Prospects for the rural-urban fringe in Australia: Observations from a brief history of the landscapes around Sydney and Adelaide

Australian Geographical Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-323

  Bunker, Raymond ^a   Houston, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adelaide; Integrated natural resource management; Land management; Land use planning; Rural urban fringe; Sustainability; Sydney

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; PLANNING HISTORY; POST-WAR; SUBURBAN AREA;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SYDNEY;

EID: 1042301815     PISSN: 00049190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-8470.2003.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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