The Changing Discourse of City Plans: Rationalities of Planning in Perth, 1955-2010

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 485-510

  MacCallum, Diana ^a   Hopkins, Diane ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; metropolitan plans; planning history; strategic spatial planning; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; PLANNING HISTORY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84859224695     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2011.626313     Document Type: Article

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