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The Ghost Cities of Australia

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Geography Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89896-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-89895-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

May 3, 2018

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Chapter 1Introduction

Bolleter, Julian

Pages: 1 –7

[There have been a slew of new city propositions in Australia since Federation in 1901; however, most of these have failed to materialize. This chapter provides a very brief overview of the arguments for building new cities in Australia. Principally, these relate to projections for extreme...
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Chapter 2Creating a Rural Civilization

Bolleter, Julian

Pages: 9 –31

[This chapter scopes the early to mid-twentieth century period (1901–1945) in which Australians strove to create a “rural civilization.” The fantasy that propelled this proposed civilization was that Australia might one day support a rural population of hundreds of millions. This, the proponents...
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Chapter 3Decentralization Fever

Bolleter, Julian

Pages: 33 –58

[This chapter covers the period between 1970 and 1975 when it appeared likely that Australia would begin a national-scale program of population decentralization and new city building under the Gough Whitlam Federal Labor Government. In 1972, the newly established Department of Urban and Regional...
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Chapter 4New Northern Cities

Bolleter, Julian

Pages: 59 –90

[There have been numerous recent proposals for new or boosted cities in northern Australia. These include new charter cities in the north proposed by World Bank Vice President Paul Romer. Other proposals include Western Australian state government plans to turn Pilbara mining company towns into...
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Chapter 5Barriers to New Northern Cities

Bolleter, Julian

Pages: 91 –110

[This chapter evaluates the potential barriers that could derail the delivery of the new or boosted city proposals for northern Australia, discussed in the previous chapter. These barriers are, to varying degrees, environmental, economic, societal, and governance-related and include carrying...
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Chapter 6Relearning Lessons

Bolleter, Julian

Pages: 111 –117

[This chapter summarizes the barriers to new or boosted city building experienced from Federation (1901) until today. The chapter concludes that, as a nation, we have failed to learn a number of the key lessons of history. We seem to have forgotten the limits that nature imposes, particularly in...

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