Peri-Urban Landscapes

This book discusses the relative lack of attention to Australian peri-urban regions and relates the Australian experience to international trends and challenges. Australian cities are expanding at an unprecedented rate into peri-urban regions but the commonwealth and state governments have not developed a regional policy to integrate planning for this growth and its impacts. Instead, development is incremental, and policy is reactive and fragmented. This book informs a wide cross section of interest groups about the problems and importance of peri-urban areas, policy approaches, and alternative futures for these regions.

List of contents

Understanding the Peri-urbanisation Process. Towards a Theory of Peri-urbanisation. International Trends. Peri-urbanisation in contemporary Australia. What's at Risk? Peri-urban Threats. Bushfire Threats. Threats associated with Water. Threats to Agriculture. Biosecurity Threats. Threats to the Social Fabric. Threats from Institutional Legacies. The Landscape Fights Back! The Peri-urban Counterbalance. The Challenge.

Product details

• Authors: Darryl Low Buxton Choy
• Assisted by: Michael Buxton (Editor), Darryl Low Choy (Editor), Jenny Wadsworth (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2013
• EAN: 9781466596474
• ISBN: 978-1-4665-9647-4
• No. of pages: 190
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology