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URBAN HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN CITIES
Author(s) -
Frost Lionel,
O'Hanlon Seamus
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2008.00246.x
Subject(s) - urban policy , urban sustainability , sustainability , work (physics) , theme (computing) , urban history , urban planning , political science , economic growth , regional science , geography , economic geography , sociology , social science , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , ecology , civil engineering , computer science , biology , operating system
Urban growth is a major theme in economic development and a policy imperative for developed countries that seek to create sustainable cities. We argue that the past weighs heavily on the ability of societies to sustainably manage urban environments. The policy implications of urban history are revealed in comparisons of cities across times and between places. The special issue presents some of the best recent work on the economic and social history of Australian cities. We aim to encourage historians to incorporate urban variables into studies of historical processes and to persuade policymakers to consider historical trends in their analysis.