The 200 km city: Brisbane, the gold coast, and sunshine coast

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-106

  Spearritt, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brisbane; Infrastructure; Southeast Queensland; Traffic; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449195769     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: 14678446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2009.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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