Western Sydney and the Desire for Home
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lesley Johnson (0000-0001-9551-9224, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 115-128 |
| Publication date | 1997-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1997.tb01057.x |
| OpenAlex | W2564433858 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
‘Western Sydney’ frequently figures in current debates about urban planning as exemplifying ‘the problem of urban sprawl’. In this context it is represented as the spatial articulation of the irrational desires of a wilful population to live out ‘the great Australian dream’. This paper proposes an alternative reading of the western Sydney suburban landscape to argue for a different understanding of the issues it poses for urban planners. In particular, it is argued that this landscape articulates, and should be valued as, the memories and history of people struggling to make a home for themselves in the, modern world. Attempts by urban planners, it is suggested, to ignore or marginalise this version of ‘the great Australian dream’ will inevitably lead to failure
Archaeology · Articulation (sociology · Civil engineering · Context (archaeology · Dream · Media studies · Political science · Population · Project commissioning · Publishing · Reading (process · Sociology · Urban planning · Urban sprawl · Architecture, Design, and Social History · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Australian History and Society · Engineering · History · Law · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |