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Hype and hope

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  • Kim Dovey
  • Leonie Sandercock

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Melbourne's Docklands, 200 hectares of land and water nudging the western edge of the central city, is a redundant industrial site typical of many that have been targeted for redevelopment since the 1980s. But the planning and design process has not been typical, and nor has the outcome thus far. This paper documents this process, drawing out certain themes: the heightened importance of design imagery in the construction of desire and legitimacy; the complex relationship between public and private roles in redevelopment; and the perplexing question of the public interest in relation to such flagship projects. This is a story of a market-driven development intended to be free of both planning interference and public investment, and a belated realization that both are necessary.

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  • Kim Dovey & Leonie Sandercock, 2002. "Hype and hope," City, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 83-101, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cityxx:v:6:y:2002:i:1:p:83-101
    DOI: 10.1080/13604810220142853
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    1. Gallagher, Rachel & Liu, Yan & Sigler, Thomas, 2019. "Parcel amalgamation as a mechanism for achieving urban consolidation through densification: The fixity of property boundaries over time," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    2. Gordon Waitt & Chris Gibson, 2009. "Creative Small Cities: Rethinking the Creative Economy in Place," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 46(5-6), pages 1223-1246, May.
    3. Boğa Semra & Topcu Murat, 2020. "Creative Economy: A Literature Review on Relational Dimensions, Challanges, and Policy Implications," Economics, Sciendo, vol. 8(2), pages 149-169, December.

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