pojani …

As a reoccupation of land immediately in front of Parliament House for six months in 1972,
the Aboriginal Embassy was an inspiring demonstration of Aboriginal self-determination and …

Amenity is a long-standing component of town planning and municipal governance.
Biodiversity is a far more recent concept, yet interpreting the conservation mandate in a local …

In 1975, the Nigerian authorities decided to construct a new postcolonial capital called
Abuja, and together with several internationally renowned architects these military leaders …

Canberra, a city known as a “garden city” that emerged in the early twentieth century, is
developing at a speedy rate. The compact city vision for Canberra was announced in ACT …

Urban regeneration projects often deal with activation of public space and pedestrian-
oriented environments. That activation is based on idealisation of a good public space. It …

This article discusses Indigenous spatial and political presence within Australia's capital city
in relation to emergent discourses in urban geography on 'the right to the city'and theories of …